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Kyung's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

Getting Paid

So really, it's not a matter of keeping busy alone, but also one of getting paid.

I'm noticing a trend of agencies taking longer and longer to pay reporters, which is bad. So what's going on?

I know agencies are having a harder time collecting from their attorney clients, who in turn are having a challenge collecting from their clients. It's all very easy to say, but I'm working for the agency and they need to pay me on the O&1 when they say they're going to pay, which… Continue

Added by Kyung on October 25, 2009 at 19:58 — 11 Comments

Time, time, time. What time is it?

Well, the world is getting smaller or so they tell me. And if you work for several different agencies, it can get quite crazy in terms of keeping track of time.

This may not have happened to you, but you want to call an agency 3 o'clock your time and you realize it's 6 o'clock their time and you've missed the boat. Or the attorney wants the job by end of business their time, and you lose track of time.

Here is a website that might help you with that problem.… Continue

Added by Kyung on October 23, 2009 at 9:30 — 1 Comment

Waiting . . .waiting

So I'm scheduled for an 8 a.m. depo this morning. I am up at the crack of dawn. Barely. Haul myself down here. Of course, the witness is not here. So I'm just waiting. I am thrilled that I have Internet access so I can blog online. I can also take care of my farm on Facebook and play some games.

Oh, yeah, I can also finish that transcript.

Waiting. Sounds like they might be calling it and sending me home.

Added by Kyung on October 19, 2009 at 8:54 — 1 Comment

Here's another secret.

Quite honestly, I don't want a ton of pages. My goal is not to write more pages, but to get paid more for the pages I do take.

So when I ask agencies the rate, and they tell me I'll make it up in volume, I'm often of two minds. Do I really want to make it up in volume?

I don't feel like a hamster. Do I look like a hamster? Why would I want to run just as fast to stay in place?

Too many times, I hear it's a great job, you'll get a lot of pages. But what's the… Continue

Added by Kyung on October 2, 2009 at 20:50 — 4 Comments