I'm ALWAYS skeptical of 'New' methods of paying on a line.

• What do you think of - wvm
  • I'm ALWAYS skeptical of 'New' methods of paying on a line. - Be careful nm
    • Thanks for the - wvm
      • Something to think about...sm - You may come out okay.
        • usually one "word" equals 5 characters, so it's still being paid by characters. nm - menow
          • A 5-char word would be better.... - sm
        • I am impressed! - wvm
          • As long as it's typical stuff, you can't go wrong. nm - I wish you the best with it. :-}

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Hi,

If you download the help file for MPLite (or MPWord or MPTools), there is a chapter on line counting. In it is a mention that the AAMT has disavowed their previous recommendation for a line count method, and a discussion of lines counts in general. You'll find it informative, and if you print the page your client may find it interesting as well.

vJoe

stating 9 cents per 65 character line in writing, but you don't get paid for spaces? I heard rumors about this particular company that they don't pay for spaces and so I'm wondering about this.  I suppose I could call and ask them, but was wondering about that. Thanks. What's been  your experience about pay, if you have one?

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Is this a good deal?

First and easiest is bill by the quarter hour (15 mins). Your 33 mins, 31 secs would be billed at .75/hour ($45).

The second would be to split the hour into 10-minute increments (6 mins each) and bill by the 1/10th hour. (This is what I had to do when I worked for a large printing company and we will per job.) Your 33 mins would be 0.6/hour ($36).

The second way is a little more tedious but you may find the customer is more amenable to that rather than the 1/4 hour. Also, the math still comes as second nature on that method even though it's been more than 17 years since I worked for that company.

and expecting extremely experienced MTs, forget it. You're not going to get it.  If, however, you're willing to pay 9 or more cpl then you will find what you're looking for. There ARE experienced MTs out there who will work their fingers to the bone IF they are compensated well and treated with respect.

You can get an idea in the difference using documents you have already created, assuming you're working in Word. Simply open a document and check the properties. Click on the statistics tab and you will see the number of lines as well as characters with and without spaces. If you're currently getting paid by the line and a line is 65-characters with spaces, do the math and see how that number of lines compares with the number of lines in your stats.

One thing to keep in mind: if you have a blank line between paragraphs, instead of hitting the enter key twice, format your document to give the appearance of blank lines between paragraphs.

My son is attending college and I have paid for 2 years through a junior college, but it is now time for him to move to a major university. Because of my salary of just over $40,000 a year, he has never qualified for any type of scholarship, only student loans (which I have paid back). Does anyone know of ANY scholarships, etc. that can be applied for? I know nothing at all about how the system works and feel I have failed in trying to help him (it's all I can do to hold down 2 jobs in order to make the $40,000). We even tried to have him set up on a student work program, but they said you could not do the student work program if you were getting student loans. It was like at every turn, there was something to disqualify him from getting assistance. He carries an 'average' grade point (more interested in social aspects, of course, than his studies). He has never had a counselor at the junior college that helped much. He is interested in sports administration, so the junior college counselor did not know what field to put him in, so she put him in liberal arts, and now we find he needs some other classes instead. I'm searching for any help with limited time to search. He tries, but he does not seem to get anywhere either.   ANYTHING ideas would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.

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On the job board there have been several postings for IC positions paying 8 cents to as low as 6 cents.  Are there really MTs that accept this?   When they accept this, do they understand the expenses that they will incur?  Some say setting your own schedule is worth it but these positions are set schedules.  They say they are not but if the work is not done during that time, it goes to someone else.  I personally, would not take less than 10 and even that is low.