Ludicrous pay - you can see the real-time effects of corporate standardization at work - Scribe ScribeAmerica Employee Review

As I said, ludicrous pay. At this very same company (or perhaps, a company with a very, VERY similar name) a little over 4-5 years ago, scribes got paid $14-15 an hour. I had recalled seeing that on the website itself. As living proof, my older friends who started as scribes earlier than me still get paid $15/hr which, while isn't much for the responsibility, was slightly justifiable. Fast-forward to now and there are boatloads of companies moving in to corporatize the scribe job sector, and thanks to contracts we have the starry-eyed pre-med student getting ripped off down to $8/hr so the company can take the bulk of the ER providers' money. I have seen colleagues of mine and chief scribes alike literally put their hands in physical therapy because they were at risk for syndromes like carpal tunnel and other problems arising out of typing rapidly, accurately, under pressure (sometimes under the bullying words of an unprofessional doctor), with mediocre breaks/slavelike restrictions, and as much as the experience is valuable, the pay could stand to be better. My second job involves me getting paid 3 times as much to act as a medical receptionist (basically 1/1000th of the scribe's duties and stress) for a surgeon, and I basically do nothing. My chief scribes were shocked when I told them that I make nearly double their pay that they had accrued after years of tireless advancement. No doubt with the explosion of new companies there will certainly be competition that offers better compensation and employee support - I know many of us are encouraging prospective scribes to look elsewhere from this one.