Ok, so give some examples then. I can attest that more than less are paying by the line
Posted By: and not by the hour. nm on 2006-07-09
In Reply to: No it is not unheard of. Many companies still - QA specialist
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It is always okay to not give 2 weeks to an employer who is not paying you.
By not paying you, your employer has broken the employment agreement. My husband runs a small construction company and begs, borrows, and lets his bills go unpaid before he EVER makes his employees wait for a check. They are also paid immediately following a payperiod, not a week, or 2, or when we decide to get a check in the mail.
I was in this situation with my last employer. I did start to e-mail my supervisor that I was not working until I was paid. Of course, that ended up cutting off my nose to spite my face, so I went job hunting.
Lastly, from a business standpoint, if your employer cannot go to a bank for a short-term note to cover payroll until their payments come in, you are on the verge of a huge problem. Our credit is far from perfect, even including a bankruptcy 6 years ago, but my relationship is good enough with my bank if I went in and asked for an emergency operating note, we would get it. If your employer cannot or will not do this, it's time to find a more stable company.
Any companies paying .10+/line?
If so, who and where are they??
They are paying 0.05 per 65/char line for VR nm
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No. But I see they are only paying 7 cents a line
You can get clients if you undercut. But it is getting good transcriptionists that is the trick if you pay so little.
Are they paying by the line or the hour?
How much?
Paying by the line or by the hour
If they are not paying you by the hour, but BY THE LINE, it is actually none of their business when you take breaks as long as you meet TAT. That is a problem I am perceiving with some of these places: expecting you to sit at your computer for a fixed amount of hours EVEN IF THERE IS NO WORK.
You are exactly right. It is the crap companies paying by the line. (nm)
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Transcend was paying more than pennies for line
about Precyse. Transcend was not a bad company to work for but I guess since they offshore MTs stay away. I had a personal situation to where I couldn't stay with Transcend, but their platform was not too bad if you like VR. I was, however, asked not to divulge the cpl so I won't even though I am not employed with them at the current time. Pay was ontime. They were nice people in my opinion especially the recruiter; she was great. The trainer was okay, but the class size was too big. There were five people training on five different accounts at one time with one trainer (webinar) with trainer by telephone. 
Wow, if you're paying ICs $1.50 a line, count me in! nm
companies paying by gross line
Does anyone know any companies that pay by gross line? Any info would be appreciated.
I can attest to this and will add
While I was working for a California-based service and the owner of TTD, Inc. (Amy Kelley) had 5 to 6 of the MTSOs accounts assigned to her (which took work away from those who worked directly for the company. I also know there was a huge difference in the line rate she rec'd (which I also rec'd) and the line rate she paid those who words on HER accounts.
And I'll add one additional note. Whenever she went on vacation (traveling, of course), she would sent a note to the service owner asking that I cover all of her accounts.
Draw your own conclusions from the situation.
Not paying for spaces can be okay if the characters per line is shorter.
55 characters without spaces is roughly equivalent to 65 with spaces.
If they have troubles paying it does not may what they "pay" per line. run aways
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I can attest 2 the owner's moodiness...
and broken promises, I'm afraid. Altho some love it there - go figure!
I've only been there 6 months so I can't attest
to how the MT supervisor used to be. (The manager is GREAT). I have had issues with MTs (MT supervisor) and I can honestly say I thought about leaving more than once and she was 99% of the reason. I follow account specifics, follow my schedule consistency, and my QA scores are consistently higher than their minimum requirement and I am no longer having issues. Any e-mail to her is also supposed to be copied to her superior and vice versa, which may have played a roll. I don't have contact with her daily, or even weekly. The positives more than make up for this negative.
Old posts say improper line counting and not paying for spaces were SOME of the probs. nm
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Low line counts; paying long distance; getting crap work skipped by others.
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Your examples don't end in Y.
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just using general examples here...
not really talking specifics. and if you are making 10 cpl, you'd better rejoice and count your lucky stars. I was making that 5 years ago before I went with a big MTSO for health insurance, when they dropped us back to where I was making less than minimum wage, I quit. I'm now making 8 cpl...and I have 16 years of exp! I'm just saying, a rate of 6 cpl is a JOKE...you set your own standards, but we have to JUST SAY NO to the low wages they try to offer us now.
Can find examples of ANYTHING you are trying to
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Specific examples more helpful.
I'm sure you are correct but specific work type problems encountered are more helpful.
There are certainly more current examples to learn
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Hard to do, when the per-line pay is so low. Give us
TransTech uses ExText so you can look up MD examples. They pay for spaces, too. Don't know how mu
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Does Keystrokes give line raises. If so, when and how much.
Very interested
Where do you get that Scribe does not give you a line count??
I have been with Transportal for over 6 months and NEVER have I not been able to see my line count instantly at anytime I wanted. The ONLY exception to this is if a file is pending in QA it does not show until QA has completed it. This is not new within the last few weeks. It has been this way since January at least since I was hired.
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.
I can easily type 250-300 lph when I give it my full dedication and am having a good day. I can say I have major health issues and Transportal has been a WONDERFUL company to work for for me. I do wish the pay was a little higher but I am thankful not to have an account full of ESLs day in and out too so I feel that compensates somewhat. I am an IC and I have NEVER been questioned about my work hours EVER and I have worked under 2 account managers, both beginning with a J. They are exceptional. Some weeks I work days, some weeks I work nights. I work whenever I can with no questions asked. Just as your work schedule may not be the same as everyone else, account managers have their schedules that work for them as well. Who cares when they upload the work, you have work don't you? If the files are already late on TAT, it doesn't mean you HAVE to stay up all night doing them. It means the entire acct is most likely out of TAT and working the oldest first. No, I am not in management. I am merely a team player, IC MT as stated, and I realize what it takes to keep the work flowing and the account happy. I hate seeing someone come on here and bash a wonderful place to work just because it may not have worked for them or because they didn't stick around to figure it out. If you had software issues, why didn't you ask how it worked? They should do more info regarding the use of the software but most experienced MTs can figure it out as it is that simple to use.
Take everything you see with a grain of salt for sure on this one. Free feel to email me if you have any further questions. Out of 15 years experience, I have never been more satisfied with an account, company, or team lead with the exception of the good ole days and basic Word without platforms. With any platform, you have to do at least some demographic work and that is the wave of the future so you might as well get used to it and thank Obama for pushing electronic medical records. At least we are still typing rather than going to full EMR or VR or editing work from you know where. I am glad you left though, leaves more work for me, YEAH!! Also, I have NEVER received a rude email EVER from anyone within this company.
Control i does not give us the exact line count where
we work. We do not get paid for everything that control i would show. It has recently been fixed so that we can use control i, but the line shown there is not what we will get paid for. We have to go to ichart to get our *true* line count. Ichart often is very slow and/or down ! There is a big difference in the control i line count and what we get paid for. We also have no way to see the reports that we have done with the exact line count for that report, nor any report that shows us the job numbers we transcribed EVER! We are even blocked from the function that shows the prior report that we did. Control i does absolutely no good if it is not a correct line count (paycheck-wise). The only thing that I see good out of it with Transtech is that it does show the number of reports that I have transcribed so that I can compare it with my handwritten tablet of jobs, but it does not show each and every report number or line count for each report. The only way we could that is to look at Ichart at the end of each job which is very time consuming since it is so very SLOW ! But still no job numbers.
Just curious...do they give you a higher line rate? nm
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.
What companies give an accurate EXText line count?
Either an accurate count or the option to check your own!
Wanna give the rest of us instructions on how to make a line count like that, aside from doing all
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Slow, does not give line counts, if you accidently send on before done, have to find TL to
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Then you are a line leader taking what you want to type, the rest of take what your leave, Give me
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When I am renting, I am PAYING; when I'm working, THEY are paying ME. sm
Seems I should be running a credit check on the potential employer to see if THEY are responsible with their money, not the other way around.
"warned" by someone who won't give facts or sign her name. Give me a break! nm
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Nationals give at least a week to learn program. Give
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A line is a line is a line. Doesn't matter if we are talking about radiology or acute care.
1600 is not a fair minimum requirement. Sure you can achieve 1600, it shouldn't be the required minimum.
They used to give out $25 Amex cheques -- give them time. :-) nm
Means a line is a line is a line, even if it only has one word on the line
it is considered a line.
I get what you are all saying about them not having to give give you work, but...
I guess I just figure that as an IC, I am basically my own business and it is my responsibility to make sure that the work is done when it should be. I just think that if the standard of the company is 24 hour TAT then that is what I am agreeing to do when they hire me. There are advantages for both of us to the IC senerio, they do not have to pay benefits, or take care of collecting and reporting the taxes, and I have to adhear to the 24 hour TAT (or what every thier standards are) but can do that during hours that are convenient to me. Of course it is better for the company if they know exactly when I am going to be sitting at my desk and typing that is why they have the option of hiring employees. Just my opinion and wanting things to be like they used to be.. I guess I have to get out of my time warp or look a little harder for a company who really knows what IC status means.
"a line is a line" means gross line.
Gross line is a line, no matter how long or short.
Yes they are only paying me 8 cpl. sm
They will pay an incentive but I am on too many accounts to get the line count I need to get that. All the patient censuses make for a lot of clerical work that I don't get paid for and I am so outta here as soon as I can get out!
If we don't know how they are paying us...
when we transcribe, how the heck will we found out how they pay us for ASR? Do you have a clue how they are paying you? Or will you be THE ONLY ONE asking. This is almost funny but not-when I got trained on DEP one girl had the courage to ask questions about how they would be paying us, why everyone is complaining that their line counts go down, etc. The trainer kept repeating "7000 MTs are using it and LOVING it". I wish I was 1 of them.
Still not paying?
My understanding from posts on this site is that only MTs on a certain account were out of work and not paid etc due to losing account? You mean MTs on remaining accounts are now quitting and not getting paid either? Is this the case? Wow.
She also tries to get out of paying you
when I called her on it she told me I was not mature enough to work for her! Whatever homer! If wanting to get paid makes me immature - sobeit!
they cannot get away with not paying OT
if they asked someone to work OT. Geez, c'mon sense. BTW, anyways is not a word.
not paying
Please tell your friend to get in touch with the attorney general's office/state where this MTSO is based, Better Business Bureau of her state and MTSO state and the labor board, and for her not to work any more for this person. Labor Board will tell her the same.
DIT is not paying
My last three paychecks have bounced. I have been given excuses and promises and nothing has been done yet. I do not work for fun. My family needs this money I make. After the third check bounced on Friday, I told them I would not type another case until I have a check that is not rubber. Anyone else having this problem?
DIT not paying
I don't know who DIT is, but I am having the same problem with NU Transcription in Maine. They have not paid me anything and I started working for them 10/31/2008!
DIT is not paying
Are you still typing cases for them? I did for a while because I was foolish enough to believe they were going to fix it. I've been with them for almost two years and enjoyed it a lot. Since that third check bounced, I just cannot work for free anymore.
Is it just for KS not paying for OT, or does it
include shorting on line counts?
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