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how many lines per day does your company require? - anon for now

Posted: Jun 08, 2011

I'm curious, as this year my line requirement went way up and I was told what is required is "competitive" with what other companies require. I don't believe it is, and I work constantly to meet it. I wonder if this forum will let this message stay up--seems like anything that smacks of transcriptionists working together for anything like rights gets taken down, but...

1500 a day - that is VR and straight combined. - nm

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nm

Required lines - 1000 here. nm

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1200 per day, typing. Don't know about VR, hope I never do. - nm

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lines per hour/day - sublimelytragic

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13,000 minimum for 10 day pay period = 1300 per day

lines per hour/day - sublimelytragic

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forgot to mention that is 90% VR rarely get straight typing unless it is a new MD

No requirement... - Average 1500 to 2300 a day depending on docs.

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When I worked as an employee, my requirement was 1200 lines for full-time or 500 for part-time.

1900 per day, VR and it's uncomfortable some days. nm - Anon Too

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lines per day - raydonia

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800 lines a day for full time at Spi.

For VR, Straight, and then together... - MR

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Straight is 1100 lines a day.
VR is 1650 lines a day.
If you are doing both, there is a pro-rated system which I don't know about as right now I'm only doing straight.

anon for now - ttmr

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What are your new requirements and how much did they go up?

We're supposed to get 1500 a day for VR and speech combined for 8 hours at TransTech.

My problem is that lately, I've been getting so much garbage that I can't get 1500 in 8 hours. Earlier this week, I transcribed for 3 hours straight and ended up with 375 lines - not even minimum wage.

Since we're not allowed to work over 40 hours, I don't see how they can possibly expect us to get the line counts with the garbage they are giving us. Besides, I don't appreciate the email telling me I'm short lines and have to make up the difference before Sunday midnight when I have, in fact, put in my required hours and technically not supposed to work overtime.

The next time I get that email (and it should be today), I'm tempted to reply with something like, "I have my hours in for the week but short total lines. I'm getting the bottom of the barrel lately - must be the nature of the beast.

thanks y'all - anon for now

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Overall, this kinda confirms what I thought, which is that the place I'm working at is asking a bit much out of us. It's obviously not a scientific study, but anybody can average out the numbers given here to come up with what is "competitive" when their company starts handing them a line (pardon the pun). Not that it usually matters. This is the only industry I can think of off the top of my head where the employees are encouraged not to communicate among themselves--I guess they fear we'll get together and demand better treatment. Maybe I'm just a rabble-rouser.

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