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How can you tell if you are not being paid for spaces? - Saw it posted here yesterday.

Posted: Jul 20, 2011

but now I can't find it. Thanks.

Cut and paste a document - (see inside)

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that you know how much you are getting credit for - and open a Word document on your own computer and run your document through an invoice program or thru Word counter and compare the two. If you are not getting spaces - your contract should state this.

I do not believe it is the end of the world - (see inside)

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not to get paid for spaces - some MTSOs have it set up this way - their programs only pay for the printed character, etc., - but you just need to make sure that your line rate is high enough to cover for this - it can be anywhere from 14% to 17% less w/o spaces - it does not necessarily mean they are dishonest - just make sure you are covered. I have worked for several companies that pay that way - two of my best jobs in fact.

Try closer to 30%. - nm

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If you like working for free, I guess it's not a biggie...sm - Bella

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I've yet to see a company that actually made it feasible. 1000 lines x 20% (estimate) for spaces = 200 lines per day of 'not getting paid for spaces' x 5 days per week = 1000 lines total for the week of 'not the end of the world.' When you're only getting $0.08 - $0.09 per line that equals 6 or 7 cents per line. No thank you. I will never, ever work for no spaces again unless they pay me for my work.

OP - Actually I was talking more about (sm)

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whether changes were made in the setup. Seems it takes longer and longer for me to make my lines. No contract. I'm talking about fiddling around with the counts. Has this ever happened to anyone?

I noticed when I went to typing in Word and invoicing - (see inside)

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myself to a platform - that the difference could be dramatic. Most MT platforms today count just as Word counts - and you do get gipped. They do not give you extra characters such as bolding, underlining, tabs, caps, etc.

I did the math a few years back - ran 4-5 reports through - (see inside)

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all different ways - and the result was between 14% and 17% - and I did it several times to make sure. I then deducted the 17% from the line rate I was offered to see if it was a line rate I would accept. As an IC it is completely negotiable - if it did not hit my minimum - I turned the work down. I have a job right now that pays per printed character - and the line rate averages out to 10 cpl - so I will take it. Do the math yourself if you do not believe me.

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