QA scores

Posted By: QAr on 2007-01-20
In Reply to: It was not meant to be nasty. I meant that you should take every job seriously. Just because someo - TiredOldMT

I am QA and I could't agree with you more. MTs need to care about what they are producing but... what is happening is that these companies don't want to pay MTs what they are worth for their experience. As a result MTs don't give a crap what they do anymore if the company could have such little respect for them as human beings. QA on the other hand is hired to do a job to provide accuracy scores. But then some supervisors do not back up QA and sides with the MT. Why? I guess because they feel badly for them making such lousy money, thus the vicious circle keeps going round and round and nothing ever changes. The answer is not to point blame at anyone but the company executives themselves who are making this a horrible situation for everybody by paying such low line rates. Believe me, it isn't a bed of roses being on the QA side either, the money is not what you would think for years of experience, and respect? Forget it, we're treated just as much as trash as anyone else.

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Not sure if I should mention the MTSOs name but - Ready to throw in the towel.
- Have same thing, 2 accounts - 2 big notebooks. - Just the way it is.
  - Those things are sometimes so wordy, it's ridiculous. (sm) - anon
- Hang in there, I had the same situation - luv2type
  - Thanks. luv2type - Ready to throw in the towel.
  - Intensity to learn? Reread her post. She says that she is too tired from her FT job and that she h - MO MT2
    - She cannot give up her full-time job - luv2type
      - It was not meant to be nasty. I meant that you should take every job seriously. Just because someo - TiredOldMT
        QA scores - QAr
        There is always the option of gaining your own - accounts where QA is unheard of. Maybe that
- Email me. I may be able to have an option. - Snowflake
- This is a joke, right? It is not MTSO's fault that you are tired after your FT job. sm - TiredOldMT
  - It is actually HIPPA, and not HIPAA - anon
    - I stand corrected. It is HIPAA - anon
      - It depends if you are employee or IC. Employees cannot hire sm - TiredOldMT
        I am an IC and also a "seasoned" - luv2type
        I agree - anothertiredoleMT
      - Maybe it was bad judgement. - Ready to throw in the towel.
        Just because you have seen worse does not make it right. nm - TiredOldMT
- You are kidding, right? This is just riddled with grammatical and spelling errors!!! nm - ???
  - And "tude." I think MTSO is generous with the 96% QA! - nm
  - noticed it too - LuvOnc
  - The above poster is right. There are a few spelling errors so maybe that is the quality issue that - Not the spelling police.. but..

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