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Average per hour with 0.75 or 0.375 versus $12.00 per hour - confused
Posted: Mar 31, 2014
My transcription job was always paid by the hour. I was laid off and they recently offered me a temp position with them making $12.00 an hour. I was also offered a positon that pays 7.5 and 3.5 cpl. The $12.00 is employee status for a small local company I worked for over 9 years. The other is an IC position. Do you think I would make more with the $12.00 an hour or the per line production rate? I have never done production by line work so I'm not sure what to expect.
Oh God, take the $12, it is rare to reach that on production pay! - and forget about bogus, oops, meant bonus. nm
[ In Reply To ..]xo
Chances are you would get more VR and make the - 0.0375 cpl since VR
[ In Reply To ..]Is more prominent. And a0.0375 cpl, you would have to consistently average 325 lph to make $12.18 an hr. And with that you have to factor in difficult dictators that can sometimes take longer, poor VR quality requiring a ton of corrections and if work is slow or runs out you won't make anything.
I would take the $12 an hour that way if you have a bad day and it takes you 15-20 min to get through a report because of poor sound quality or someone difficult to understand, you will make the $12 an hr regardless.
$12/hr. - Linda Nitzschke
[ In Reply To ..]Take the hourly rate, IF for no other reason than you'll know what you are going to make on payday, thus allowing you to actually budget accurately.
Thank you - OP
[ In Reply To ..]Thank you for the replies. I am leaning towards the $12.00 an hour job. The IC job is more flexible though with scheduling.
hourly rate - kabina
[ In Reply To ..]I would take the hourly rate, yes, as we see MT work continuing to go downhill all the time and you just can't count on the income.
Stability over flexibility makes more sense in this unstable profession. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]xo
Average per hour - Brightchild
[ In Reply To ..]A lot of variables have to be considered when switching from per hour rates versus production and whether you should make the switch. Depending on the account you might be able to make more. I have worked for one account for 8+ years and easily make $20 an hour but they use a lot of normals, etc., and they are very easy docs. However, another account I have, I make 1/2 that because they are all ESL docs and I spend a lot of time looking at the past reports, looking up lab values, etc. Make sure you take all this into account when choosing.
other things to consider - sm
[ In Reply To ..]other things might include taxes -- as an IC taxes are done differently and for some it is a hardship. Also as an IC you have no benefits (other than schedule which often turns out not to be flexible after all). Pretty sure there is no workers comp, no unemployment should it come to that.
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