Editing offshore MTs should pay by the hour. Any QA
Posted By: QA specialist on 2006-07-09
In Reply to: Editing at extremely low line rates. - Administrator sm
that requires intense QA should be paid hourly and most people I know who do this make no less than $16 an hour. I personally earn $18 and I know some that earn $20. VR using eScription pays between 3 and 4 cpl as an employee and this is supposedly the best program out there. I have done my homework on this issue by talking to many many people. I know some that edit for line pay and they make absolutely nothing and they leave their position, move on to another position for line pay and leave. No QA position pays what it is worth. As far as new grads doing offshore MTs for 5 cpl, I don't know. I think they should get 6 as a brand new MT, but they should be well prepared to learn that they will make very little per hour or they will become very disillusioned. This is something that requires a well-trained ear and it takes sometimes years to acquire that.
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I was offered a position editing offshore work that
was also Surprisingly good. I knew without being told that the work was being done offshore as it was not that good.
If I were to go to India, or any other non-English speaking company I would not be able to do the work either, but then I'm not trying to compete with native MTs. If I say I have a first rate product, then I need to be able to prove it and thus far I haven't seen it.
think, people! If she does 250 lines/hour, same docs daily, will make $15/hour
nm
100,000/year - no way. I charge $35/hour and work 10 hour days - sm
AND I DO NOT CLEAR $100,000/YEAR.
what's not to believe - I said that I charge $35/hour and work 10 hour days AND DO NOT MAKE - sm
I DO NOT MAKE $100,000/YEAR
try READING the post.
$35/hour x five 10-hour days = $1,750 gross/week.
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$20 an hour is not even average for radiology. You should not make less than $25-30 per hour. sm
I work for Keystrokes and have for 3 years. I average 25 reports an hour, which is $31.25 an hour. I have 401, health insurance, direct deposit, life insurance. My lead tells me I'm wonderful when I talk to her, but I do not need a daily pat on the back.
I also have a good friend who works for them on a clinic. She only makes 0.08 per line but does 300 lines an hour, which is $24 an hour, again higher than your $20.
I don't think we're selling ourselves short. There are companies out there that are good to work for, 6 or 8 of them that I know of personally. Don't settle for $20 an hour.
offshore overseas.... not outsource .... correct term is offshore.
nm
This seems to be pro-offshore board. Messages against offshore often just disappear.
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Well if I could do 500 lines per hour, I would be making 35.00 an hour. sm
nothing to sneeze at. More than fair for having a 2-year degree. Come on people, we are all acting like we expect 6-digit incomes! Whatev!
I think your getting it all wrong.. She is probably doing VR editing..not the same as QA editing..
Does make a difference as you are not correcting someone's else work.. just VR to make sure the sentences make sense, right punctuation etc..If you have good English skills, it is not that difficult but this 1.5 cpl is a joke.
If that's $9.50 an hour, that would be just under 6.5 cpl at 150 lines an hour. nm
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Are there any QAs out there that are getting paid by the hour at 15+/hour? If so, where are you and
how are the work conditions/requirements/benefits,etc?
For example, I count every hour on the hour with my job
and while I was posting here and also checking email in between I averaged $22 an hour for 2 hours, not bad for someone who is a) slow or b) does not have a lot of time in transcription work; therefore making me a prime candidate for VR.
offshore to India, it's OFFSHORE (off shore), not outsource to India.
nm
Not editing.
Typing yes, editing no, not yet. I didnt say I wouldnt have a pay cut. I did say that I feel I can produce however, the more I do it. If i left Transcend because of editing and pay cuts, I would work somewhere else and make probably the same typing. I am getting paid good with or without the pay cut. If you go somewhere else, how do you know in the future that company will not be moving to the same typing of editing platform???? Because they said they wouldn't? Dont believe that. It is the future, many companies are going to be doing it. I will know how which will keep me having a job.
I can get at leAST 5 cpl editing at
Softscript, much better than 4 or 4.8 cpl.
2 cpl for editing? TIA
nm
6 cpl as an IC for editing?
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No - not at 4 cpl, but at 12 cpl editing VR. nm
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Editing at 12 cpl?
Who do you work for that you are making 12 cpl for editing?
VR Editing, or you use VR? NM
nm
editing
I know of NO companies that pay decent for editing. They think it takes less time and gives us higher line counts; just the opposite for me at the 2 places I've done editing. It takes more time to delete and add words and fix words than it does to just transcribe it. Especially when the voice recognition isn't even close!
Yes 1.5 cpl for editing
I have been an MT for 2 years, I have never edited before. This is my first editing position. I am learning a lot. Sure the pay is not the best, but I am learning. Don't get me wrong, I do need money, but I also need experience in this field. I don't know if the pay goes up or not, I have only been with them for almost 2 months and have not asked for a pay raise. I am sure there are editing jobs that pay more, but I like the company, the people, and the flexibility. There are no set lines you have to edit. You go at your own pace. There are pros and cons to every company. Some like Shapin, others do not.
Do you mean editing VR, or MTs?
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Would you consider editing?
Superior global solutions has both editing and straight transcription. I have been here for a few months not and LOVE them. Easy word-based system to use and I tip back and forth between straight typing and editing voice. I have CTS and have noticed a big improvement. Maybe you should consider editing?.
Editing pay is way too low BUT
a liveable wage is just as someone below said at $16 to $20, but find the companies and count them on one hand that pay it. Companies today are not interested in quality or they would pay editors a decent wage. Half of what I earned as an MT is NOT a decent wage and $16 to $20 is half of what I earned as an MT.
I do editing myself, and...........
I can say that they might be able to see the view, but the font is not touched in any way. Sounds like your QA person does not know much about computers. I would just do it, they cannot fire you for trying to save your eyesight, and they cannot tell you not to do that. I always do it. Does not change font.
Go for the VR editing
This is the future of MT - it won't hurt you to learn it now while it is still new. Keystrokes - unless you can deal with a lot of emotional drama - I'd go the other way.
Editing?
As of a year ago, they didn't do editing. Their platform had been purchased by Nuance/Dragon Naturally Speaking, but I didn't get the impression they would be going the VR route any time soon.
Not VR editing, QA editing
They had an ad for a regular editor. Heard various things from them being wonderful to bouncing checks, but I can't really find anything definite.
I know where you can get way more for editing!
nm
Editing
Do you mind if I ask why you work as an Editor for someone who hires with such low standards? In other words, too CHEAP to pay qualified MTs what they are worth. As long as the experienced MTs are willing to accept these low salaries to clean up crap, the cycle will just continue of salaries going down, down, down.
I Like Editing
I Like editing with eScription. I can edit twice as fast as I can type. Before eScription, my wrists and shoulders would hurt at the end of the day. I don't have that problem any more.
I've been a transcriptionists for 15 years. Before, eScription, I was worried about how much longer I could work. I think eScription has extended my career.
Anybody out there do editing for
Transtech? Just wondering if it was good or bad, how much pay, etc? 
Editing
Right now I make $15 hr editing. Can you really make that good of money at .04? What is the platform and is there a lot of formatting, etc?
editing
No, not a lot of formatting. Mostly it is just punctuation, etc. But some doctors do require major editing. It works out for me but I guess it depends on the docs you get and how comfortable you are
MT Editing
Just curious - does anyone know if MT Editors have a special program they use to be able to distinguish words we miss as transcriptionists very clearly? I find it interesting that what is a simple word, which I know once the correction comes back, that they are able to figure it out and have a flawless report.
Doing 100% QA Editing for 3 cpl
Is 3 cpl considered low for being expected to do 100% QA on every file? Seems like I just can't make any money listening to every single dictation from beginning to end, but yet this is what is expected.
7 cpl for editing
7 cpl for editing would be nice. I get about 4.5 CPL and I hate VR. Its not only cumbersome and more work, but its boring!!!
should be 0.065 cpl for VR editing nm
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Editing
Maybe editing just isn't your thing.
editing
It depends. Sometimes honestly I could have transcribed it faster. It is another field pay has gone down. I started out editing in the days at 6 cents per line. I figure they were given the indians 2 and still making money. Editing or MTing, it is all going down the toilet. Go back to school.
non VR editing I do about
nm
editing
Boy where to start. There's one group of about 100 clinic accounts and you don't pull them in any particular order, the specifics are an absolute nightmare, and with so many you never get to actually know any of them enough to go through them quicker.
All the editing is 100% listens, which really kills your pay. On one of the platforms, the program never works right, so you might have to fill in all the header information, which means writing down the demographic info and then typing it in - you don't get paid for this.
There are a few reports you can get through pretty fast, but by far not many. With being paid by the line, you're really losing a ton of money with them. A great deal of the editors just don't even try, they just push them through and I know because I was a super for them for a time before I got smart and got out.
Do you mean VR (editing)? If so, sm
I find I do okay with it. So far, I'm about 2.5 x my MT line count and growing every day. Something I do that I like is send out a weekly line count progress chart type thing - it's listed by MT number and shows your lph in MT and editing modes.
How is editing on Beyond Txt?
Is it hard or is the software decent for VR?
12 cpl for QA/editing. nm
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VR Editing
Is 5 cents a line for a 65 character line good for doing VR editing as an independent contractor? I've never done VR editing and have no idea how much I could make or how difficult it is compared to transcription. Is VR editing difficult to learn? Any info appreciated.
Editing
Not sure if original message came through, so may be duplicate ... Does anyone have any information on the software/company EditScript? I am wondering if they can determine how much you produce/edit, manipulate your line count, line length, character type, count, etc.. When I first trained, I was doing fabulous, and now after a couple of years, I am getting really low averages and I am not changing anything I do regarding pace/consistency. The company I work for may be trying to edge out some people so was wondering if this is a capability that ES has? Thanks to anyone that can assist!
How about editing
Anyone editing for an offshore company? Any feedback you want to offer on quality or what your wages are for editing the reports that are coming back to us?
Editing
I love editing.. saves wear and tear on my wrists. I never dreamed though they would screw us over and take away our pay little by little.. I am just glad to be calling it quits with the company I have been with for 3 years. They screwed me over.
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