This is from a previous post. But I thought - it would make for great

Posted: Apr 15, 2012

discussion and wanted to bring it to the top where everyone would get a chance to see it. The post stemmed from an ad where they were offering to pay $10 to $11 an hour for MTs. It dawned on me that if they can afford to pay that hourly then they can afford to raise rates. This is the reality of many MTs right now. How many on here do you read about griping over min wage pay? LOTS! The calculations that I make just lays it all out there. I used these figures as an example to show that if they can pay someone $10 to $11 an hour then they CAN CERTAINLY PAY 5 or 6cpl. 1600 x 0.05 = $80 ($10hr per 8hr shift) 1600 x 0.06 = $96 ($12hr per 8hr shift) 1700 x 0.05 = $85 ($10.62 per 8hr shift) 1700 x 0.06 = $102 ($12.75 per 8hr shift) And again I say that many of us can produce more than 1600 to 1700 lines per day, but this is an example and is probably pretty much standard for many. I said all that to say this - Industry rates for Speech recognition NEEDS TO BE RAISED ACROSS THE BOARD for everyone. This ad of offering hourly pay is proof, that they CAN pay us 5 to 6cpl for editing. The posts I made are strictly referencing editing pay, not straight typing. Since editing *IS* the new norm. And having said all this - People PLEASE quit accepting jobs for 3cpl. Thank you.