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Wonderful company, but you type letters and look up addresses and you do not get paid for spaces nm

Posted By: anon on 2006-07-20
In Reply to: Can anyone share with me any info on ProType - pajama-mama

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depends on work type, experience, spaces, company, area
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Paid for spaces depends on the account. Good company. nm
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I agree, if you went to work knowing full well that the company paid 7 cpl no spaces
why on Earth did you accept the job?
And does that company have the letters M & Q in it?

So, if not spaces paid, what cpl would be comparable to at least 9 cpl w/spaces, do you know??
Thanks.
Ditto, Keystrokes is a wonderful company with wonderful people! I love working for Keystrokes!
I am just not making enough money.  They are a great company though, just ask for a back up account.
Funny some of us were written letters by company attorney when we posted our concerns here
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Does All Type pay for spaces?
54 characters at 3.5 to 4 cpl doesn't seem to bad for editing.  Does All Type include spaces with this?
paid for spaces
you can bet the companies are charging for spaces; and the buck stops where? not here, anyway.
Cy/Med and No spaces being paid!
MTS:  I applied and passed Cy/Med - they tell me they have over 600 people working for them - why are so many MTs out there working for companies that do not pay for spaces - to get 600 lines you have to work at least 20% longer - why are you working for no spaces - I am told that many clients are doing this now - this is really going backwards in the MT business I think - Your comments please!
We do get paid for spaces. sm
Employee handbook states 65-character line, including spaces and all characters necessary to create the document.  You must be mistaking Webmedx for another company?
You are not getting paid for spaces.
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Do you know if we are paid for spaces?

Yes we get paid for spaces.
nm
MEANT to type NOT paying for SPACES....TOO EARLY.NM
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Getting paid for spaces versus not...
any good or bad experiences? Thanks
A post from May said they paid 7 cpl with NO spaces. That's all I have. nm
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YOU ARE WRONG!! We are paid for spaces. nm
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OP did not ASK if paid spaces, SAID didnt. Re your
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This is current, no spaces paid for

 


A response to my inquiry.  Not for me, we make nothing as is or what we should. 


 RE: MTJobs Probity Penn.





The line is a 65 character black and white line.


The line rates vary from 8 to 9 cents per line and will be discussed if you are granted an interview. 


I must DISAGREE. I get paid for spaces!!! (nm)

Yes, not being paid for spaces would reduce your pay A LOT!
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Spaces, paid or not paid. Do you know? sm
I just started with a company and when I asked specifically if I would be paid for spaces, they said yes.  When I started using their program I noticed that the line count for each job did not include spaces.  I checked it with more than one program.  I called them and they said there was a glitch in the program that would be fixed.  It has been almost two months now and that glitch is still not fixed.  My checks do not include spaces either.  No one at the company knows what is up.  I can't believe I am the only one at this company who has deduced that they are not paying for spaces.  So, do you check your line counts to see if spaces are included?  You might be in for a surprise.  Man, I am tired of being burned when I am a reliable and honest IC.  Maybe time to do something else.  Thanks for listening.
What I meant by "making up" for not being paid for spaces was this.
I've been paid for spaces before but have had awful software (ex. - unable to refer to past reports, being down constantly, etc.) as well as no work situations and no pay for headers, footers, etc. Also, I've been assured of not running out of work. Based on the above, I accepted the position. Of course, if things aren't as described, I'll certainly look elsewhere. Other than the no spaces, everything sounds great - soo, gotta give it a try!
Yes I am happy, tho I'd be happier if I got paid for spaces - sm
I am very lucky I guess to have a good steady IC job, have about 22 hr TAT and take as little or as much work as I want (with notice). No minimums and can work whatever hours I want. Just have to finish all the work I am given whether it is 30 minutes or 90 minutes by the following mid-afternoon. Except for not being paid for spaces (I lose about $200-$300 a month due to this), it is very good and as close to perfect that you can get.
I just asked. We do get paid for spaces. If QA said that, they are wrong.
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Still need help on figuring what would be a good cpl if paid w/o spaces.
See my first message above. Thanks
Probably not getting paid for headers, footers, or spaces. Do you get
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In orig. post; she did not ASk if paid for spaces.
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Are you paid extra to compensate for no spaces?
I just went back to my old job, because they are compensating per line the amount I would have made with spaces. In other words, I get 8.4 c with spaces, and between 9 and 10 cpl without spaces. If you are compensated with cents per line, the only difference is how you would react psychologically to seeing the low line totals at the end of the period. I had a time adjusting to this, but just remember 7500 lines without spaces equals approximately 10,600 lines with spaces. So you are not typing poorly, you are on target and if you are paid the extra amount then all is fair. It is how the client would charge, I assume. Talk to the people who offered you the job to double-check, but when I cleared this up, my misconceptions regarding lower line counts with no spaces, and productivity with the difference in cpl, I happily returned to my original company on an account that did not count spaces. Good luck on whatever you decide! :)
Wasn't somebody asking about Probity?? NO SPACES PAID sm

Don't pay for spaces.


 


Subject: RE: MT jobs ad (Probity Pennsylvania)




0.08 and 0.09 cents per line.... somewhere between there.


 65 character black and white line. 


(black and white means pay only what shows up on the paper as black letters on white paper)


HINT: Program only "reads" 1 space, no matter how many spaces you type.

They have you coming and going.


Mostly they have us by the pocketbooks because they REFUSE to share how the program counts.  THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL since that is how we are paid.


Would you work HOURLY for a company when they will not show you what kind of clock they are using to count what an hour is?


We are paid by production!  PRODUCTION.  It should not be a mystery how to count our PRODUCTION.


They are really a wonderful company with little or no
turnover in staff. The owner really knows how to treat his staff well.
yes the do!! a wonderful company
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Wonderful company.
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Wonderful company!
I love working with MTA.  Pay is good and on time.  Hours are flexible (probably depending on account).  Lynn is very organized and great to work for. 
Hired by Cymed and told they did not pay for spaces, but paid for headers and footers. Just did a

check on the line count, and not only do they not pay for headers and footers, they also pay for 2 lines less than I typed.


If Ichart deducts 8% from ExText line counts, you are actually not getting paid for spaces

It is the equivalent of a 70.2 character line with spaces, 65  characters without spaces. 


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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No, for every 100 lines you type you get paid 100
The ctrl-I counts headers and footers in the line count on the Extext document.  However, you get paid for what you type, not the headers which were already in place.  Maybe one day there will be a perfect line counter where neither of them counts headers but for now there are two different counters, the one that comes with the Extext document itself (including headers) and the one that comes from WHAT YOU ACTUALLY TYPE AND ARE PAID FOR.  How much simpler does this need to be explained?  You get paid for what you type - everything you type.  Period.  Okay?  Just because Extext counts the header doesn't mean a thing because ichart counts what you type and that is what you are paid by.  So far, there is no system for Extext to NOT include the header because it is reading the entire document including the header (that you didn't put type in the first place).  Extext count is wrong (although a little higher).  ichart count is correct.
I worked for a wonderful company. sm

It is pretty small and she will probably keep it that way.  She is the best boss, very knowledgeable and willing to share the knowledge, fair wages, sits right there every day typing or proofing along with everyone else, and she turned out to be a great friend.  I worked for her as long as I could but was making much more money doing radiology reports so made the decision finally to concentrate on that only.  We keep in touch and some day I may be back with her, who knows.    So, I would say not all companies are the same but the really good ones just may be harder to find. 


Transform is a WONDERFUL company!!
They pay on time, helpful, wonderful/nice people.  They are pretty much everything you would want!
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!
Yeah, be careful. I worked for MTSO that "said" they paid for spaces. I had to work really S

hard for my lines.  Took a second job part-time with hospital, same platform (EXText), same font size, etc. and did the same amount of lines in half the time.  Decided to look closer at the MTSO and found out they weren't counting spaces.  I confronted them and all of sudden.  Got lots of apologies and will add to your next paycheck.  Long story short, never happened and I never had any work after that. 


There are a lot of unscrupulous MTSOs out there.  They lie, cheat, and steal!


The company sounds wonderful, by chance....
do you need a really dedicated Radiology MT???? 
I work for SmartScripts and they are a wonderful company.
Plenty of work and pay is always on time.
Axolotl is a wonderful company but not sure if hiring. SM
You are welcome to email me if you want.  Good luck
I just declined a position with a wonderful company due to
How many of you work for a company with a Tues thru Sat or Sun through Thur schedule? How can you possibly due this every weekend? I would have no problem working a rotating weekend schedule every 3 to 4 weeks, but EVERY weekend when I have kids and family time is important? Please explain this to me, as I just cannot see how it is possible. Thanks!
Me too.. the outsourced company was paid for and paid me for headers, but OSI does/did not.
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Proscript is a wonderful company, great people. nm
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EMTS is a wonderful caring company - I've been
there over 2 years and I will have to be chased away with a stick. This company is SOOOOO kind to their employees ... seriously caring people. You can't work for a better bunch. That is my .02