Quitting w/ no notice & Does anyone know of a stable MTSO looking for QA help? & Other Thoug - humbleQAgal

Posted: Apr 25, 2013

I have done some Team Lead and Acct Management work too. I was working 3 VR Editor jobs (I also have an online jewelry boutique) to make ends meet. I lost one of the jobs last week and need to replace it...don't mind VR Editing but prefer working with MTs (in the US). I really enjoy the challenge of getting blanks...goofy, right? I know that the jobs are few and far between - especially with Nuance and MModal. I wouldn't mind going back to Nuance but they will not give me the time of day...I worked there for about 3 weeks and was offered another job that I wanted really badly-the only problem was the owner is a real prick and insisted I leave Nuance immediately...I interviewed on a Friday. The owner said, "you have been there a couple weeks-its not like they depend on you. If you want the job, you have to start Monday." And because I was excited and completely stupid, I listened to him and quit with no notice. When I told my supervisor at Nuance what happened, she said if I wanted to come back, she would try to work it out for me - but I don't have her phone number and all I have is her Nuance email (I don't think the Nuance email server allows emails from any other server/domain). Has anyone else experienced that (leaving with no notice and then wishing you hadn't)? I learned my lesson the hard way...the new job was a complete nightmare-well, it really wasn't the job, it was the owner. He would yell at all of us, tell us to shut up, he even told a coworker he was going to put him on life support if he screwed up again (I saw the message bc the owner sent it to "all" on our company instant messenger, so everyone saw it.)...Another one of his favorite things to do is to deduct money from employees' paychecks for "errors." I'm not talking $5...the same coworker who was threatened to be put on life support had $750 deducted from his check right after I started there. Owner sent out an email to the entire company letting us know what the offender did wrong and what he was going to do to punish him. That's when I started frantically trying to be get back in with Nuance. I guess I was lucky, when I got into trouble, he only took $500 from me. It really wasn't my fault either...basically, I was not trained to update ADT on one of our accounts so the acct. went 8 hours without an update on the days I worked...I asked to be trained a few times and no one would do it, so he took $500 from my check the week before Christmas. Yep, I learned my lesson. I didn't think that was legal...but this guy really doesn't care. I had to work under a different name and he wanted me to sign a contract under this different name. I asked him..."are you asking me to commit forgery?" He wouldn't answer me. Why was I working under a different name? Very, very long story...and don't want to bore anyone...if any of you want to know send me an email, and I will share that with you. I know that so many people who come to this board are struggling right now to find a good job or to stay busy at their present jobs...lots of us are single parents or the only one in our home able to work because our spouses or partners are ill or unable to find a job in their profession. It's great they we have a place to come so that we can vent, get advice, network, etc. I have been coming here for about 5 years and I think this is my 3rd post :) I read what you all write though, and I appreciate all of you for keeping this board going and those of you that are so willing to help perfect strangers. Blessings to all of you. Thanks for reading-didn't intend for this to be so long...I guess I had a lot to say after 5 years! ;) Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. ~Mattie Stepanek Where there is unity there is always victory. ~Publilius Syrus