First, what kind of time frame are we talkin? 6000 lines in a week?
Posted By: SM on 2008-09-16
In Reply to: Should I continue to work if I do - Mommyatwork
I ask because 6 cpl is horrible and if they expect you to produce 12,000 lines in a week in order to get 9 cpl, well that's just nuts.
But I digress, you original question was should you continue to work when you do not have access to your line count --> NO! And the fact that you are getting the run around should be sending up red flags.
Now you couple that with the 6 cpl and I would have to say this place you work at sucks!
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FT = 6000 lines a week. nm
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Yes, 10 cpl, mininum of 5000 or 6000 lines per week I think. nm
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6000 lines per pay period (2-weeks) and 20 hours per week that is
Just clarifying.
What kind of flexibility are you talkin?
Full time with Transtech is both. 40 hours per week and 5500 lines per week.
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6000 a week for FT - nm
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I love it. Got my full-time lines first week.
First time in years I am back to making my old money again. A good match for me, at least. IMHO. Been in the business over 26 years and I like it a lot. Can see acct. specs while typing, samples, have normals and inserts, etc. Never a problem and that was from day 1. And I am not a recruiter, I am an MT who has been around the block enough times to know a good think when I have it and to stay put. Good luck to you.
24-hour time frame
MDI-MD. Lots of happy people there. IC status.
6000 lines for SE in Texas
my region requires 6000 lines for SE, which i think sucks. I was lied to months ago. they said that all offices were going to require 6000 lines for SE's across the board. I don't know what would make me think they were telling the truth!!
24-hour time frame to do work
What are some companies out there who allow a 24-hour frame in which to return work, no set hours, but a minimum line count requirement within a specified time frame. Thanks in advance.
If there a time frame for return of funds? sm
I know Silent Type wants $500. to get back in 6 months, baloney, this is just a way to get an iinterest free loan to purchase there equipment. I turned it down. On current company, you may suggest to get a predated check for the $125 to coincide with the proposed return of funds, then you can just automatically cash, hopefully there are funds there.
My usual VR fits mostly the same time frame
as yours although I have gotten 600+ before but never 800+ and I start usually at 12, started 15 minutes earlier and by 1 o'clock that is what I had. I keep my speed as fast as it will go also, you cannot make any money unless you are able to do that. I was surprised myself, first time for me and perhaps just a fluke but hey, I will take that.
Can anyone tell me the required amount of hours/lines for part time per week for Focus? nm
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Not what I was told; 3500/wk part-time & 6000 wk/full-time. nm
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I think its 6000 lines per pay period and 20 hours.....but
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I was told 6000 lines for 2 weeks when I hired
in as an SE 6 weeks ago.
Mine took about that long and the pedal and stuff came in about that time frame sm
BUT I live in the God-forsaken WILDERNESS! By the time the bills show up here they are already late. Only thing I ever get on time is my paycheck.
12K lines payperiod is 6K lines a week.
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2000 lines per day, what kind of work are you doing? nm
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How many lines do you do in a week?
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More than 1200 lines a week?
so what's the point in being so rude to wandering MT?
11,000 lines per 2 week period. nm
150 lph x7-8 hrs or 5500 lines a week for 35 hr min.
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I know people who are doing 10,000 lines per week, sm
20,000 per period. I find it hard to believe that a recruiter would have discouraged you from hiring on here.
As for hiring now, there are new accounts coming on in December and January; that's why they are advertising for more MTs at this time.
Ugg this is so frustrating! I am going to try to get more lines the first week
of the payperiod and maybe that will help. I have a child but he is away for the summer so I am able to sit and wait 24/7. I just have to juggle the bills this time around, either pay for the furniture or the rent, but not both. Will be lying low this week food-wise too, good thing I am alone and can cut back on going anywhere or buying anything. Perhaps the recession will end and the new accounts will help. Going elsewhere might end up being the same thing, so I am going to overlap TT with something else. Just thinking aloud here... thanks for your feedback. It is hard to talk to coworkers when you are home and don't know anyone in the area who does the same kind of work.
How many hours in a week do you normally work to get your lines in?
Just curious. I work 50-plus hours here to make it work for our family, would love to cut back
I am able to make 10,000 lines M-F every week at eTransPlus - nm
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Lines to type would be nice for MT week.
Excuse me but I am ahead of my lines for the week anyway sm
so if I want to make an omelete, that is my choice. Was I complaining for being out of work at that particular moment? No. Besides, I have work now and also, we are allowed a 30 minute break to eat by government criteria. I don't know if you know that or not.
11,000 per week editing lines, 5,500 straight typed.
Don't know how much it is for husband and kids. $70 a week for me and two kids.
MQ. PTflex...2000 lines/week and 401K.
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Now that bonuses are paid by total lines per week sm
it doesn't matter what your LPH total is, so you can stay clocked in or out for those little things, as you choose.
My information is kind of old, but I used to work for them part time sm
and it was a good company. The people were great, and they paid on time (weekly). The pay was rather low, but what I was doing was easy clinic work, so it kind of balanced out. Good luck!
wot da heck u talkin about????
Don;t be too quick to point your finger. Maybe you were too quick to click the reply button and addressed YOUR whining to the wrong person???
now you're talkin'
Yes, I have to admit, that's the attitude we really should have. This poster is correct, our job/financial security is our own responsibility. Those of us who have been doing this job for more than a few years should already know that these mergers happen quite often and we all should have been more prepared for the possibility.
Having said that, I have to admit that even I was shocked that MDI went down in flames to a big-bucks aquisition like this, but I should have known better. Like they say, it's just business.
Of course, because of all the dissembling about it and leaving us with little or no work while sneaking the reports away from us amounts to downright lying, and THIS is what shocks me about MDI's behavior. D and CB have talked a good game, but they have been VERY dishonest about all this. It wasn't necessary to lie. We were all adults and I would have understood such a move, if we had been given the chance to discuss it openly.
A message to newbies in this business: ALWAYS have a second part time job going. Always. I did and now I'm REALLY GLAD I did. This is what job security amounts to for us. If we want security, we need to provide it for ourselves. Also, don't think in terms of loyalty to your job, but rather see yourself as a truly INDEPENDENT contractor.
See, and I thought it was Ms. Cleo talkin'. nm
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LOL!!! Looky who they're talkin about again. Be
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Told minimum PT was 3500 lines a week; requires 2 weekend days a month nm
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--full time, 40 hrs/week (nm)
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Yes, I make my time up later in the week when possible
or the weekends. I'm not tied to my computer. I do other things in between and check every 15 minutes or so for work.
I really don't care about the slow period. It was so busy for so many months that I am enjoying the slow down....but hopefully, it won't be much longer. I'm getting used to having these breaks. 
HOW DO YOU GET OVER TIME IF YOU DON'T WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK?
That is a great gig you have going. Do you have to work weekends?
You have to average 11000 a week to be full time.
The editing/straight transcribing average varies by account. I have one that is about 50/50, two that are about 70/30. Every straight transcribed line counts as 2 edited lines. We also have new accounts too so of course those will be more straight transcribing until the doctors get recognized.
Which companies consider full-time 35 hours per week? THX......nm
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Anyone know what is the full time line requirement per week? nm
Thanks.
An MTSO can say I need these lines by this time, and you, as an IC, either say yes or no.
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700 lines per day IS part time.
That is what I was told.
FYI OSI full time is 10,000 lines ppp
Now, if you can just get enough work available to get that, and not get on one of the accounts where they take a good 9-11% of lines right off the top, you'll be doing good.
Got paid, but once again not for all my lines. Third time in a row
I have been shorted. I'm done.
Yes it does, but 35 hours a week is all that is required to be full time and get bennies.
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I used to work for them part-time -- I think 20 hours/week is the minimum. nm
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web site says MT-s go through a 28 week training process. That's a long time!
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