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I would like to hear from QA being paid by the line. - I have some questions before accepting an offer.
Posted: Jan 06, 2011
I've done QA in the past but it was for an in-house position, paid by the hour. Production wasn't being monitored at that time and in that situation.
Now that I've been working from home as an MT being paid by the line, I'm going back into QA.
I'd like to hear your production averages per hour/day/week, what your current rate is or what that averages out to for you an hourly$ basis. I know it can vary just the same as it does with MT. Sometimes there are full listens and sometimes blanks only. I'd still like to hear from you, please.
Thanks.
QA paid per line - sm - MsGivings
[ In Reply To ..]I was first paid for QA by the hour. The company I worked for decided to pay by the line - 3 cents per line. I am wasily able to QA over 400 lines per hour (except on full listen), but this instantly meant about a 25 to 30% pay cut for me. There are too many full-listen jobs (some nights all full-listen because a client decides they want 100% QA on everything). My company does not differentiate between full listen and just quick QA. Both are paid the same, so you can see how a night like that can reduce your pay quickly. Unfortunately, that is the way things are going all over, and now, they are encouraging MTs to NOT submit to QA, so there is much less QA and you get stuck on production. I would certainly ask how much of the jobs are usually full-listen and if they differentiate in paying for such. Good luck to you!
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