Are you required to give feedback even though paid by the line?
Posted By: sm on 2008-12-03
In Reply to: Focus Pay - Shelly
If so, I encourage all QA folks to STOP taking these by the line QA positions when you are required to spend your time providing feedback for which you are not paid. Every company that does this is cheating you. And there is absolutely no way I would QA on DQS/QASAR while being paid by the line. Rip off.
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MDI-MD min. line count required
Does anyone know what the minimum line count MDI (in Maryland, not Florida) requires before they drop the line rate?
what is the required line count?
for VR? I asked but never got an answer.
Is it easy to get your required line count?
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At TransHealth, once you meet your minimum required line count...sm
(I believe it is 11,000 for full-timers), there are levels for every x number of lines above your minimum,and you get extra cpl for those lines. It is incremental, so the more you transcribe above your minimum, the higher your cpl. It can boost your paycheck by $500 if you really haul. They also pay a weekend differential of extra cpl for weekend work.
I think most companies work that way. Bonus pay is usually an increase in cpl when you exceed your minimum.
I've not had much experience with incentive pay prior to TransHealth - so there may be many other ways that bonus pay is given. Works for me though.
What about keeping a timesheet? Is that required since you just meet a line count? SM
Do you have to keep track that you worked at these certain hours each day, or do you just log on and work and meet your line count and not care what time it is?
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They paid 7 & 8 cpl before and didn't give raises. They were using
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my 1st day, w/no paid train, KS tried to give me 2 ESLs because, in her words,-
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Hard to do, when the per-line pay is so low. Give us
I don't get paid by the line so don't know, sorry.
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I'm paid by the line. nm
Wish I could help you but paid by the line
but the hours are definitely great - IC and great schedule. Good with the bad I guess?
Paid by the line
I am miserable because I'm paid by the line. I'm expected to provide constant feedback, yet I'm not paid extra for all of the feedback emails. I also wish I could find a good company that pays hourly, working any shift.
I get paid per line. They
finally answered me today and said there is a bug in iType and it duplicates reports and the count on iType will always be higher than what it really is. I guess it I continue working for them, I will have to keep track of each report and how many lines instead of just going by daily lines as I have been. I am working for another company now, though, that pays much better, so hopefully this will work out better! Waiting for the first check
You are paid by the line.
The MTs (most of them) are horrible. You are also expected to spend your time (no extra pay) providing management with detailed feedback on the errors so they can pass it along to the horrible MTs. I had to spend an eternity on each report due to the horrible dictators and the horrible MTs. I quit...not worth it at all.
I was also often without work. If you take a job with them you should also have a second job.
Could someone tell me what QA is usually paid per line. nm
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It sounds to me like possibly you did not stay long enough to learn your account nor how to use the software and give it the full dedication it takes to learn all aspects.
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Anyone get paid per line for QA? I was just offered
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Anyone get paid per line for QA? I was just offered
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They are paid by the line, not the hour. nm
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No, QA is paid per line 3 or 4 cents
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US MT's are paid so little per line that in order to
reports as possible, and the faster you go, the more junk is likely to be produced. I try to proofread everything I produce, but when my tenancy is on the chopping block and the rent is overdue, I type as fast as I can, don't proofread, and hope for the best. It's all about survival.
How do companies pay PTO when we are paid by the line.
Do they use an average of what you make most days and pay you that when you want your day off, or do they have a little bank of money that you can dip into when taking a vacation? Explain this to me please?
Ok, so give some examples then. I can attest that more than less are paying by the line
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Control i does not give us the exact line count where
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Just curious...do they give you a higher line rate? nm
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Transhealth rad-paid by report or by line? sm
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Or you're paid by the hour/not line
Or, you are paid by the hour/not line.
Not flaming, but wondering. How do you know you get paid for every line if you
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Paid for 55 char black line...
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Well only if you get your own accounts or are paid gross line.
There is no way a transcription company will pay you that much. I have one of my own accounts too and make 12 cents per gross line, and I make around $50 per hour on average.
If you're paid by the line, and not for checking - sm
demographics, then the more time you spend checking demographics, the more you are working for free. A little bit of it is one thing, a lot of it is quite another.
You get paid for the whole line count in the report.
Only on QA do some companies (GRRR) pay for just a certain amount of lines or what you actually type in the blanks.
VR is the same line count as text reports - and the whole report. Hope this helps you. You might want to check with your company to confirm though, lots of weird stuff going on with some of them;-)
What companies give an accurate EXText line count?
Either an accurate count or the option to check your own!
Went from hospital to company using DQS, line count has definitely went down, don't get paid for
demographics even if we have to enter them in. I've put a lot more abbrev in my Expander since switching over to DQS to help compensate.
Heck, no! Gross line would be a great way to get paid! nm
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Futurenet AQ not paid by report any more? Going to line rate.
sucks
I think what she is saying is that if mgmt were paid by the line, they would understand our position
When you depend on your paycheck to pay the bills and it varies from week to week, it can really cost you if there is no work or low work volumes.
In 2006, you needed a Cphone & paid your own LD line to
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I believe they mean that you have to make $900 per PP to be full time, still paid by line
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Wanna give the rest of us instructions on how to make a line count like that, aside from doing all
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