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Whitestar55 · 24/05/2022 10:06

Hi all, has anyone else started a new thread yet?

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Workingfromhomenow · 30/08/2022 19:56

@Meha5a I think I know what @danblack87 meant as I also felt a bit uncomfortable reading when people started piling in with their stories of sexist behaviour they had encountered, which were all about foreign men. I’m sure we’ve all come across sexist British men as well!

deflatedbirthday · 30/08/2022 23:43

Off the current topic here sorry!

Does anyone pull what they would consider to be a decent full time salary from Dict8? If so how many hours per day/week does mean? I appreciate it will vary month on month.

I'm looking to see what viable options I have.

I currently work 28 hours band 3 plus Dict8 (roughly £200 pm). I also have other private work. My NHS role is cussing me a lot of stress. I want to move up but seem to be blocked and all I do is come home in a foul mood these days.

Meha5a · 31/08/2022 09:51

@Workingfromhomenow I understand that some things can be "uncomfortable" to read. I can assure you it was also uncomfortable to work alongside two people who had such open dislike for each other. White people are not the only humans who can be prejudice and have hateful feelings: I see no reason why this cannot be discussed.

Unless @danblack87 wishes to elaborate on the vague accusation they made how does anyone know what post/which part made them feel the need to accuse whomever of being racist ? we have only been informed they felt like it on the day.

It is a shame that this has happened as I have found the forum a great help but it is not for me any more. I wish all well as I know from the posts that most of you ladies are working for the benefit of your families in some difficult circumstances.

and just a side note - my father is not English.

deewu · 31/08/2022 16:34

Hi anyone who works for T-pro. I have actually achieved my 1 million characters this month! Do you have to change the rate for the invoice for the bonus or charge the normal rate and add on 10%?

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 10:27

Good Morning all,

Back from a well deserved break, not had chance to catch up above as yet but get this,
finished on the Monday submitted my invoice, i knew the post was striking on Friday and thought there's a chance it would arrive thursday, no chance. came Saturday, no funds available until this morning! what a laugh.
I went out for the day yesterday with just £60 in my bank account, couldn't buy anything lavish if i so desired ( i didn't desire as everything was stupid money what i did like the look of only went to Matlock/Matlock Bath) Glad i didn't opt for a visit to the coast.
Anyhow just logged in to 50 jobs which has risen to over 68 now,
looks like a lot of people are on the last holidays so going to grab what i can early on and hope for a few more days back end or if i time it right after money clears this time!
I will check on whats been going on when i fancy a break 💨

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 10:32

deflatedbirthday · 30/08/2022 23:43

Off the current topic here sorry!

Does anyone pull what they would consider to be a decent full time salary from Dict8? If so how many hours per day/week does mean? I appreciate it will vary month on month.

I'm looking to see what viable options I have.

I currently work 28 hours band 3 plus Dict8 (roughly £200 pm). I also have other private work. My NHS role is cussing me a lot of stress. I want to move up but seem to be blocked and all I do is come home in a foul mood these days.

If theres work to be had, i aim for 222 lines a day which vary occasionally based on what i want to earn vs time off for things at home. I aim for a £350 pay cheque which is doable from the hours of roughly 8am - 1.30. I've not worked fully through this time but its what i know is achievable, it can be done in this time. If work is slack in the morning i know i have until 1.30 to achieve the 222, if theres a lot i try to do a bit more to allow for the contingency of "famine". As for full time, I couldn't say as i only type for one speciality which is enough for my financial needs. If you have references allowing them to know your typing skills you could get more work allowing the full time money. Thats as i see it anyway. x

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 10:49

joewe41 · 23/08/2022 12:54

@Frazzledbynature Not that it's funny at all but I'm stuck with the whisperer again. 12 mins has turned into an hour 😂 Did you get to your target yesterday?

lol at the whisperer... i did indeed and the break was much welcomed despite more housework and sweating lol

Lindsaychad123 · 01/09/2022 10:52

i have invoiced Tuesday and still processing at the moment whereas the other company i am doing a little typing for i invoiced this morning as they do it on the 1st and i now have the money in my account as i just had an alert from my bank. like 3 hours from invoice to money in bank

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 11:45

Not very good for a company who expects 100% diligence from the people who work for them.

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 13:07

Well just had an unexpected emergency so perhaps a letter off my daily target. Partner has an injury at the allotment, phone call starts with " don't panic" I hate those first words don't you?

So in the past hour, i've been switchboard operator, emergency service vehicle, stocked with nothing but a towel (time to get that first aid kit found!). Allotment security to ensure shed was locked up, he had done it but had forgotten.
back to emergency service vehicle while he took himself home on his mobility scooter with his leg up on the basket, rather than put up with my driving!! Note, It does disassemble into the boot.
Back home to finding cotton wool, salt water to bathe, and hunt plasters out, wash the bloody clothes and shoes and listen to the pain and torture (he's a mardy patient!) not bothered as he calls my nursing skills in need of "work".

All first wash already washing during the incident hung out, i've come back upstairs for a cool down and a drink and perhaps a post adrenaline rush sob to myself!

Back to typing, current figures now up to about 70 from this morning - sigh...

Oh and in case you want to know the details, he hit himself with a ball hammer right on the front shin bone, didn't realise he was bleeding until he spotted the pool of blood he was standing in.
The injury is about the size of a penny piece if that. 😢

danblack87 · 01/09/2022 14:37

@Frazzledbynature that sounds bad. Hope everything is okay now. I've not worked today ... been gardening and cleaning house top to bottom and looked after my grand-daughter for 2 hours

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 16:07

danblack87 · 01/09/2022 14:37

@Frazzledbynature that sounds bad. Hope everything is okay now. I've not worked today ... been gardening and cleaning house top to bottom and looked after my grand-daughter for 2 hours

I have to watch him like a hawk, before i met him he got sepsis and if it wasn't for his brother who got him to hospital, he wouldn't have met me! He's a put up as long as he can, personality but he knows better with his constitution to be careful.

Frazzledbynature · 01/09/2022 19:00

Just got in its 7pm, I'm shattered, hopefully now he'll rest the leg. I will be late typing in the morning so i can help him out with the chickens and other bits and pieces. Did i have a holiday or was it just a dream!?

nomadchild · 02/09/2022 12:05

@deflatedbirthday If I work 4 days a week for a month around averaging 4/5 hours a day I can often earn £50 a day which gives me around £800 a month it is often more like £650.00 plus these days due to the awful dictation but I have done it in the past so I hope that gives you an idea. As we all say you cannot totally rely on it.

Gally123 · 02/09/2022 13:50

@deewu the rate for the invoice if you reach the bonus level is 0.000847.

deflatedbirthday · 05/09/2022 16:12

Has anyone else cheque been delayed, presumably by the postal strikes?

It was issues Thursday evening but nothing so far! I really wish they would consider electronic payments when people are so in need of the money they have worked for

Frazzledbynature · 05/09/2022 16:21

deflatedbirthday · 05/09/2022 16:12

Has anyone else cheque been delayed, presumably by the postal strikes?

It was issues Thursday evening but nothing so far! I really wish they would consider electronic payments when people are so in need of the money they have worked for

I would contact them if its over 5 days not including out of office days. You should have had it by now.

Lindsaychad123 · 05/09/2022 17:53

I put mine in Tuesday last week and it arrived on Saturday. Mine are taking 2 days for them
to be processed and sent out.

Gally123 · 05/09/2022 20:53

the normal time to allow for post going astray is 11 working days, post office will not look earlier. When mine went missing DICT8 told me to wait another week to check.

Raisingboys22 · 06/09/2022 10:26

I haven’t typed for so long as I’ve been away so expecting lots of feedback today 😂

Lainey3011 · 06/09/2022 20:24

Wow! I have only just found this site being relatively new to Dict8 and I am so "happy" to know it's not just me having such negative feedback which almost made me throw the towel in. Saying that, not had any for past few weeks. 30 years experience as a senior medical secretary and felt I was just starting my training 😥.

Frazzledbynature · 07/09/2022 09:41

Lainey3011 · 06/09/2022 20:24

Wow! I have only just found this site being relatively new to Dict8 and I am so "happy" to know it's not just me having such negative feedback which almost made me throw the towel in. Saying that, not had any for past few weeks. 30 years experience as a senior medical secretary and felt I was just starting my training 😥.

Bless you! I think most of us are here due to the same issue, i chose my forum name accordingly just because of it. It does seem to get more calmer, then you get an odd one. You have more experience than me so try not to let it get on top of you, just take it as a company they want us all singing on the same hymn sheet. Your knowledge is what is valued at the end of the day not how you "format" a page to their liking, that's just faff :)

Welcome to the forum :)

Frazzledbynature · 07/09/2022 09:43

9:42 and been checking for work since 7! typed some more of my story though 😉

Lhoot1 · 07/09/2022 10:47

i had a slow start as well but the work has started to come in for the past half hour, wanted to do a bit before going out to an appointment. guess you need to take the good with the bad?

Frazzledbynature · 07/09/2022 13:08

Yes it began to pick up later for me, i wonder if someone forgot to feed through the server. Got my quota done now for the chores groan 😆

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