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Anyone know if the reports we pend for blanks - to NTS can be post-audited

Posted: Jan 19, 2015

later and count against our QA%? God I hope not. There is this one RIDICULOUSLY horrible dictator--I don't even know how the VR manages to get ANYTHING he says correct, and I can't even tell if it's correct--the VR looks reasonable but I just cannot hear him...Chinese, speaks a mile a minute, misprounces everything, UGH! I pull out my hair every time on him, and there is no way I would EVER get over 99% on this guy.

There are always more than the allotted blanks, so of course I have to send to QC. They are going to KILL my QC percentage, as I keep getting one report after another from this %$#^&% , but I am hoping that at the very least I won't be CRUSHED TWO ways, once with having to get over 10% QC and then again on same report with QA.

Oh yes they can and you can expect the worst dictators to be the ones - audited most often. nm

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No, they can't be QA'd - only QC'd. If a QC touches job last, the QA audits the QC, - anon

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Hmm one yes answer and one no. .??? . - Anyone else know for sure?

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Yes I know they audit the most difficult dictators...it's so obvious they do.
Just wondered if an MT who pends a report to blanks to QC needs to worry about that particular report being post audited as far as QA% for the week is concerned. Or is that on the QC person who handled the report last?

my version... - justme27

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Yes, you can be post-audited on it. However, QA will see the version of the job you did before QC got hold of it and will grade you on that, so be careful.

That doesn't make sense.....at all.... - post audited reports

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are audited after they are sent to the client (so QC would have already handled it, filled in blanks or not, etc.) ???

If you sent it to QC, any QA errors go to QC. - AnonQC - nomessage

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That has not been what I have experienced at all..nm - AnotherAnon

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no, not "all" errors - anon

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Not if YOU made the errors...there is a job trail.

Clarification - QC/QA - AnonQC

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If QC fills in blanks only and does not do a complete review of the report, the errors will fall back on the MLS. If QC fully reviews the report, QC receives all errors post audit.

QCs (now) always do 100% reviews on all reports pended (sm) - anon

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At least on dictaphone.. how it has been for over a year since I made the switch from MLS to a QC spot.

Yes, this is also true for us using Emdat Inscribe as well. - sm

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We, the QC person, takes the fall on his or her QCd reports. I am not aware, however, if the person who transcribed the report is also dinged, though, because as QC, we don't/can't send anything through to be QCd (in my experience I should say).

makes sense... - justme27

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every version of the report is available..exactly like you sent it to QC as well as THEIR version after they review/correct/fill in blanks.

This is not true - QA CAN audit a report after QC has filled in the blanks. - SickNTired

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I know this for a fact because it happened to me at least a dozen times and when I fought to have them reversed because I was NOT the one who made the mistakes, they would not reverse them so I could get a bonus.

Yes. Don't think because you send it to QC your're safe, any job can be audited. - AnotherAnon

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I've had it happen more than once. One job I sent to QC and asked for 100% review due to difficulty of the dictator. QA pulled it and the rest is history.

Yes they can... - Depressed

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...and they will dock you for what QC fills in your blanks with. I had many reports that this happened to. They tell you that QA can tell if QC has filled in a blank, but obviously that doesn't matter.

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