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I'm guessing a bad sign? Or maybe they just - want to get rid of me...

Posted: May 28, 2012

Would rather not say which company, but I am in my initial training period and the lack of support is like nothing I have ever encountered before! I am not a new MT and I am not a job hopper. In fact, I've been called a suit on here because of my enthusiasm for this line of work. My edited reports look like somebody slashed their wrists and bled all over them. There is either no explanation for the error or cryptic comments that make no sense. Errors are inconsistently flagged. Emails go unanswered. Nobody is on IM to ask questions. This is not paid training, by the way. Already I'm thinking I made a terrible mistake. Is it just me?!? Advice?

Sounds exactly like an experience I had at Transcend - a few years ago. Someone else posting

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above is also having a serious training problem. In my case, the inconsistency was enormous, without rhyme or reason, account specs incorrectly cited so the correct way was "wrong," my questions to elucidate answered with claims of new, different mistakes, changing the attack Joseph McCarthy style. It was clearly abusive, the opposite of training.

My new account manager, whom I hadn't spoken with yet, didn't return my call. Eventually I was passed, that's all I can say, and that was the last I saw of that horrible person. The account manager turned out to be okay once she decided I was going to work out. I learned from others' stories, BTW, that that QA, who should have been fired the first time she tried this stuff, was still there at least 2 years after I left.

In any case, hopefully this will all work out for you if you just keep paddling. Actually, I'm wondering if humbling yourself would appease your person sufficiently. Like dealing with an overly aggressive police officer. If you feel you're going to be finished off, though, how about going to the recruiter or HR department to explain what's happening? The company's invested money bringing you this far. It should care. Good luck.

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