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Giving lines back - Jenny
Posted: Sep 13, 2012
I just took a job that said they paid 3.2 cpl for edited and 6.8 for transcribed. Almost everything is edited. Now they want me to divide my edited line count by half and claim that as my edited line count, not the total number of edited lines I do. Has anyone else been told this kind of stuff? I can't believe it! If I do this I only get paid 1.6 cpl for my edited lines. I am flabergasted! I can't live off that in America, who could?
Why do I suspect this is not one of the usual US MTSO? Is this - an OS MTSO? But really, this is illegal. nm
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1/2 line count? - Alice
[ In Reply To ..]I don't know which company you are talking about, but I've been at companies where the edited lines each count as 1/2 when figuring total line count, but I was still paid the 3.2 cents (or whatever it was quoted) per edited line. They only used this 1/2 stuff for figuring total lines.
For instance, at Focus Infomatics (old Nuance), 24,000 lines per month were required in order to maintain full-time status. However, each edited line counted as 1/2 each. So, if ALL of my lines were edited/VR, then I would have to complete 48,000 per month in order to maintain full-time status.
IMHO, it is confusing and ridiculous, but that is the way it was. It did not involve cutting the pay rate per edited line AGAIN by 1/2 of what each edited line was to pay.
It seems to me, if they are asking you to multiply the rate for your pay for your edited lines by 1/2, then you would take the 1/2 from the straight-transcription line rate. For instance, 1/2 of 6.4 equals 3.2.
If they are really trying to pay you only 1.6 cpl for edited lines, something is seriously wrong, and I wonder how you would be able to even make minimum wage. It does seem very illegal if this is the case.
SGS - Sallie
[ In Reply To ..]This company specifically said to take edited lines and multiply by .46 (basically half) and that resultant number was the converted amount to put on pay sheet to be paid for. For example, 1400 x .46 = 644 payable converted lines. I don't understand ths at all. Can anyone give me any positive understanding of this? I too had new rules handed down. Does anyone else work for SGS, am I misunderstanding their instructions?
Sounds like they are just trying to pay for what - sm - INKMT
[ In Reply To ..]is corrected changed, and basing on the assumption that you correct/change close to 50% of the report only so therefore you only get to claim half (well 46%)....so no "freebies". That sucks. I do editing too but get the whole report, in general I change less than half the report so I get a lot of lines I did not actually type.
Just sounds like a new way to screw the MT, make sure we get nothing extra in your case, and not "beating" their system. Where one goes the others will follow, guess it is a matter of time before they all do this in order to (1) save the customer money and (2) a new way to make more money for themselves while charging the patient for all the lines (or 75% of them and still make extra on the back of the MT).
Meant to say "charging the client" - nm - INKMT
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Jenny - Old Pro
[ In Reply To ..]You need to take this to the Labor Board.
Hope this helps... - Lyn
[ In Reply To ..]Hi. I work for SGS. I don't think you are understanding correctly. First of all, I'm only an MT, so GO TO YOUR TEAM LEAD for clarification because even though I think I understand it, I don't want to be responsible for giving you wrong information.
If you work an hour and do, for example 300 edited lines, you divide that by 0.46 and get 138 lines. They simply want you to be able to do a minimum of 100 edited lines per hour, so this means, you would be okay as far as their minimum production standards. In no way do you put 138 on your time sheet. You put 300 lines in the editing column, and you get paid whatever your CPL per line is X 300, not X 138. Hope that helps.
And also Jenny.. - Lyn
[ In Reply To ..]Also, if you happen to transcribe lines, not edit them, you don't divide them by 0.46 to determine your hourly production rate. For example, let's say you do 300 lines per hour, 0.46 to equal 138 edited lines AND you did 50 straight transcription lines, your hourly production would be 188 lines that hour (above the 100 they expect minimally). To my knowledge, they don't really police this and heckle you about it, but they want you to make sure you're regularly trying to hit the minimum.
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