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5000 lines

Posted By: Vanessa on 2008-10-04
In Reply to: That's what I just said. - No way. Must be a typo. nm

I thought it was a typo and responded that I would need at least 1000 lines per day (thought it was 500) and he told me to go back and check the add, which I did. 5000!!!???

It is the 2nd add in the job postings.

Will e-mail him again and double-check. Maybe he means per week?!

Thanks for the response.


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5000 lines?
Just saw a job posted and they wanted 5000 lines a day. Seems humanly impossible to me. Does this make sense to anyone?
5000 lines
Duh! Now I do feel stupid!

Thanks for clarifying. Guess I need to practice actually READING completely!


Who can transcribe 5000 lines/day?

I have read on here that some of you can transcribe 300 or more lines per hour, which means it would take you around 16 hours a day!! I do not think there is anyone out there that can transcribe 5000 lines a day. He either means 500/day or 5000/week I assume.


Has anyone ever heard of this company or know who this Timothy Olyphant is? What do you think of this job offer? It says transcription project.


I would appreciate any info and your opinions. Thanks


 


I could certainly contract 5000 lines/day out to
Just because it's a job ad doesn't mean it is only addressing individuals transcribing alone.

Yes, 10 cpl, mininum of 5000 or 6000 lines per week I think. nm
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I'm fulltime IC, need to get 10,000 lines per pay period, believe parttimers need 5000 per pay
period.  They've been very flexible with me, as long as I get in the required lines by the end of the pay period.  We use DQS platform, which is user friendly, but I don't think it's as easy to get lines as on some of the other platforms, I think because of the way it counts them.  DSG is a good fit for me, always treated me fairly, pay is on time. 
4000-5000+ lines per day of correcting awful VR? No thanks.
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20 hours/5000 lpp
It's on the MLS web site under company info, policies and procedures, part time policy.
AT&T's ULD is only 5000 minutes, which

may cover you for 2 weeks if you work FT.   I'd be looking for another plan if I were you. 


I was investigating this a couple of weeks ago and I did read somewhere about unlimited up to 5000 and then after that you would need to get a business plan, but I didn't specifically read anything that said the unlimited was only limited to 5000.


I did talk with someone at AT&T last week because I had switched from them to digital phone service through my cable internet provider and she said we have unlimited long distance for $24.95 and I said yes but your unlimited isn't really unlimited and she said no that the limit was 5000 minutes. 


 


 


That only probably leaves 5000 who
didn't e-mail you.  A union will NEVER happen. 
minimum 5000/week
I do 6000, about 1200 per day.
lol. My bad...I meant $5000 consistently
CHEERS!
I make $4000-5000 but NOT WORKING for a national
I just couldn't even make $1800/month working for a national because they kept running out of work, or had me tied to a computer for 7 days a week, or I was getting up at 4 a.m. just to try to get some work before running out. I certainly would never work for MQ because I would have made less than $1800/month, but that's just me. I now do it independently, and I'm not bragging, but most of my months vary in the $4000/range. A couple have been less, and the most has been $7000/month. JUST NOT FOR A NATIONAL. NO WAY, NO HOW!
1800 lines is easily achieved. I average 300-340 lines per hour. nm
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10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
x
I average 1200-1400 lines per day with a national, and am only getting around 600-800 lines per day.
It's been this way since the day before Thanksgiving. I've been doing this for almost 30 years now, and more often than from Thanksgiving until the new year is the slowest time of the year. I have some months where I am swamped with up to 2000 lines per day. I stash that little extra money, and take advantage of a handful of extremely slow days this time of the year to actually cook dinner, decorate for Christmas, or do Christmas shopping. I actually anticipate this slow time every year and have grown to enjoy the breathing time. Any time I have attempted to pick up extra work with another company to supplement these slow times, the minute I get adjusted to the new accounts, etc. I have no time to finish all of my work because my full time job with national gets slammed again. Hang in there if you can, and hopefully your work will pick up significantly around New Years.
They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want...
I have never had a problem getting more work
Minimum lines for FT used to be 60,000 keystrokes a day, about 925 lines. Pay was good. Just not a
s
Yes it is possible to double your lines. I cant type 460 lines an hour but I can get those with VR
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part-time IC is 5000/pay period and full time IC is 10,000 per pay period. Need to talk with
recruiter about cpl, I'm sure it varies with experience. 
Regular lines, not weighted lines
was what I got paid for....
12K lines payperiod is 6K lines a week.
nm
0.8 x 1000 lines = $80.00 - 0.8 x 1500 lines = $120.

It's not 1600 lines -- it's 16,000 lines...and
I've got my contract right here and have already gotten 2 checks and YES, I am getting 9.5 cpl base rate.

I don't know what other people are getting. Don't really care. I work for MY paycheck. Gosh.
Why would they "fix" lines? The more lines you
transcribe, the more you make, the more you make, the more you make. It wouldn't profit any company to put a lid on line counts.
lines
My lines have dropped too and I thought it was because I was slacking off or something - my checks have been 300 dollars less for the past 3 pay periods....hmmmmm
300+ lines?
can you email me - I want to know HOW you do it? tanks! myfingershurt63@yahoo.com
Like I said--how many lines do you do?
A whole lot of people don't like it--a whole lot more than do.  How many lines are you able to do?  Care to share since you love Transcend so much.  Is it more than 400 lines an hour typing and more than 600 lines an hour editing?  If not, you can't understand my situation at all.
How do you get 1-1/2 lines?
On my account, I never get that, the most I'm offered is 0.05 a line extra.
lines..
they are saying 250 because I want $15 per hour,but honestly..I'm having a hard time keeping up.....I can do the 250, but it would take time to get used to the dictators and get all templates/abbreviations on the system. I was offered a job with Medquist for 8 cpl, 8.5 if you go over a certain number of lines.... however, they get such bad press I haven't sent in thep paperwork and was thinking of only trying them part time to start.....anyone with any advice? TIA
8 cpl for 11,000 lines a pay, 8.5 for 14,000 lines and over. nm
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hrs/v/lines
From what I hear it all depends on the MQ office you work out of. I understand Amherst has a fit if your off by 15 minutes.
UGH, I think it should be either or lines or hours, not both. They just want to get the max out of us!!!
3 lines
I have 3 lines. My long distance is through AT&T from a long time ago. It is unlimited and it covers all three lines.
Yes, I have to say how many lines I will do but
I don't have to work a set schedule.  If you read the post above mine, you will see that the poster says she thinks it's because people just get on 24/7 whenever they feel like it and type and that's why there is no work, and it sounds like she thinks it would be better if we worked within a certain time frame so we could get our work in during those hours.  I don't think that is the problem at all.  I have been with MDI for several years and having access was never a problem before; when I was ready to work there was work.  I think the problem now is that there are just too many people and not enough work to go around.
lines
usually around 5000 lines per pay period.
lines

It depends on the company.


dsg lines
Can anyone share how many lines per hour you do approximately at DSG.  I work there and just seems like it takes me forever to get lines in....
osi lines
I use a lot of templates and some I use probably 15 times a day, and I noticed one day that where this particular template used to be about 30 lines, it is now 27. I have been a Transcriptionist for a long time and I know how actual lines are not the ones I see on the page.
Yes, yes, and seems to be okay with lines. nm
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For how many lines?
125?
lines per day
Ack!! I'd be in a lot of pain in my wrists and back if I had to do 1800 lines every single day! Maybe I'm getting too old for this...sigh.
NEW??? Well, how many lines do you do and get 11 cpl?
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lines
I just started with Webmedx about a month ago and am too averaging about 110 lph being faced with the minimum requirement of 150 lph.  They gave me my first account, and it was almost always out of work (this was an immediate need and quick hire for this account, I begged for another account and they gave it to me, that one is nearly almost out of work, I now have 4 accounts and still run out OR they ESL is so bad that I can hardly crank out a report and have to put it in QA and it takes (most of the time) forever to hear anything back.  I email my manager and it takes days to hear back from her.  I email the help desk (and have even called) and it takes them FOREVER to respond to a problem, and then when they do it is after the problem has been solved and they just say, well it seems to be running okay now, let us know if you have any further problems.  I'm sorry but I am just not used to that kind of thing.  If you cannot even hear from your manager same day that can be crucial!  I am struggling to get any lines out and I am just frustrated to my eyeballs.  I  need LINES and I just cannot seem to get them to understand that.  Anyway, my two cents, along with a little venting.
lines
are you still there? I've only been there about a month now and cannot get in a good line count to save my life. I used to do 1800+ at my previous job and averaged $22/hour there, but at webmedx I am averaging about $6/hr! teenagers at McDonald's are making more than I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lines PT
PT lines are 6000 a pay period.
Can someone tell me how to get more lines?

I work at a company that uses a word-based software.  We have no requirements on how our reports are typed.  We can add spaces, heading, etc, as we see fit.  Can anyone give me tips on how to increase my line count with this criteria. 


If I indent will this increase my lines?  If I change the margins will this help, etc:?  Any information on how to increase my lines will be appreciated. 


Thanks


getting more lines

You are focusing on the wrong thing.  What if you lose this position for some unforeseen reason and have to work somewhere with more strict formatting guidelines?  You'll still need to know how to be more efficient. 


I have my most-used resources on my quick-launch bar, so with one click I am at Google, or One-Look, or my most trusted drug reference site.  If you have the capability of increasing the speed on the dictators, you may wish to try that.  If you are fast enough, you may increase your daily lines with just this one maneuver.  Some docs can be transcribed at maximum speed.    I remember back in 1989 when my co-workers wanted to know what my secret was for the huge jump in my line count that they had noticed.   It was increasing the dictator speed. 


Making the best use of your Expanders is something others have shared already.  That's where you are going to see your biggest line count boost. 


It's not about formatting smarter, it's about working smarter.  Good luck.


lines
Minimum 150 LPH. Minimum 35 hours per week for full-time with benefits.
OT is lines + 1/2
nm
TT lines
How long have you been there?  Give yourself a chance.  I have been there about a month and a half, and have started feeling comfortable, and doing better than I did at MQ. It just takes a while to learn the platform, all the new doctors and accents. 
The lines - sometimes you have to set them
For all intents these companies aren't going to pay more for anything they don't have to. As an IC I REFUSE to work any holiday without at least line and a half or more...so I don't work holidays. If I choose to use it as some extra money time or make up time, that is my perogative but I am clear on this from day one with any client. If they called me in the middle of the night for a stat, sure I would do it for a big fat differential. I mean if you call the plumber and they say it will cost you X amount for us to come out at midnight and you say I am only going to pay you the regular daytime fee, they are going to hang up and go back to bed, as they should.