Are they calculated differently or
Posted By: sm on 2006-05-15
In Reply to: OOhh, sorry, I think you're about to lose a lot of those lines. - BTDT. Hope it's better for you. That's why
is it just getting used to the system?
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That is exactly how I calculated my lines (sm)
as IP's reqs, without spaces, and still, my check was underpaid each time by $50+. Makes you wonder about IP...When I asked a couple Vianeta Tech Support reps about differing line counts between IP and MTs, they declined to comment (of course). When I asked IP about this directly, they could not, or would not, prove how they calculated my lines. So why waste my time - adios!
Uhhh the last I calculated....
I believe that 1.5 times the line rate is time and a half??? 
I am on an account that is by the minute but it is calculated like this: sm
Every minute of dictation = 12.3 lines. I have pulled the reports into word and counted that way several times, and I always come out ahead their way. I am also on another account that is paid by the line, so I think it is only one account that is by the minute.
I look at it differently.
I figure if you don't hear about a company it's because they have work. The only ones who post here are the ones without a lot of work.
I work for a company that you never hear about because they have loads of work and they don't over hire. They very rarely advertise because they don't have a big turnover of MTs. I don't know anything about the company you're asking about. That could be a good thing!
How much PTO does TT offer? Is it at your calculated hourly rate? What's the pay cut for VR? Ty.
Thinking of leaving the Web. TT sounds like a better place to be. Thanks.
I would have handled this is little differently
at least to start. I would send an e-mail to the sup, cc the other QAers, and ask for clarification of the procedure to follow when things come up and an unscheduled break is needed, weather is bad, etc. The sup would likely respond to all. Then you would have her direction to quote if you get another IM like this. I doubt you would, though, surely they would realize you aren't going to play along with them anymore once they see your e-mail.
Would do it slightly differently
If you say NOTHING about rates it's off-putting for a potential client who just wants to know up front if they can afford you.
Instead offer some type of range - with the disclaimer that service is customized and rates are too...
You could say as low as for example - you can explain when they contact you what the parameters are for the lowest rate.
You do need a good accountant and if you will require contracts, you need an attorney as well.
others felt differently - NM
Overtime is calculated in Elabor, in compliance with federal law....
We enter our hours into Elabor each day, and OT is calculated. Right now, with a slow workload, I doubt overtime is approved. As a matter of fact, it is not approved.
7 Cents can be good - it all depends how the line is calculated - sm
I see posting all the time saying don't accept 7 cents a line that we are worth at least 9 cents or more. Well it all depends how the line is calculated. These national companies usually pay character with or without spaces and some of them have their own counting software where you just have to go with what they say and can't actually verify what is really being counted. With that said you can be paid 7 cents a line counting Keystrokes (bolding, underline, etc - example the word paid is four characters but if you bold it then it is 8 characters and if you underline too then it is 12 characters) which would usually equal around 9-10 cents or more a line depending on the format of the document. So it is very misleading when some transcriptionists say 7 cents is insulting when actually it is good if you are getting keystrokes with Abacus and you can actually verify it yourself to make sure the company is paying for all the headers, footers, template, shifts, tabs, spaces, returns, bolding, italic, underling, caps, etc. You really have to investigate how the line is calculated to be able to compare. So to all you people that keep saying don't accept it....I bet the ones that have are actually getting paid more than you in the long run!
It is done differently based on the account so
I'm not much help there. Your lead should be able to provide that information.
Your place was run differently than mine, then.
Right off the bat, it made perfect sense to use one's hospital position to obtain clinic accounts. We knew the work, we knew the dictators, we lived local. As to the medical director displaying favoritism, I guess it would depend on how it was done. Ours was always very above-board about how the word was put out. Ours wasn't really a small hospital, either. It was a regional trauma center. But I guess there are some places that want to find ethical lapses even when none exist.
Sten-Tel is a tranny franchise. Different owners, all run differently, different pay, but still
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I guess I see things differently, as I do not know what all of the hoopla is about not paying OT. sm
And Keystrokes is not the only company that doesn't pay OT. Transtech doesn't pay for it either, although they encouraged it when I was there. I was actually chastised once for putting down my real hours on my time sheet, telling me that I know better. However, it didn't bother me then and doesn't bother me now as I am just grateful to be able to work as much as I want to get the line count that I want/need. It is not slave labor -- no one forces me to work the extra hours. I do so of my own free will.
I have had some health issues and other things, and my line count with Keystrokes has been awful, yet they have been patient and caring, and I am grateful to be working for them. I realize I will probably get flamed, but that's okay. My opinion is just as valid as anyone else's, and I decided to speak up in favor of a company that has been good to me.
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