Are you guys for real? Now you can tell people are gross
Posted By: ndmt on 2009-07-27
In Reply to: Exactly my thoughts. I would not like to see - it
indecent slobs because of their punctuation. Priceless.
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Thanks guys...I better go clear this up real quick :)
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Are you guys for real. Where did you these jobs?? I thought I had applied at all ES companies and
not one paid that. I must have missed some.
Everyone keeps saying this is a real job yet all of the people I see on here complaining sm
are the ones that want to work when they want. My guess is that it would have to be horrible being the workflow managers for any company that has people working that think that way. In the real world if you went out to the office, you would work a schedule. Working at home while offering flexibility does not change the job. The job has to get done and it is my guess that the workflow goes to those they know they can count on more often than not over someone that works when they want. I may be wrong, but that is what it seems. TAT is of utmost importance. I just feel that it would be so much better if people had to at least be required to work within a close window to their schedule. If you only want to work 2 hours a day, that's fine, but do it in a manner they know they can count on you without getting up to do this or do that,etc. Just my opinion. I work my schedule, always have, and prefer it that way. That keeps me in line and then when it is time to quit, I know I am done for the day.
Trust me, many people with some real
complaints with OSi. Tons of people have left to go to much better jobs. I would say one of the biggest complaints is with management and their lack of experience and ongoing lies.
For real people - The pay most of these companies
are offering now for EXPERIENCED MTs is not much more than I made starting out 10 years ago with no experience. I started out at 0.06 a line. What a ripoff. I'm seriously considering a new profession.
Then we should all use our real names. With all the nasty people here though sm
that would still be questioned. Get a life or at least a job. Obviously you can't hold the ones you get.
7-8 gross is great. That is equivalent to 10-12 65 character lines, as a gross
line is about 35% lower than a 65 character line. Will you share who is paying this>
I actually have two real jobs with real benefits. sm
One is SoftScript at 10.5 cents a line, taxes taken out and PTO, insurance, the whole ball of wax. The other is a hospital work at home job, same scenario. They are out there.
A gross line is not based on characters. A gross line is
anything on the line constitutes a line, so if you only have 1 word on a line it is still counted as a line. A gross line at 8 cpl roughly translates to 10 cpl/65 character.
Ew! How gross!!
A company sends you equipment and it's full of random hairs and is busted? That is just nasty!!
They used to pay 10-11 cpl....not gross
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Gross or net?
And yes that was a gross
exaggeration to make a point.
gross line pay
If using Meditech, getting paid 8 cents/gross line is equivalent to what in getting paid per 65 cpl?  TIA
gross line pay
Sorry, that question doesn't make any sense. What I meant basically is this: Is 8 cents/gross line in Meditech's system good pay? I was typing in Fusion and getting 7 cents/gross line at one time and it equalled far less lines than 7 cpl at a 65 char. line. Does this make sense to anyone? Thanks.
You would have to gross over $400 a day M-F. How exactly do you manage this?
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gross lines
I know that this has been posted numerous times but I have never paid much attention to it until now...seems like lines must be 100 characters long or something. Anyway, what is that formula for checking gross lines against the 65-character line? Thanks.
gross lines
Gross lines means anything that is on a line, i.e. signature on a letter, date, etc., is a line - usually the standard for gross lines is Courier 12 with one inch margins. There is a formula that will give you a pretty good estimate of gross lines versus other line counts, but essentially if you multiply gross lines x 1.44, you get a pretty good estimate of the pay per line you would need with a 65 char line to equal a gross line. For example, if you are being paid 8 cpl gross lines, you would need to make roughly 11.5 cpl on a 65 char line to approximate the same rate of pay. That depends, of course, on lots of factors and is just an estimate (actual gross line pay is usually even more, depending on if you have a lot of short lines, etc.) I know companies that charge their clients by the gross line, then PAY their MTs on a 65 char line - VERY bad business if you ask me. As a rule, you get a better deal with gross lines any way you slice it - just make sure they mean gross lines with 1 margins and Courier 12 font.
It is sad is what it is....used to be that per GROSS line.
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They did not say if it was gross line
or 65 ch, but I think that they feel that because it is part time, that is all that is deserved. Part time or not, an acceptable pay should be required. I doubt they will get many applications, except maybe a newbie looking for experience and does not have to pay rent, etc.
Gross line pay is almost ALWAYS better
depending on the rate of gross pay. For instance, I just did a sample line count in MPTools. I compared one document and counted a gross line - anything with writing on it and a 65-char line (spaces included) and I compared the rates at .10/65char and .055/gross and for the SAME REPORT it showed: $96.06 for the 65-char line and for the gross Line it was $119.96. Still more money that way. And it adds up.
For the most part, from what I have seen, .10/65-char line is about what most companies TOP OUT at, so you are still better off with a gross line, at least from what I can see in the comparison.
Is that per gross line?....
nm
7 years ago - $45K/yr. Now, $28K gross, and after
Welcome to the land of the working poor.
Of course the gross line is more, but what is
the percentage of ESL, how easy is the platform, are there any benefits, can you be flexible with your schedule ....
I don't know anything about either company. I would search the boards and read everything you can find and make you a list of pros and cons.
GROSS LINE PAY
Are there any companies left that still pay the hard-working medical transcriber by the gross line?
A gross line is a gross line, however, if
the gross line is 75 characters long, instead of the usual 65, and you have long paragraphs, then you are making less money than if you were on a 65 character count.
6 cpl per gross line
6 cpl gross does not equate to 9.25/65.
Like the other poster said it is more around 8 cpl, maybe 8.25 cpl. In 1990 I was making 6 cpl/gross.
If the pay is REALLY on gross lines
I'd snag it at 6 cpl and be danged glad to get it. Haven't heard of anyone paying on gross lines in probably 15 years so I kind of have to wonder if there isn't something a little fishy.
Yes, it really is gross line as you described. nm
It's 6 cpl per gross line. Nothing to
gross line, it's going to come out to the average pay for 65 character - about .085, maybe 0.09 cpl
gross line
so disappointed, those were the old ole' days.
It's based on the gross.
To be full time and eligible for benefits, you have to GROSS $900 per pay period, which is twice a month.
And even if you were making a totally-unacceptable 7 cents a line (and I just pulled that number out of thin air, it means nothing, I'm only using it to make a point) that's still under 13,000 lines in a bimonthly pay period. Of course, if your line rate is higher (and hopefully it is!) that's even fewer lines you have to lay down to get there.
Gross is like so much better. Make sure see message
you ask if you get headers, footers, etc. And of course on how many pages they pay that for. You really have to investigate. 9 cents a gross line is like 13 cents a character count line. It is really a huge difference. Good luck.
Gross lines unless it is a line of 72+
characters or more, then you can really get cheated. Once company that has someone plugging for them on MTChat pays gross lines, but those lines are up to 84-104 characters in some parts of the report, so you really get taken to the cleaners with the gross count.
What companies still pay gross lines?
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can DQS be set up to count gross lines? nm
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Who pays by the gross line? Anyone?
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Execuscribe...65 char gross...nm
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Hmm, exactly what is a 65-character gross line?
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Pay is six cents gross line.
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Is that a gross line? Anything else is an insult!
Do the math. Could you not make more transcribing? I was paid $20 an hour and 4 cents a gross line at one point. Even that was lower than what I could make doing MT!
Gross or character lines
In word, under properties they do not count headers that occur on every page. You have to add that in by the numer of pages, i.e. if you are doing a long psych report that is 9 to 15 pages and have a headed on every page. I could be wrong and if so let me know. I just did a count with a header and those lines were not counted. But if you are doing a cpl you can count characters with and without spaces. But again in word they do not count extra characters for capitalization, bold, underline, etc where as in line counting program, Sylcount, they do. So will you be using your program or theirs to count lines? Gross or per 65 cpl.
What companies pay by the gross line?
A list of companies would be great, thanks for your help!
Are there any companies that pay by gross line? nm
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By Gross line - IMAGESTAT - sm
There is a post below that says Imagestat USED to pay by gross line. I work there and get paid by gross line.
Anybody care to elaborate on this? How do you know? 
Yeah, the least you can do is pronouce your gross
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Take out 25% of your gross income every week. sm
As an IC, your tax base is usually 25-30% of your gross income. That should cover all taxes, including state, Federal, and FICA.
Been an IC for 20 years now.
she asked GROSS line
of course font size matters
55 is better. After gross lines, companies
went to 55 character lines, and now 65 character lines.
With the 55-char line, you only have to type 55 characters to get your line rather than 65.
In reference to gross line pay...sm
Let's put it this way. I used to be paid by the gross line until my company was bought out by a national. My pay at that time was 3.25 per gross line. Working on the very same client account on a gross line, I earned $20,000 more then anually than I do now after having been switched to 0.09 65 cpl w/spaces. However, a gross line also depends on the size of the font used and the length of the margins. But you get paid 3.5 cpl whether there is 82 characters in a *line* or just one character. do you realize how many short lines there are in a dictation as opposed to full 65 character lines? and how many of those short lines it takes to add up to a 65 character line? Believe me, it adds up, and I would go back to a gross line in a heart beat, given the opportunity. Maybe I will give this place a shot!
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