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I just have to gripe. I work on this clinic, sm - jmn

Posted: Dec 23, 2010

with 1 other girl, and then the QA girl types on this clinic also. I still have not figured this out. We keep the work caught up and this QA girl gets on there and types with us when there is nothing to type. I mean there can be 10 jobs there and she will get on to help us type 10 jobs. My company makes me type any other clinic that is behind and this being the holiday, we have been given an extra 45-50 jobs to type from other clinics and the QA girl is nowhere to be seen. What is up with that? I just don't get it. Other days, we are sitting here with our thumbs up our butt waiting for something to be put on to type and she types 300-400 lines for the day. Why? What is the point in that? It's not like me and the other girl couldn't have handled it. I have gotten to where I really despise and resent this QA person for doing this. It sounds par for the course though. There are 500 minutes to type and everybody does 1200 lines for the day. When there is 100 minutes to type everybody jumps on and types it until its gone. Sorry, I'm just aggravated with the way this is being done. Thanks for listening

When there are no jobs for you to type, WHERE is the - qa girl finding those 300-400 lines to do?

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As stated, if there are 10 jobs, she types them along with the 2 of us - jmn

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whenever there is very little work, she types, when we are - overflowing, she does not

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When there is very little work she has very little - sm

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to QA, when there is a lot of work, she is busy doing the QA.

Yeah you would think that, but since it's just us 2 girls, sm - hmmm

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I already know she is not doing QA for us and the extra work we are doing is someone else's work that never got done from another account that we do not generally type. I think she's just an idiot and picks and choses what she wants to do when she wants to do it.

Not too much of an idiot if she is in a position to - do that, IMO. nm

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touche - jmn

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When you're not producing, she's not QAing and - moving on to her secondary function. NM

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Maybe she is where ever the people that - help on some of my

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accounts are. Who knows where that may be. Christmas shopping, wrapping? I have been wondering the same thing all week, Where is everyone?!?!?

Maybe she is just doing what she has been told to - do. NM

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yeah, being told to type when there is very little work versus, nm - typing when there is a lot makes sense!!!

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Doesnt make sense. - As stated SM

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"Other days, we are sitting here with our thumbs up our butt waiting for something to be put on to type and she types 300-400 lines for the day". Where does she find 300-400 lines while the other girl and you are sitting there doing weird things with your thumbs?

Do you know her job description or what her - see message

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supervisor advises her to do?? Don't jump to conclusions--it could very well be that she is just doing what others in the office ask her to do. If you are that concerned, ask your supervisor what is going on. Griping and letting it eat away at you does nothing to help decrease the stress of the situation.

Thanks for the advice but that's okay, sm - jmn

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Been doing this for a long time. My experience, once you have something to say about something, you're treated differently after that. I got a second job to compensate for the days that there are not enough lines, so I don't care anyway. I just find it irritating.

Maybe QA girl lives in India? They seem - to take preference, these days. nm

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