QA beware!! - Anonymous employee QA Employee Review

1.0
Dec 27, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Training was decent although for our cohort however no direction of what we could be doing

Cons

Graduate job is NOT guaranteed! Even after training (12 weeks unpaid although free accommodation which is a good standard) job is not guaranteed. If they can't find anything for you they will say you are not good enough and let you go. Pay is considerably below par for this industry and there are few benefits. Some clients work you considerably overtime (although this is not with everyone) and will send you back just like that if you complain and will most likely will be let go after that.

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It was hard to read your review. The strength of negative feeling within it is clear to see and I do not want anyone else experiencing the issues you have faced. It has led to me launching an internal investigation to understand what has gone so wrong. The comments in your review about there being a lack of opportunities for our graduates are very concerning because it is not reflective of the reality of the situation. So the fact this is what trainees are hearing is worrying. My internal investigation has led to changes around the way we manage graduate communications so that graduates are always kept in the loop on what is happening with their deployments. Feeling undervalued and overworked at certain client sites is not something we want for our new starters and this is an issue I am keen to understand more about so I can pinpoint the client sites where this is an issue. Having recently spent some time with a number of graduates at a client site I know this not to be a case across the board so it is important we identify the problem areas and address it quickly. I would really appreciate it if you could get in touch with me directly about this on stuart.martin@qa.com. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this.

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