Work From Home
Aug. 27th, 2008 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jmfargoI've had a few people write to me, lately, and ask about my job. Mostly, they're interested in knowing how I got it, and how they can get something similar. I can understand the attraction of working from home, making your own hours, and making as little or as much as you care to because I love that. Unfortunately, I can't really help.
See, I started my position by going to work at a building that wasn't my home every day for about 6 months. I was very good at what I do, which is transcription, and very reliable. I was consistently the fastest person, with the best accuracy rating. I'm not bragging, just explaining why my boss one day said "Jeremiah, I trust you. We have a lot of people here, and not enough computers. Do you want to work from home for a few days, and see how it goes?"
Of course, I said yes.
After a while I got hired directly, as before that I was a temp. Then, things got a little screwy. I got married, and moved to Delaware. Unfortunately, moving to Delaware was a big problem for the company, and they had to let me go. About a week after I was given notice, my boss called me and asked me to work as a contractor, making money per record instead of per hour.
Well, since I was so fast, the per record was almost a 25% raise, so there was no way I could say no, and that's what I've been doing ever since.
When people ask me for information all that I can tell them, due to some non-disclosure agreements that I signed, is that I work through the internet, have to have high speed internet, and that I do transcription. Oh, and that I'm a contractor as opposed to an employee, which has lots of connotations in and of itself. I wish I could tell more, but my boss has not yet given me permission to give out any other information, and I've asked a few times.
So, if you're looking for an easy work-from-home position, they do exist. Unfortunately, they're just not easy to get. Anyone promising you some "easy work-from-home-make-lots-of-cash" thing is lying, and probably trying to scam you. It's just not that easy, as much as I wish it was.
On that note, anyone looking for a really fast transcriptionist to work from home transcribing anything they'd like? My current job has hired more contractors, so I'm not making as much as normal and need to take on another contract or two. Anybody? Hello? Bueller?
See, I started my position by going to work at a building that wasn't my home every day for about 6 months. I was very good at what I do, which is transcription, and very reliable. I was consistently the fastest person, with the best accuracy rating. I'm not bragging, just explaining why my boss one day said "Jeremiah, I trust you. We have a lot of people here, and not enough computers. Do you want to work from home for a few days, and see how it goes?"
Of course, I said yes.
After a while I got hired directly, as before that I was a temp. Then, things got a little screwy. I got married, and moved to Delaware. Unfortunately, moving to Delaware was a big problem for the company, and they had to let me go. About a week after I was given notice, my boss called me and asked me to work as a contractor, making money per record instead of per hour.
Well, since I was so fast, the per record was almost a 25% raise, so there was no way I could say no, and that's what I've been doing ever since.
When people ask me for information all that I can tell them, due to some non-disclosure agreements that I signed, is that I work through the internet, have to have high speed internet, and that I do transcription. Oh, and that I'm a contractor as opposed to an employee, which has lots of connotations in and of itself. I wish I could tell more, but my boss has not yet given me permission to give out any other information, and I've asked a few times.
So, if you're looking for an easy work-from-home position, they do exist. Unfortunately, they're just not easy to get. Anyone promising you some "easy work-from-home-make-lots-of-cash" thing is lying, and probably trying to scam you. It's just not that easy, as much as I wish it was.
On that note, anyone looking for a really fast transcriptionist to work from home transcribing anything they'd like? My current job has hired more contractors, so I'm not making as much as normal and need to take on another contract or two. Anybody? Hello? Bueller?
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Date: 2008-08-27 05:29 pm (UTC)For that matter, would you be willing to typeset handwritten documents?
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Date: 2008-08-27 05:58 pm (UTC)And yes, I have done typesetting of handwritten documents quite often and am willing to do so again.
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Date: 2008-08-27 11:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-27 05:44 pm (UTC)Especially if the promise is coming from a television ad whose web site address changes every time the ad airs.
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Date: 2008-08-27 05:57 pm (UTC)But yeah. The TV ads baffle me, that they actually get people. It's been around SO long, that type of scam, that you'd think people would know it.
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Date: 2008-08-27 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-27 09:56 pm (UTC)Here's hopin tho. I could take or leave the working at home part.
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Date: 2008-08-27 11:50 pm (UTC)I'm going to be talking to the temp agencies out here to see if they can throw some work my way. I'll probably be talking to ALL the temp agencies, which might net me an extra two hours of work a week if I want to keep doing it from home.