Re: Finding an IC on internet


One thing, Deborah, is that many people _don't_ advertise their line
rate. There is a whirring little machine of blazing fast, pinpoint
accurate, well-paid MTs out there.

To give you something to compare with: In _1998_, my hourly rate for
_every_ kind of acute care work was $14.55 - on top of that was an
incentive program that paid upwards of $5 per hour, sometimes $8. On
top of _that_ was a wonderful benefits package - and we couldn't keep
the place staffed with people who could do the work.

This was in a 750-bed hospital with lots of outpatient work added to
that. Calculating my hourly rate now, I make a bunch more than I did
then and I don't think I would ever go back to that job.

$12 per hour? No way, no how.

Now I know somebody who is desperately looking to work at home. She is
a new graduate. I am mentoring her. She'd jump at $12. She's a great
girl. I've known her since she was 5 minutes old and she truly is the
most conscientious person I've ever met. She's working for me now but
I've grown lazy in my old age and I don't have the ambition to go
hunting accounts.

That said - those are the kinds of MTs you are going to get for those
rates, only without the 25-year vet mentoring them. Brand-new, wet
behind the ears, chock-full of medical terminology just itching to get
out of those fingers, but none of that "ear" thing that we speak of
sometimes.


diggle Wrote:
> JulieW8 wrote:
>
> > > rates as low as 7 cents per net line. Even our top rates fall
> > >below industry standard.
> >
> > No xenophobia, Deborah, just disgust at the cut-rate, cut-throat
> > approach and I don't care what the last name is or where the business
> > and/or transcriptionsts ares located. It gives us all a bad name.
>
> Cut rate? Have you been looking at some of the help wanted listings
> lately? Our rate of pay is at worst, average, certainly far from the
> lowest being offered. I saw more than one entry level position being
> offered at 6.5 cents per line, and hourly rates for experienced people
> as low at $7-8 dollars an hour, one even offered only $6.50. Should
> they pay beginners or those with less experience, or no experience in
> the specialty 12-14 cents per line simply because _you_ think _you_ are
> worth more? Does that make good business sense?
>
> We also charge, and pay, quite a bit more for specialized work (acute
> care, for example). Do you charge all your clients the same rate
> regardless of the specific nature of the specialty or dictation
> methods? I suspect you don't.
>
> Do you go in quoting your top rate to every possible client? Or do you
> try to match the rate(s) up with the client and pay with the
> qualifications of the employee?
>
> And yes, it is xenophobic to post little more than (paraphrase), "This
> looks like an Indian company with a Virginia address."
>
> > >>Lancesoft combines superior technology with the best MT team in the
> > >>industry, offering 12-24 hour turn around, 98% accuracy, and our
> > >>guarantee that you will be 100% satisfied with our output.
> >
> > but in the next breath...
> >
> > >Our MT division is new,
>
> New is relative - it's been operational less than a year, but did not
> start yesterday. As noted previously, I have the utmost faith in my
> friend who brought me into the company. If she says they can do the
> job, I have no doubt but that they can. She has 20 plus years
> experience in the field, including running two different mid-sized MT
> companies. She knows this business as well, if not better, than
> anybody in this group.
>
> > Ack! I'm going back to work. I can't stand this.
>
> It's good that you have some. A lot of qualified MTs don't. That's
> because there are more MTs than there are lines out there.
>
> Look - I'm a bleeding heart liberal. I want white-collar unions for
> goodness sake. But the bottom line is that supply and demand is going
> to play a large role in what businesses will offer to their employees.
> Actual "work from home" jobs are rare, and there are more and more
> people who want to be able to telecommute. There are going to be
> trade-offs for their ability to do so. Heck, I would work for 1/5th of
> what I'm worth in order to never have to leave the house.
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
> (Yes, pun intended.)
>
> Deborah


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