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Would you rather be paid $14 an hour, 40 hours a week or production at 8 cpl? sm - Confused
Posted: Jun 06, 2012
I have been offered both, but I'm not sure what to do.
Wage - MT
[ In Reply To ..]This is a tough question because depending on the nature of the work, $14 an hour might be great, especially compared to others on here who say they don't even make minimum wage based on production...However, with all the jobs I have, I work on production and make $20 to $40+ an hour, but again that's because of the nature of my work. I have very easy doctors which makes a huge difference. Unless you know the nature of the work, it's hard to say which would be the way to go.
No question: WAGE!!! - Margo
[ In Reply To ..].
WAGE! And 8 cpl @ 150 lph = $12/hour - SH
[ In Reply To ..]I would DEFINITELY choose a guaranteed hourly wage.
And like I tried to cram up there in my headline, 8 cpl is about $12 an hour for an average of 150 lines per hour, so $14 an hour would still be a couple dollars better anyway.
I would take$14 in a heartbeat - Sue
[ In Reply To ..]I have been in my job almost 3 years and make $8 to $10 an hour (typing 85-90 wpm). I would LOVE to be paid $14 an hour. ~ I think it depends where you work and what the platform is like though.
WAGE! - Angie
[ In Reply To ..]WAGE: Pays for your time for all the work you do.
CPL: Pays ONLY when your fingers are pounding the keyboard, and ONLY what ends up in the report.
With CPL, you are not paid for: research, spreadsheets, lists, signing in, signing out, reading and answering email, learning new software, setting up software, working with IT, creating tickets for problems, installing compatible programs and working out the bugs, phone calls, creating expansion programs, required lists and logs, setting up templates, character counts for client, invoicing, and ongoing education. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure I've missed a lot.
ALWAYS accept hourly wage - Snow Bunny
[ In Reply To ..]An hourly wage is just that ... anything you do within the hour you are compensated for. A line rate is also just that ... you are paid for every 65-keystroke, but nothing else.
I really need to speak with the Labor Department about the legalities of this.
I would take what you type lph and calculate the difference - if you are making more, sm
[ In Reply To ..]at 8 cpl then keep your job. If not, then take the hourly pay. Also consider other factors into the pay such as PTO and other benefits and base it on that.
I would ALWAYS take production pay. - because
[ In Reply To ..]My account is also fairly easy. I type at least 2000 lines per day. The production pay would cheat me out of $48 per day or maybe more.
As previous poster said, you simply cannot make that decision unless you know the nature of the work, number of doctors, any "canned" text, etc. I feel like I should make at the very least $15 per hour on production or look for another job.
ANY hourly wage trumps a chintzy pennies-per - line wage, ANY day! Go for HOURLY. nm
[ In Reply To ..]n/m
Well since I have been lucky to be making $11 - per hour for several years
[ In Reply To ..]now, I just accepted an in-house job at $16 per hour and danced all the way to the office. I say wage, wage, and more wage.
$14/hr x2000 hours is only $28k per year. Does that job - offer incentive pay so you can make more? Does
[ In Reply To ..]the 8 cpl job offer primary and secondary accounts? How difficult or easy would they be; i.e, how fast could you be?
To me, knowing nothing beyond what you say, the hourly pay job is a sure loser; if that were the only choice, I would HAVE to look for a job outside the home that paid more. Don't fool yourself: These days that is LOW INCOME, high school dropout income.
The production pay job, OTOH, may offer the chance to make enough to justify working at home--or maybe even more. I'd have to give it my best and see how I did. On the plus side, I haven't made $28K working full time since I was a teenager, so there's reason to expect more.
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