Dunno.... the powers that be spawned the likes of

• Someone crashed 1 of USMLSU's hosting servers, but we have 3 backup sites :) - mt
  • I don't think hate is the appropriate word. - I can't get the site back up though.
  • I don't think you're paranoid at all. I live in NJ, - ex- Jimmy Hoffa country! LOL
  • Sorry, but paranoid much? - Happy MT
    • Dunno.... the powers that be spawned the likes of - AHDI, didn't they?
    • Live in a fog much? LOL Poor Dear - Get a Life. - homee mt
      • That's not me. - Happy MT Robin

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May of 2008 is when they went live with their SR program.  They hired a bunch of the QA people that were fired from Focus in their shake up in early May.  They hired everyone in at hourly pay because the SR supervisor told mangement that there would be a learning curve for the SR engine.  In other words, the QA people hired at the beginning would be teaching the SR engine by making corrections to the reports typed by the SR software.  We were basically transcribing entire reports in an effort to teach the engine.

Within two weeks of starting the program, JLG management was crying about losing money because they were paying us hourly and we weren't producing where they thought we should be.  The supervisor again tried to explain to them that as the SR engine began to learn, our production would increase significantly because we would need to make fewer corrections.  This shut them up briefly.  Then they began to cry again and said all SR people need to be paid on production even though they had contracts with each and every one of us stating we were to be paid hourly.  So the decision was made to put everyone but the team leads on production. 

Still JLG management wasn't satisfied because they weren't lining their pockets well enough or quick enough.  They kept pushing and the SR supervisor turned in her resignation.  They in turn told her she was terminated as of that day instead of letting her work her final two weeks.  They then cut her off completely and told her to not have contact with any of us.  Within a week of her departure, the team leads were then contacted and told they had to go on production as well.

Still not satisfied, management began to scrutinize each SR editor, putting some on 100% QA and bombarding them with email, making them feel as though every move they made was being watched.  It was a very stressful situation.  Management played games such as cutting off work so there was no work in the SR queue for anyone or putting in some phantom editor who was doing SR at a rate three times faster then the rest of the SR team.

Some of us were producing upwards of 3000 lines a day on SR and still were made to feel it was not enough and if we were producing enough, then our quality was called into question.

Now this.  Now they just pull the plug.  We put our blood, sweat, and tears into making SR work for JLG and they have had no intentions of letting work --> well at least one person specifically had no intentions of letting it work.

So there is the sad saga of the JLG SR fiasco.

I personally work for a great company that does a lot for its' MTs and is consistently bashed on this board.  I do note, however, that almost every company is spoken about in a negative manner.  Is this a board where people just come and vent frustrations?  If so, I will not be visiting it anymore.

Hope you all have a great Memorial Day.

When I do a high-maintenance VR report (lots of corrections, dictator go-backs and formatting crap), I sometimes feel like this

On guard!

Or even worse, like this   or .  Rarely do I feel this way  unless its one of the rare well-trained work types/dictators that ends up in my queue of over 125 dictators on the account.

MTSOs GET A CLUE!!!  NO ONE LIKES HIGH MAINTENANCE!!!  If it's high maintenance it should be serviced accordingly (i.e. higher pay).