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Absolute Transcription, is their pay a typo? - Stranger

Posted: Oct 15, 2009

Who in their right mind would work for 7 cpl?

7 cpl as an IC! That's equivalent to - sm

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what, about 5 cpl as an employee with benes?! Crazy....

Well you better sit down for this offer... - aes

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I have over 15 years experience and a company offered me...REALLY SIT DOWN FOR THIS....0.05 per line as an Independent Contractor!!!! He said he started everyone out and the highest they go (if you qualify later on) is 0.07 a line!!!

Please....this profession is getting ridiculous! I love my job but we need to eat too!

our pay - old MT

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My state minimum wage is the highest in the nation and I belive $8.55. What an insult! And promises of 0.07 a line - Wow and I bet he acted like it was really a big deal. You can bet no one even qualifies for that later. He's probably charging 0.15 a line and making a fortune!

pay - mt

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The problem in this profession is that we have people that keep taking these crap paying jobs so they can keep the wages low since there is always someone who will work for it.

It's how they supposedly justify offshoring everything. - Teed-Off MT

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They go crying, "We can't find any American workers!" ... to which we all say, "B.S.!!!"

It's an insult. It's a scam. It's travesty. It's unpatriotic. It's criminal. It's dishonest. It's greedy. They're lowballing American work right out of business. (Hope they like eating curry). It's pathetic. It's shortsighted. It's contributing to the sorry state of our economy, and that way of doing business is how the banks, insurance companies, healthcare, stock market, and other piggies in this country landed us here, at OUR expense.

It's ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Not all of us will work for that - jody

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That's the reason some of us have decided to retire early. The profession is not what it used to be.

It's not even a profession anymore - MTSOs think it's our HOBBY. - HobbyHorse

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WHAT? We're spoze to be getting PAID for this?! - CrankyBeach

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Go freaking figure! And here I thought I was doing this out of the goodness of my heart this whole time!

(That was my pathetic attempt at humor, for those of you who don't know me... I figure I have to try to laugh, so I won't cry....)

did you read the entire post? - Just Me

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It's the IC who submits the bill (they're not told the # of lines the service has calculated for them), plus they are covering ALL formatting codes (whereas a service might only pay for characters and spaces).

I have the Abacus program, which they require, and it's given me the best line count of any of the commercial programs available, including Sylcount.

There are other issues, such as not working weekends. To some, that could mean more than a higher line rate.

To each their own.

Abacus did not give me higher counts than Sylcount. - YMMV but not in my exp. sm

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If you allow for same formatting in Sylcount as in Abacus, still had a higher count with Sylcount. My experience so YMMV. 7 cpl paid this way is probably close to 8 cpl on a 65 cl but 8 cpl isn't exactly a rate to brag about as an IC. Never had to work weekends nor do I plan to, but still won't take work for 8 cpl. That's no excuse for crap rates IMHO. Probably make just as much at McDonalds or Walmart, have taxes paid and maybe even get bennies but yep, to each her own.

if I was using the keyboard all of the time, - Snow Bunny

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I would probably agree. But I use SR for 90% of my work, which has a much higher line count per hour than using the keyboard. I'm averaging 450 to 500 lph, so 8 cpl is still $36 to $40 per hour for me. What would my line rate need to be if I only typed 300 lph? Answer: 12 to 13 cpl. What service is going to pay that?

IMO, I think it all depends upon the overall picture and what the trade-offs are. For me, I would not have a problem taking a lower line rate provided I was treated as an independent contractor (according to IRS law) which means no weekends, no shifts, no holidays, and I could transcribe the information into the "platform" of my choice, which happens to be Word).

To each their own.

8 cpl for SR?? Where? - deb

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I'd like to know where you're getting 8 cpl for SR. Most places I've seen only offer 3 or 4 cpl for that.

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