1st Fulltime Job - By The Line??

[Guest guest]

I have filled out an on-line application today for a full time

medical transcription position, which allows for a recent college

grad to have the 3 month probationary period, but it appears as

if the job is NOT a salary or hourly, but paid by production or

per-the-line.

I would like to leave home plate and step onto this first base

opportunity but I am wondering, as a recent grad, should I be

going after a production type position first or should I wait? I

have a feeling the local MedQuest office is offering the same

sort of thing. Maybe employers are getting away from offering

hourly to recent grads or anyone.

Your off-list suggestion or comments about this question on my

part, sure would be most appreciated. Thank you much, Hesitant

Bill :-)

[Guest guest]

Why off line? I think we would all like to share the responses unless you

are looking for critiques of companies?

Aliceanne

At 03:25 PM 7/2/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>I have filled out an on-line application today for a full time

>medical transcription position, which allows for a recent college

>grad to have the 3 month probationary period, but it appears as

>if the job is NOT a salary or hourly, but paid by production or

>per-the-line.

>

>I would like to leave home plate and step onto this first base

>opportunity but I am wondering, as a recent grad, should I be

>going after a production type position first or should I wait? I

>have a feeling the local MedQuest office is offering the same

>sort of thing. Maybe employers are getting away from offering

>hourly to recent grads or anyone.

>

>Your off-list suggestion or comments about this question on my

>part, sure would be most appreciated. Thank you much, Hesitant

>Bill :-)

>

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[Guest guest]

The only positions I know if these days which are paid hourly are for medical

secretaries who also do transcription in an office or clinic setting. Almost

every other MT-only position I've heard about lately is paid by some kind of

production scale. There are variations, like line rate or page rate, but it's

all headed toward that kind of production measurement. Personally I have issues

with this, since you can't directly account for research time and things like

that, but that's the model nearly everyone is using.

J (who has a major dislike for MBAs and " efficiency models " about which

they haven't a single practical clue)

MTEC *graduate*, 1 chiropractic account (so far)

old dog, new tricks, where's the bone?