Pros
Am doing this type work for 18 years, first an independent contractor, then worked for an office directly, who used this company until our hospital bought the office and eventually went to EMR, then I made a major mistake by staying with the company at that point...thought it would make it easy since I already knew how to use the program and jumping into it head first. Wrong! Have a great TSM but that doesn't solve the money problems.
Cons
Pay has dropped over 50% in the past 1½ years and yet we are expected to be perfect all the time. Employee status, but since the pay dropped am now facing foreclosure and bankruptcy. Can't afford any benefits due to the low pay and am worried about having no health insurance, no 401, and over 60 to boot. I'll die sitting at this computer, panic attacks every day. Not a good health predictor for the future. PTO is almost nonexistent...by the time we add up enough hours to take a week off, it is the end of summer...wonderful timing? I think not. No paid holidays, so pays are even worse those times of year if the holiday is on your normal work day. It is impossible to make a living (and I live alone) on this low paying job. No matter how much or how fast I type, the pay never goes up. If anything it now went down again.