Not Military Friendly - Spanish Interpreter Innodata Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Remote / Spanish work with a consulting team

Cons

My initial application was approved, then rejected because National Guard obligations "were too many days off in the year" (this is once a month work nearly only requesting one day off a month for it). Then when I responded with "Isn't that illegal to deny employee opportunities because of Military obligations?" they then proceeded with the interviewing. Passed both the English and Spanish examinations, received positive feedback with a video call with a Spanish speaker on their team, and was told to wait to receive feedback within the next few days. Here I am thinking I would receive an offer and would gladly work for them because this position excited me. To then receive an email saying I did not pass the Spanish exam, even though I did and received a confirmed email stating I did. I sent this back and was apologized to saying "oops, was working too fast, yes you did pass but the onboarding interview did not move you forward". All along I knew very well they were already against my Military dates from the beginning but now they have a legitimate legal response to rejecting me, even though feedback as to why they weren't moving forward wasn't provided.

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