I spent about 6 weeks working for Scopic. I had assumed everything was going smoothly with my projects, as I hadn't received any major negative feedback. The only thing I noticed was their productivity was very poor. I often had to wait a half hour/40 minutes a few times a week to receive my tasks (sometimes sending multiple messages without wanting to appear pushy) which I didn't really appreciate, as I have a strong work ethic and like to keep busy at all times. On the fifth week of my employment I was appointed to the position of 'social media specialist' within a long email, introducing me to the team. I thought great, I must have passed the probationary period. Then, over the next few days, again, I sent numerous messages politely asking If there were any tasks for me to be getting on with, as I was on the verge of becoming idle, and would they respond to me? No..... Now I don't think that's a very professional way of dealing with things. Over the space of of a few weeks of the slow responses in which I had attained, I can't imagine the money the company must be losing, If the projects are not prepared and ready to distribute to staff, and staff in turn end up becoming idle for lengths of time. Then, on the 6th week of my employment, I get a message from someone whom I've never really spoken to before, telling me 'Sorry we have problems with your productivity' and basically my contract was ended. Now i'm no expert, but I know for a fact it wasn't my productivity that was the issue, as on numerous occasions (as stated above) I requested task upon task as I was coming to the end of a project, to ensure I would have a heavy workflow at all times, but they still managed to never have them ready for me, so in turn my length of time spent on projects was obviously increased due to the disorganization.
The main issue about it is, I found it very cheeky of them to not even have the balls to tell me 'look we don't have enough projects for you.. Sorry the productivity has been bad on my behalf, not yours.. and unfortunately we don't have a position for you' But no... My messages were ignored on the last 2 days and a randomer was appointed to sack me off and my productivity was blamed. How unprofessional?
Another issue which arose within my employment was the level of English spoken. Now, again, I'm no expert, but I would've thought with having a software company predominantly targeted towards English speaking people, that the English level would have to be at the top of its game. There were times in which I received emails and tasks written in foreign English, which I couldn't even understand the sentences due to the sheer poor level. I also had to proof read files upon occasions from foreign members of staff, and I am truly shocked within a marketing department at the level of written English. I would've thought they'd have kept myself in position over people with such poor levels of English. Simple grammar mistakes, and poorly constructed sentences, (an 8 year old would write more professionally) were rife. I'm still shocked that a multi million dollar company would have people with such poor levels of English working within a marketing department, of all sectors.
