QA is more than filling in blanks and

• Anyone get paid per line for QA? I was just offered - Kat
  • QA is more than filling in blanks and - QA specialist
    • QA pay - Another QAS
    • This is ridiculous - Ima MT
      • thank you. I already knew but this validates that I made a wise decision last year. - gacmt
  • Not a good way to get paid, plenty of the better companies pay hourly. - nm
    • You are exactly right. It is the crap companies paying by the line. (nm) - QA'r
      • Not always the "crap" companies - me2
        • Sounds like your co was not running the co - QA specialist
        • It's the double-dippers (you know who you are) SM - I know why
          • Amen on that! - me3
            • I knew one QA person who worked FT for - QA specialist
              • potty running over..... - Qa/r
        • May be the same company I used to work for, and they screwed a lot of us over. sm - another editor
          • Evidently not - me2
        • Bad Apples - Ima MT
          • LOL - Ima MT
        • When the quality/quantity of work digresses - sm
  • Very difficult to say unless - sm
  • I have only done QA for an hourly rate. (sm) - QA'r
    • Thanks everyone! Thats what I was thinking, but just wanted to check... - Kat

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QA's job should be solely filling in blanks.  It should be to perform routine and random quality checks, it should be researching and educating MTs on new terminology, new procedures, new drugs, it should be maintaining and updating account specs, and it should be assisting newly hired MTs in their transition from training to productive employee.

Far too many MTs see QA as a safety net and big gigantic kitchen sink where they can toss in their crap and out comes something shiny and clean, an excuse to never research a new word or look up the correct spelling of a doctor's name because QA will do the work for you and you'll still get paid for your lines.

And QA used to let MTs get away with it back in the day when they were paid hourly, but the majority of QA people are paid on production now too and so when MTs don't try hard at their jobs, that means QA picks of the slack and loses money.  QA gets reports that look like swiss cheese and we have to practically transcribe the entire report to fill in the holes because of lazy MTs with the looking out of numero uno mentality.

I remember how peeved everyone was about having to do it and I think it was resolved without the background checks, etc. I could be wrong, 'cause that was about 2 years ago and my memory fails me after 1-1/2 days. LOL

I surely would like some truth for a change and not inuendos or plain old hate towards the company from posters. They never really answer the questions posted on where they get their facts, so I question if their posts are truthful or if they just want to cause trouble, or rile everyone up like they have been doing.

They would rather you leave a blank than to guess.  As with any company, there are ESLs.  There are good ones and bad ones. 

QA can be strict.  We transcribe verbatim unless of course it is a gross medical error and then a blank is left and the report is sent to QA.  If you type the wrong wrong word and it affects the meaning, it is a higher deduction but there is also a deduction for errors made not affecting the meaning. 

I have worked for Axolotl for a long time and I have never worked for a better employer.  If you have any questions you can e-mail me or post on here and I will try to answer you. 

you must be a bitter person to hate your job so much

there's no way VR will be able to do all the accents

once they go to India, they will be back for American quality

our jobs will never go away...

there. I already put them in there so no one has to run their long posts saying the same thing that is always said...

How does Axolotl define a line?  Do they pay for spaces, headers, footers, & expansions?  Are you docked for blanks or sending things to QA?  If so, how much.