Should I get into MT

I went to school for Business Administration and got my AS Degree.I'm having trouble with one of the managers at my work.

I now make $31,200.00 annually. I have been working at my present job for 9 years.I have no medical background, but I possess some of the traits they have said in some other threads:

-Good Spelling
-Double-checking my work (I highly emphasize that with my current assistants)

I have a son and plan to have more children. I struggle with taking my children to babysitters' after my son broke his leg at on of the babysitters-that among other things. Also, I have a hard time with someone else raising my kids.

Anyway,........

I had read somewhere online about MT being a profession where I can work from home. Can we really work from home and take care of children at the same time? I was reading that we have to do a lot of lines in order to get paid good money.

I'm from California.I also read in mtjobs.com that some don't use California MT's -I don't know why that is. What do you think about online courses? How much schooling do I need? How is the pay and is there any benefits?

Can I work at my own pace or do I have to report or submit job projects at a particular time? I was also hoping it could be flexible with time. For example I would like to take 1-week vacations here and there on a short notice since sometimes-good deals come up like that. May I work extra to make up for some of that time? That's what I mean by
"flexible time"

From your experience- should I jump into this? Or should I just stay with my M-F 8-5 job with 2 weeks vacation once a year with no holidays and no sick days? Should I just forget about all this career change?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Ruby

Or should I get into Transcription Editing instead?

How many 65 character lines per hour should I be doing at the beginning (entry level)? How many intermediate experience and how many for the experts? After how long will I become an expert at this or atleast good at this?

You certainly won't make any money trying to work at home WITH children. You would need to work while they are sleeping, or have your husband or someone else care for them while you work. You need to listen carefully and pay close attention to detail while doing MT, you can't do that with children running around demanding your attention.

It takes a good MT education (Andrews School, M-TEC, or Career Step) and a lot of hard work to become a good MT. You make very little money for the first year or so, this is especially true if you are only going to work part time.

You would be responsible for a certain amount of work per day or per week, and I doubt you could find an employer who would just let you take off from work on short notice for a vacation whenever you feel like it. Who is going to do that work while you are gone?

Ok. Thanks for your comment. I now see this is not a job for me.

Thanks,
Ruby

if u are making 31K in this economy, you better stay where u are. don't waste your money on medical transcription. there are NO jobs to be had. when i lost my job to voice recognition, i was so stressed out, i got shingles. i took on some really low paying jobs online and hardly made enough for gas. they rehired me to do voice recog editing and it was the worst job on the planet. bagging food in a supermarket would have been heaven.

By all means forget about medical transcribing...most companies are eliminating the transcriptionist with voice recognition - it can indeed be extremely stressful and is next to impossible to perform with children to tend to....did not work for any of my co-workers and the pay is not great if you are being paid by the lines - have to work extremely hard.

I graduated from Career Step 3 months ago and still have not found employment. Anyone suggest any MT companies that I could apply at? It would mean alot to me if someone would just give me a chance.

Thanks,

Michelle

rubyoro0 in California said: I went to school for Business Administration and got my AS Degree.I'm having trouble with one of the managers at my work.

I now make $31,200.00 annually. I have been working at my present job for 9 years.I have no medical background, but I possess some of the traits they have said in some other threads:

-Good Spelling
-Double-checking my work (I highly emphasize that with my current assistants)

I have a son and plan to have more children. I struggle with taking my children to babysitters' after my son broke his leg at on of the babysitters-that among other things. Also, I have a hard time with someone else raising my kids.

Anyway,........

I had read somewhere online about MT being a profession where I can work from home. Can we really work from home and take care of children at the same time? I was reading that we have to do a lot of lines in order to get paid good money.

I'm from California.I also read in mtjobs.com that some don't use California MT's -I don't know why that is. What do you think about online courses? How much schooling do I need? How is the pay and is there any benefits?

Can I work at my own pace or do I have to report or submit job projects at a particular time? I was also hoping it could be flexible with time. For example I would like to take 1-week vacations here and there on a short notice since sometimes-good deals come up like that. May I work extra to make up for some of that time? That's what I mean by
"flexible time"

From your experience- should I jump into this? Or should I just stay with my M-F 8-5 job with 2 weeks vacation once a year with no holidays and no sick days? Should I just forget about all this career change?

Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Ruby

NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!! I have been in the medical transcription field by a career change for 18 years and have been trying to get out for a long time. I have an associate degree, medical diploma, and

FarAwayDeb in Rochester, New York said: You certainly won't make any money trying to work at home WITH children. You would need to work while they are sleeping, or have your husband or someone else care for them while you work. You need to listen carefully and pay close attention to detail while doing MT, you can't do that with children running around demanding your attention.

It takes a good MT education (Andrews School, M-TEC, or Career Step) and a lot of hard work to become a good MT. You make very little money for the first year or so, this is especially true if you are only going to work part time.

You would be responsible for a certain amount of work per day or per week, and I doubt you could find an employer who would just let you take off from work on short notice for a vacation whenever you feel like it. Who is going to do that work while you are gone?

I live in Texas and I am also looking into MT. I have a full time job now but my evenings and weekend are free and need the extra income. would like to work part time and then try to build up full time after some experince etc. I do not have any children living in the home all grown.
would you recommed this to someone like myself or totally forget it?
any suggestions of another online work and school that would be fitting in todays market?
thanks for any feedback
Lynn

Don't do it. I have a certificate in medical assisting with an emphasis on transcription. I got straight A's in a brick-and-mortar school. Four years of my life and several thousand dollars later, it got me exactly nowhere!

It's almost impossible to get a job without already having 2 years of experience. Don't ask me how you are supposed to get experience if no one will give you a job to get that experience.

I've been an admin for the past 10 years. Before the recession, I was making $35,000. I've been living on a 40% pay cut for the last 8 months and still may lose my job any day. Two-thirds of my co-workers have been laid off. Feel lucky you still have a job and are making $31,000.

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