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Audits and the thread below - former slave

Posted: Dec 04, 2013

I want to repeat this for those who may have missed it and I am not looking for pity. Was moved to a new account after 4 years on 2 very difficult accounts with only 1 or 2 failed audits (and was always given a second chance). After 24 hours on the new account and telling them there was one particulary dictator I could not hear because he kept moving away from the phone, they audited me, included reports from that dictator, and immediately put me on 100% QA at which point I finally decided to retire. Since I am seeing similar stories on this board now, I have to assume this is a strategy. I was only very part-time but was earning 10/6.

out of curiosity - how many more times?

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Throw this broken record out the window. I am part time and make the same, and no conspiracy here. I have read this story no less than 20 times...what are you trying to accomplish?

Just - be

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be patient and wait your turn. You have to be patient around here in order to get screwed. I assure you it will happen. When it does and you post your story, many will read and sympathize with you. There will, of course, be the one that it has not happened to yet who will criticize.

I don't mean to be disrespectful of your situation but ... - anon

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I totally agree with the poster above. I can almost tell your story detail for detail myself because I've heard it so many times. I think everyone here was sympathetic the first 20 times we heard your story but really ... what are you hoping to gain from telling it over and over again on every thread, and then starting your own thread to tell it again and again?

I am - not

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the poster. Don't come here that often and just saw the post with the response and responded. Maybe the poster feels the need to keep posting. Maybe if you don't want to re-listen to her, you should pass the post. If what you say is true and she posted that many times, it would be obvious that she is really upset. Maybe just don't respond or read.

It's hard to skip over her posts - anon

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...when you click on a post called "Audits and the thread below", or some other non-descript post only to find a recanting of the story ... again.

I'll say it again, we've all been super sympathetic and we've expressed that many times but on a forum like this it tends to wear on people to hear the story detail for detail repeatedly many times a day for over a week.

Not everyone reads the board as much as you do - Repetitive

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There are always new posts about MTs being surprised that they have been audited and possibly threatened with 100% QA. They need to know it is not just them and they are not somehow incompetent, and also to be prepared.

Not 20 times - Disgusted

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more like 6 or 7 but you're right and I'll stop. However, when you read this board you can see it is happening to others as well. It just depends on what accounts you are on and whether or not they think they can replace you with someone who will work for less. Good luck!

I have never been audited - that I know of

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in all my years with this company. I don't know if I should be waiting for the hammer to drop or not, but I can darn sure point out some MAJOR errors in the reports I can see in documanage on a daily basis. I do get QA reports back with mistakes so I know I am FAR from perfect, especially as the ASR quality seems to be getting worse.

YES...what is it with ASR and inserting/expanding/... - SOSDD

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stuff not even dictated. In the last 2 weeks I have noticed a large increase in the amount of corrections I am having to make. I see so many things inserted in silent spaces where absolutely nothing was dictated and no background to misinterpret. Are they trying to show the prospective client how good there system is at guess what the dictator will say? These are clearly speaking dictators, I can understand them very clearly. It is now taking longer to edit the ASR program than to edit the dictator.

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