Except that US MTs don't get PAID a fair rate -nm
Posted By: for OUR economic environment. on 2007-04-23
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There is no fair QA line rate. Get out
of the biz. Let the people who don't know what they are doing take the line rates and make the companies go out of business. That's what they deserve.
They pay what I would consider a very fair line rate
but have no idea what their report rate was before.
fair starting line rate
I'm considering going to work for a company paying by the line rate. What is a good/fair begining line count rate for relative newbie (<1 yr)?
Can someone please tell me what is a fair rate per line for speech rec editing?
Thanks in advance!
which companies pay fair line rate with designated accounts? nm
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Yep, on a keychain PLUS they paid me a fair wage the entire year. (nm)
Avge rate now 1.00-1.25. If you can get paid
for links, you will make a lot more money. If you are looking for radiology, try Keystrokes. I have worked for two hospitals that went to them and also for three other services that do rad, but KS paid the best and had the most rad work by far.
...would make more if you got paid a cpl rate! nm
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MQ PTO: Do the packets say how PTO is accrued, or if it still paid at average rate? nm
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What does "DOE" mean on the job seekers board for the rate to be paid?
You only get 3 holidays OFF per year. PTO is paid at a very low rate. There is 401k...sm
But the company match is only up to 2%. Employees are required to work at least 1 weekend day every week.
All of the hospitals/clinics have a lot of ESLs, that's just the way it is. But a lot of them also use canned normals, which we love.
There's a lot more to consider than how much the medical plan costs.
Futurenet AQ not paid by report any more? Going to line rate.
sucks
No, I am not paid any flat rate and I told that recruiter
I gave my notice, but he continues to ask me. Of course, I have not given my notice and will see how this job plays out. One thing to note is the recruiter claims I have a great account that many would be happy to have. May be he is worried about fabrication.
If your hired at an hourly rate and you run out of work, then you dont get paid anything??
Just saying, you worked a total of 3 hours one day, ran out of work for two hours, then for that day you only get paid 3 hours? That would suck and it wont pay my bills.
do you find being paid per the minute pays better than per line pay rate?
Thank you so much for your help!
This is not true. I have been there a month and get a good line rate and paid for spaces. ??? nm
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I AGREE COMPLETELY! I'd rather be paid a consistent, respectable hourly rate
nm
for MQ STAT employees tier rate applies to ME rate as well and how calcluated?
for a STAT MQ employee: Does anyone know if the tier rate is going to be applied to the ME rate as well or are they going to go with the 80% of the MT rate for each tier level? If the tier rate doesn't apply as well to the ME rate then going by the 80% of the MT rate is less than if the tier rate would be applied. I'm sure that MQ is going to go by whatever keeps money in their pockets. Guess this is a question for the supervisor tomorrow.
Their line rate was less than my current nat'l rate, even with mucho experience. nm
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VR rate is 1/2 rate of traditional typing,I believe it is 4 cents line.
I took that to mean you can get to that rate after 1600 lines and that is not the starting rate.
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Webmedx ASR rate is 70% of your regular line rate. sm
So if you are on a 9 cpl account, you get 6.3 CPL plus any bonus / incentives / shift differential.
From the current editing rate not typing rate
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Training on the system, not paid, but if you are physically typing reports then you are getting paid
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Oh, yea -- PAID, too. Grandmother PAID LEAVE would be a great drawing card to TT !!
Just love that PAID TIME OFF !!
Any company that makes you wait to get paid until they get paid by the client
is not a company you want to get involved with. That's part of being an MTSO, figuring out how to cover your payroll while waiting to get paid. I would stay away!
Is this a live count of lines paid for or same as CTRL I that we do not get paid for ?? nm
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Me too.. the outsourced company was paid for and paid me for headers, but OSI does/did not.
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I have always paid yearly and have never paid or been assessed a penaltly. nm
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Be glad you get paid tomorrow. We are paid on the 1st and the 15th, so sm
since the 1st is on a weekend, we don't get paid until Monday. It will happen again on the 15th of August …sigh. It is the only thing I do not like about the company, though, so I guess a few weekends of poverty a year is not too much.
Not fair!
I have been working with them for 7 years now and have NEVER been offered a shift differential! I too, often work in the evenings. I find it a tad unfair how they offer such good incentives for one office and not the other. I have been extremely happy for all this time until I started reading these posts where the truth comes out! I now realize how I have been neglected as a transcriber for them.
To be fair.....sm
....I was on an account with this company. And it was the hospital itself that was trying to cut their own costs, and jimmied the lines counts to a way where the MT and the MT company got less. Taking spaces out of the header, cutting some spaces out of the doc's signature line, etc. I know, because I was told right away, and I know the email went out to others on the account. So in that particular instance (last year), Focus did inform the MTs, and it was all the customer, trying to cut their own costs, not Focus.
Just my 2 cents on that account at that time.
Yes its more fair
but not many companies pay by the minute (that I know of). If the rate is fair, then its a fair method - but then that goes for all the computations... by the character, line, report, etc.
How do you even know? Maybe it's all bad. I think they are very fair. I get both
nm
Yes, it is fair.
They are being charged fair rates for their economic environment, just as we are.
Do you think every tax payer in the US should pay the exact same tax? Probably not, eh?! Think of it: If everyone in the US had to just pay $5000 in taxes every year, we will have a huge number of people unable to do so while the wealthy get off paying just $5K from their hundreds of millions. It is rated against their income.
Same thing with India. India's economic environment is no where near the wealth of the United States. So, to be fair the AAMT has rated their testing rates compatible with their economy.
It is fair.
Now, if you just don't like other countries doing work for the US, that's a little different topic.
Then again, considering that we sure as heck want to do business in their countries, maybe it really takes on a little different perspective.
It is fair ......sm
So, do you think the MT with 25 years experience and excellent work ethic who is reliable should make the same cpl as the MT with 2 years experience with the same work ethic. I think not. We should be paid for experience.
I can tell you that it really ticks me off when I hear of the MT with 2 years experience making cpl for clinic work and do all acute care with the 25 years experience. That really pisses me off.
I have learned to become quite the negotiator when it comes to line rates and pay.
Fair Enough...
You make a good point, since you're up against those very obtacles. I always find myself tending to try to sway to the side of the MT.
Maybe the OP will check back in at some point and offer more info to clarify things.
Have a great day!!!
Fair enough...
You can come back to this board in 1 year. I will be here. I have been posting here for years. I have also been an MT for many years. I do not need a union contract. I make a great living without one. As for working for the Q, I did many, many years ago. I used them to get my foot in the MT door. Once I had enough experience to find something better suited for me, I gave my notice and moved on. It was really quite easy, actually.
That happens to me too. But not fair !!
They see I can cover all areas, (made a point to learn all areas) but it is just as difficult for me on some of the crappy dictators and just cuz was pretty much able, does not mean you made much hour-wise, while others with less experience prob. get about same pay and get it easier. Really does get to me. It is all about what is fair to another human, don't dump the junk.
fair?
 It's fair to keep a good line rate if your production and work is excellent. Sometimes, pay is based on how long you're in the field and how good you are at what you do. The great line rates at D's place just show that she has paid her people based on their skills. That's hard to argue with. Just my 2 cents.
No. Must mean that they are a fair and reasonable
company to work for. If not, I would have left a long time ago.
9 cpl at Medware for 150 lph seems fair
If the base is 8.5 and you can make .5 incentive for doing 150 lph, that seems fair to me. 9 cpl nowadays is a good line rate for employee status with benefits. Plus you say the insurance is affordable. That's probably why they are a good company and get good reviews, seems obvious to me. The offshore thing is about par for the course today, any company who does not offshore will soon find themselves behind the eight ball trying to compete. Balance is the key and taking care of your employees with a decent line rate helps.
Transolutions is Very Fair
I have found Transolutions to be very fair as well. While I'm having trouble meeting my line counts, to this point they have been very fair in allowing me ample time to get up to speed. Also, I was a bit leary about using a DOS-based system, but so far I am very happy with that too. No complaints here.
It says everyone so that it is fair! If they just e-mailed you and not everyone, then you would be
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well, that would be nice and fair IF we had
anyone can post anything
I though the tests were very fair sm
and although not simple, they weren't extremely hard and certainly much better than some I have taken. The actual verbal, I thought, was the easiest. By the way, definitions ARE a MAJOR part of transcription ability. Sounds like you are sore at the company for not getting the position.
But is it really fair to punish most of your MTs because of
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Sounds fair to me, and here's my take on it. sm
Seven diffefent worktypes? If it's acute care, then you should be well versed in this many anyway. H&Ps, discharges, consults, ops for sure. After that, there are many different types of reports an acute care MT should easily handle - EEGs, EKGs, wound treatment (hyperbaric oxygentreatments etc.), psych, nerve condutions, clinic notes - you name it - the list goes on. I see nothing abusive about 7 different worktypes.
As far as 4 different accounts - there are shades of gray here. If the account specifics are pretty much the same across the board, then there is no room to complain. If however, there are a million nuances to remember from doctor to doctor and account to account, then yes - that will slow you down and those *are* difficult working conditions.
On the flip side, it sounds as if the company is at least providing you with enough work to make your line count.
MTs are fickle. Not enough work, they complain. Too much work, they complain. Not enough worktypes, they complain. Too many worktypes, they complain.
I'm in administration at our company. There is no pleasing everybody, but we try our best. There are some MTs that *love* the variety of work - they are thankful they're not typing the same reports/same docs all day long. Then another MT may feel just the exact opposite - and wish she could do nothing *but* clinic notes, or ops day in and day out. What's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander.
It's not an exact science. The company has to try to balance enough work for the MTs without overhiring, yet still meet their contracted TAT.
Is this a fair wage?
I'm a new graduate and I got an offer for 0.75 cpl. Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks! I think I tend to be fair
and what this and other MTSOs are not realizing is that much if not all critism here is not meant as an UNfair attack. It's a vent board for one thing. :)
What galls me are the MTSOs who won't discuss the problems *before* you quit, much less take responsibility for true problems, but then want to protest when they see negatives posted...
There's an old saying about a shoe and what to do if it fits...
:)
Just not fair to their MT's -- TAT understandable, BUT
The goodness of TT lasted for 1 year. Now it is low to no work on a daily basis for the past month or more on an almost consistent basis. They have definitely overhired for the accounts they have acquired. Covering their behind, not the MT's at the present time.
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