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Worked out to a pretty good hourly rate, just not the right company for me. nm

Posted By: C-phone will help get a job here. nm on 2005-07-27
In Reply to: Any comments on DRC? - MT Mom

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Any comments on DRC? - MT Mom
- Worked out to a pretty good hourly rate, just not the right company for me. nm - C-phone will help get a job here. nm
  - How many keystrokes did - MT Mom
    - That many keystrokes worked out to 925 lines +/- a day. You have to stick to 8 hrs a day, though. St - trict 40-hr week. nm
      - So if I finish the 60,000 keystrokes in - MT Mom
        That would be OK. They didn't want you doing more than 40 hrs a week as it's considered OT. nm - been there

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Their pay rate is pretty good........
BUT they do tend to run out of work. Everyone that I know, myself included, got started at 10 cpl for typing, 5 cpl for voice recognition. The PROBLEM is you do run out of work too often and they REQUIRE you to clock out when out of work and sit at your keyboard waiting for work. It is possible that you could work 8 hours and make only 20 bucks. So.....if the work was there I guess you could make a good living, but my personal opinion is not so much considering their work flow.

Our company has a set hourly rate that
you are paid and your time accumulates just like any other job. 1-5 years we get 2 weeks plus holidays, 5-10 3 weeks, over 10 years 4 weeks.

That's a pretty good offer. Does the line rate go up for over 175 lph? sm
Will you have VR thrown in there also?

They have created a new position that pays hourly. Anyone know what the hourly rate range is? NM
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A combo hourly/incentive or straight hourly rate based on
A platform where MTs have had major input in developing it.

10 annual days of PTO, at average hourly rate.

Affordable, decent health insurance.

QA done by very experienced high-level MTs, with open and respectful communication between QA and the MTs.

Does anyone recommend a pretty good company that is good to work for, pay always on time and plenty
of work. I know that is asking a lot, but just curious?

Company is pretty good except...
for the last several weeks there has been a problem with work shortage on several of the accounts on the new platform. When you have four accounts you work on and you have no work that kind of makes you wonder. Other than that, the people are very nice, the pay is decent, and they have good benefits. For me it is just the work load issue. They say they have not overhired, but just makes you wonder. I think you made good decision, just make sure they give you more than one backup account, as I have no idea what platform they hired you for or what accounts.

Pretty good company
aside from their pea green web-site.

Oracle is a pretty good company to work for but,
their home-grown software makes it difficult to get a good line count.

Great company with good rate offer
nice people in the management too.

I am looking for a company where I can work as an IC for good lph rate part-time...
I am needing to supplement my income, as I am the sole provider for my family due to hubby recovering from illness. I would like to find a good company with good pay (9-11 cpl), part-time employee status or IC, hopefully providing all necessary equipment. I have been searching the archives all day and have not come up with any other than Webmedx, but it sounds as if I would be doing mostly ESL to make the higher lph. I could possibly come up with the PC if I needed to. I have 8 years acute care experience. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. If you don't feel comfortable posting, I have included my e-mail address. Thanks much in advance for all your help

webmedix- I have 25 years exp., was offered low rate of pay. Heard it is a good company. nm
nm

I miss YOG also! Good company, great line rate, and awesome account.
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Hourly pay rate

I have been working for Transolutions since March, and so far I'm very happy with them. They pay $10 for training (7 hours a day for 4 days the first week, if I remember correctly) and your first month you make $10/hour while you get used to your account. You can also get extensions to that time period, as long as you continue making progress. Once your evaluation period is over, your pay is based on production levels - from 150 up to 225 per hour, with the pay per line increasing as you go up - I think it work out to around $19/hour at the top level. They also have bonuses, weekend differentials, and paid time off even for part-timers like me.

Hope that helps!

hourly rate
You don't say what your experience is or rate of pay or how long you have been at this job and if IC or employee. If you want to make $25 an hour you have to hit for 250 to 300 lines per hour if making 0.08 to 0.10 cpl. If you are new, it will take a while. But it is possible after years of experience and knowing how to do shortcuts, etc. Just gotta hang in there. You could not walk into an office and expect to make $25 and hour - gotta be patient and work up to it. But it can be done but it has taken me many years to get there. Patti

I have only done QA for an hourly rate. (sm)

QA is more than just filling in the blanks. You have to give feedback and there is also mentoring. New MTs to the company and accounts have to be on 100% QA, so those reports have to be listened to. Doing QA on production is not a good thing. If a company really cares about quality they would not pay QA Specialists by the line.

Does MQ pay QA as hourly rate? Just
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Hourly rate

Can anyone give suggestions of a MT company that pays hourly for IC work instead of line rate? Can be FT or PT.

Hourly rate
Does anyone know of companies paying hourly rates? Please email me if so, especially if using Escription platform. Thanks

hourly rate
Yeah. Guess it must be a tall order these days.

hourly rate
I think the only place you're going to get an hourly rate for transcription is working in-house. None of the work-from-home places pay hourly. There's no way to control if someone is actually working or not.

Transolutions, hourly rate?

Does anyone have info on Transolutions' new hourly rate?

Line rate and hourly
Okay, if you get paid 2 cents a line and there are no errors and you don't have to do a QA feedback, that is different. I used to get 3 cents a line and not have to give feedback and then they switched. I think we should have to give feedback, but it takes time and no raise was given. I also have a $14 an hour job. They are both part time. I can make more on the 3 cents a line.

Spheris hourly rate
Just remember that pay rate may be only for a specific platform and not universal. :)

MT hourly rate jobs...sm
Are there any companies that pay hourly for straight transcription?

I've never worked for such a good company
I was contacted immediately after I tested. I wanted part-time work at night to try them out, so I worked 20 hours a week for them. After a month, I quit my other full-time job and went with them full-time. I've never seen such a fast platform. The benefits are incredible compared to other companies and the work is excellent. Good communication and accessability with co-workers and supervisors. Extra bonuses for what we had to do normally at other jobs. Direct deposit. company contributions to 401K. Earn vacation money from your first day on the job, and you don't lose it when/if you leave. I'm extremely happy with them.

I am wondering if OSI is a good company. Has anyone ever worked for them?

Any info would be appreciated

Does anybody know what Transolutions hourly pay rate is and any info.. sm
I see that Transolutions is hiring and they are paying an hourly rate. Am currently looking for a new job and was curious as to the rate, also any info. on the company. I did an archives search but all posts are a year or so old. Thanks you.

Does Transcend pay a flat hourly rate
If so, how much?

I might add that I make a decent hourly rate doing
QA, but I really earned excellent money doing MT. I cannot complain about my hourly QA rate at all. I earn more than many I know working hourly.

I have heard hourly rate is now lower in $12 to $15
per hour range. Lots of companies pay by line. Forget it with handling MTs - no win situation now matter how you deliver it. Truly the downside of the job.... a real bummer.

eTransPlus hourly rate 3rd shift M-F
Anyone with a clue about this, how much is the hourly rate, how they are to work for, their platform. TIA

MQ pays hourly. Their starting rate
was the highest of all the top nationals who are still paying hourly, plus they provide all your equipment, pay for your internet and the benefits are great.

How much PTO does TT offer? Is it at your calculated hourly rate? What's the pay cut for VR? Ty.
Thinking of leaving the Web. TT sounds like a better place to be. Thanks.

I have worked there for a few years now. Not a lousy company but a very good one. sm
Perhaps you did not meet their standards or perhaps they did not meet yours, but there is no reason for you to be on here bashing those of us that love working for KS. If you have specifics, please share. I will:

Good pay, on time every time.

Good account with plenty of work.

Good benefits.

Managers that are human and know that the employees are too.

Owners who care about the company and employees. They are involved but less and less with employees as they grow. Instead, they have hired managers that are great so that they can concentrate on sales and customers.

Growing company with no lost accounts, which is more than most can say.

Opportunity for advancement.

IT helpful and caring, especially since the major change in that area a few months ago.

I love my job and I'm not in Illinois either; I'm in Florida.

Hourly rate? That's a laugh. Try 6 cents a line nm
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TransTech does - Hourly in addition to line rate
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I used to make an hourly rate at a local hospital but s/m

The home-based MTs were on a tiered hourly scale depending on how many minutes we typed daily. The in-house MTs were not on this scale and I believe they are the reason we lost our jobs to outsourcing. They made the big bucks and could not even produce 80 minutes of dictation a day. The home MTs had to produce 100 minutes a day to reach the maximum hourly pay.

I feel that being paid by production is not such a bad thing because at least the ones who produce get paid for it.

No line rate change, we are being converted to hourly
n/m

Medquist no longer pays hourly rate for QA - that

It is MME. You do QA for 3 cents a line. Then when that runs out, which it does, you do Editing at 5 cents a line. And you also get straight transcription which is 8 cents a line.

Was in the pilot program and got more Editing and straight Transcription than QA.

No more QA department for MQ.

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.

oh and they have incentive if you type over where they add $$ to your hourly rate for all hours work
nm

When MDI-FL pays vacation time, is it hourly rate or an average

Hourly rate PT hours & fewer line requirement
Title means nothing at my company. All I do is assign work.

About money, line rate is one thing, but hourly figures are another sm
Traditional: 8.5 cents per line. Top out at 225. $19.25 an hour.

Speech: 4.5 cents per line. Top out at 500. $22.50 an hour.

I split between the two and right now, that is running $700 a week or $36K a year. Not a huge salary, I know, but more than I made 10 years ago.

Could I push harder? Sure, but I don't need the money because I have structured my life so that I only need 1/2 my income to live on and I live alone. I like the part about not being exhausted on my days off, about being able to give up a terrible PT job, and having time to paint AND be able to have expensive, high-quality art supplies.

I am happy as a clam and I do not think that VR will take my job!!!! My only worry right now is that my painting is taking off with art shows, commissions and internet sales. I won't be able to work full time as an MT if this keeps up, and I know it will. I love being an MT and when it ends in favor of my artwork, I will be joyous over one and very much saddened over the other. It is and has been a wonderful career for me.

I worked for them a year or so ago. Good company. Owners a little quirky at times, but set sm..
set accounts so can build speed with repetition. Pay on time and treat you very decent.

I AGREE COMPLETELY! I'd rather be paid a consistent, respectable hourly rate
nm

Pretty low line rate, mediocre benefits. I had to turn
nm

I've worked both per line and hourly..sm
so I wholeheartedly agree with you that, as an hourly MD, there's no justification for subquality work or passing the buck along to QA when not absolutely necessary. Maybe that particular MT wanted to show how much work she could produce in so much time. Neither is it justified by a production-paid MT. It would be inexcusable in a regular state of affairs where, at one time, an MT was able to make a fair living, whereas most find it difficult if not impossible to scratch out minimum wage and having to do 8 hour's work of work in 12 or more hours. But, as you did agree in your post, it is certainly understandable in the latter case. MTs are fed up, burnt out, etc, and realize they're for the most part getting a rotten deal, especially as paid-per-line, home-based ones, and the bottom line, whereas it used to be quality work and being able to take pride in it being replaced by rushing to get enough work out to keep the lights on and kids fed.

Haven't worked for them but I'm pretty sure
I've seen postings about this company on this board before. Try doing an archive search.

If I remember correctly it's owned by a very nice lady but she's really a ditz so the company's very disorganized.

Double check the archives to make sure though.