Being paid by the word versus line
Posted By: TXMT on 2006-03-15
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I just got offered a job making $5.00 per 1,000 words. I have never been paid by the word. I hear I am getting ripped off bit time. Can somebody explain to me what the difference is getting paid by the word versus getting paid by the line? I am a new MT and want to make sure I am getting paid correctly. Thanks!
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Can ayone tell me how the line counter work in MS Word please. nm
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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?
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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
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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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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.
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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?
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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...
Can anyone tell me if they get paid this way instead of the 65 w/ spaces? If anyone else does, can you tell me roughly the difference it makes versus getting paid for spaces?
Thanks
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;-)
I agree. The line counter is a pain, but I've checked lots of reports against MS Word
nm
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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Are you required to give feedback even though paid by the line?
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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