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Are many people getting fired after not meeting QA requirements? - Targeted MT

Posted: Jul 15, 2013

I am apparently being targeted. What is the protocol, if any?

My TSM told me I had to fail 4 audits and then they would - "do something"

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You have to understand I am also on accounts that are constantly out of TAT. THey are desperate for people to work so I dont' know if mine is any different than yours.

wonder why they leave some of us sitting here - with NJA when...

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...they are so desperate for people to work! I was supposed to start work at 5 am today. There is nothing. Its now almost 9 am. Still nothing. Hmmm... why cant I be put in a helper pool to get your accounts into TAT when I am sitting here doing nothing!

Helper pool - Wondering

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Have you asked?

Geez... I wonder why I haven't thought of that - ah ha moment

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Why on earth would you even ask that question. Of course someone sitting there with no work is going to ask for work. Stupidity comes to mind!

on a different platform - they may not want to train anyone

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because they may be transitioning over to fluency soon but that doesn't help us now!

I was also told that also but....... - typer

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yeah right. I failed 2 audits and was told at that time I had 4 to fail before termination. A week and a half later just out of the blue, I got the call that they had to decided just to fire me, and I am not new, I had been with the company for 12 years and I'm pretty sure that while talking with my TSM she was enjoying making the call.

My protocol - notlivinginfear

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is just to ignore them. I have "failed" all the audits since for whatever reason I became a target about a year ago. I made it very clear to them that if after over 2 years I am no longer competent to do their work, they can just fire me.

How many audits have you failed? - just curious

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I have failed every - audit

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but one since they started auditing me, too many to remember. Lately I am "failing" for commas either there or not there. My feeling is if they have someone sifting through this mess constantly looking for problems, they will find problems, and if I'm now incapable of living up to their standards, then get rid of me. For minimum wage, I'm really not going to be too upset.

Two years here, never had an audit - nm

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You're probably passing them - Curious

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I haven't received an audit in years. When I asked my QC about it she said that they don't send feedback for passed audits, only failed ones, which doesn't seem right if you ask me. It would be nice to hear when we're doing great also. Has anyone received feedback for passed audits? Just curious.

Regardless of pass or fail - sm

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I would like to see them because I know I am not 100% correct, of that I am positive.

I got a "failed" audit and is just seemed like - an FYI

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It was just under 99% and all the email said was "please review" and a nice "let me know if you have any questions" sort of thing.

I will say that the QA head for my team and my CCM are super nice so I wonder if it matters whose group you are in how nasty they get regarding this stuff.

targeted - me too

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I'm so tired of this BS. I've received two notices in recent days that I'm not meeting their requirements, that I'm only at 98.7% when they expect 99.5%. At the same time, I'm getting one report after another where the doctor has to spell out simple words because they're obviously getting garbage. I want to write back, "Are you kidding? You're getting 30 years of experience at 4 pennies a line! You should be damned glad you're getting reports with 98.7% quality!"

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