Hourly Paying Jobs

• Hourly Paying Jobs - Crystal
  • I think you have to go local for that. - mt
    • I should add...sm - mt
      • Hourly vs production - TT112
        • Oops - TT112
          • LOL--boy would that be nice. We'd all be happy MTs. - no message
        • Oh my goodness.... - mt
          • Actually s/m - TT112
            • Ahhh, the good ole days. - AgelessMT
              • Thanks for the memories ladies. Now I remember why I loved this business. - Oldtimer
  • I was paid by the hour to work from home for a large hospital. nm - I was paid hourly
    • Hourly paying companies - Crystal
      • It is in Indiana, and you had to live within driving distance. n/m - I was paid hourly
    • I forgot to add that I made over $16 per hour. - I was paid hourly
      • same here... - see msg
  • Pay by hour - TT112
  • You'll be hard pressed to find a company - me

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Hello, I posted this question a month ago, but didn't get a chance to follow up on the leads that were posted.  Would you be so kind again and let me know if you know of any companies that pay their editors by the hour, that would be great, Thanks.

No more production work for me; I can't stand the stress of lack of work, irregular schedules and broken promises.  If I can do all work types and am very good with ESL's,  are there any hourly trainer/ QA, etc. jobs out there (in general)?

How does that differ from cpl?  It must be a bit rare to find  ??  Interesting topic.

Thanks.

The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

I have been working for Transolutions since March, and so far I'm very happy with them.  They pay $10 for training (7 hours a day for 4 days the first week, if I remember correctly) and your first month you make $10/hour while you get used to your account.  You can also get extensions to that time period, as long as you continue making progress.  Once your evaluation period is over, your pay is based on production levels - from 150 up to 225 per hour, with the pay per line increasing as you go up - I think it work out to around $19/hour at the top level.  They also have bonuses, weekend differentials, and paid time off even for part-timers like me.

Hope that helps! 

What is the hourly rate, and is it more profitable for the average MT than per line?  What determines who works at the hourly rate and who works per line?  Can you choose?  Thank you for any info.   

QA is more than just filling in the blanks.  You have to give feedback and there is also mentoring.  New MTs to the company and accounts have to be on 100% QA, so those reports have to be listened to.  Doing QA on production is not a good thing.  If a company really cares about quality they would not pay QA Specialists by the line.