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Das Writing Services Reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)

Subhodip Das

69% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Das Writing Services has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Das Writing Services employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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66 reviews
2.0
13 Aug 2020
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Pros

A couple of the seniors on the team were kind and helpful, in my tenure here. Fellow colleagues could be really friendly, and I did end up being friends with a few of the people. Apart from that, there's not much going for the company. The office premises were good - wouldn't call it exactly plush, but they were okayish, given it's a new content writing company. That's about it I guess.

Cons

For starters, the work policy here is horrific. You need to write at least 3000 words per day, to get paid your full salary at the end of the month, and even then, there's very less to almost no work satisfaction. The directors rarely appreciate your work, and there are some very incompetent people who get to decide if your writing is good or not. New styles of writing are absolutely not encouraged here, and you could end up being vilified or criticised for even slightly deviating from the set pattern of writing, that the others follow. The directors, especially the founding members, have a sound knowledge of SEO, but sadly, not of writing. They just don't get how writing works,what's good writing and so on. Thirdly, they need to understand that great content isn't only about putting in a lot of keywords and SEO techniques. The work is mostly limited to a ton of finance and a lot of useless auto industry articles. At the end of the month, you're left wondering why you are never assigned any different kind of work. Sometimes, the management can get really deliberate when it comes to assigning work. For no fault of yours, you end up getting no work assigned, and that means a loss of pay. So out of 24 working days, it's likely you won't get work assigned on 2-3 days, and you are not paid for it. Even though you repeatedly ask the seniors to assign you work. The experience with my colleagues here was bittersweet, but the work hours and work policy are really damaging to employees' mental health as well. Also, if you plan to work here, be prepared to receive no formal resignation acceptance letter, or relieving letter or even a certificate. Basically, if you don't beg and grovel for one, your work experience here is going to the abyss.

2.0
27 Apr 2020
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Pros

The policy of flexible working hours, although seems convinient at first, rather quickly proves to be a trouble. I don't recommend considering it as a benefit from any stance while you decide on this job. For ametures, just starting with content writing, this can be decent starting point. You can learn a lot here, but also pay a steep price by sacrificing work-life balance. I feel there are better ways to learn content writing. There's a strong official hierarchy here which exposes writers to strong criticism from their seniors. Now, that can be a good or a bad thing depending on the individual's rapport with the colleagues . For me, it proved to be quite demoralizing. I had to deal with abuse and disrespect as I wasn't able to establish that sort of casual rapport. A very predictable mode of operation exists in terms of work load distribution and challenges. You are required to deliver a set number of articles for a fixed number of clients everyday.

Cons

1. Have to write 3000 words of content daily, without fail. In case you can't write that much, no consideration, not even for a single day. Contrary to the JD they hand out, salary is NOT fixed. the most unreasonable salary policy - for every word deficit, you loose the equivalent money. Your word count is monitored monthly, where you have to maintain the total target. Technically, it is a TARGET BASED job. 2. Toxic environment and work culture. The entire process of quality control and editing here is carried out over a very loose framework. It is haphazard and very draining on the associates. You can easily get penalized unfairly over unreasonable grounds. Unprofessionalism runs rampant on all levels. 3. You'll be forced to write more and more. No room to explore and grow because all your focus will be to generate quantity. 4. They won't furnish you a relieving letter or an experience certificate, not voluntarily. The CEO is so ignorant that he was confounded when I said his acceptance mail in response to my resignation isn't sufficient. I had to convince him that a relieving letter is necessary to get employed somewhere else. To sum it up, other content writing agencies in Kolkata offer better opportunities for growth and overall job satisfaction. Go for those if you can.

5.0
12 Apr 2018
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Pros

Emphasizes more in imparting hands-on experience and knowledge rather than the work. It is one-of-its-kind creative content development agency that treats every employee as a Creator rather than a Worker. Training Sessions and Discussion Forums are conducted regularly and the Management looks into every employee's professional development right from Day 1. Its been 2 years for me here and I bet my expertise in Digital Marketing and SEO Content Development is worth much more than the time I sent here. Hope to continue here for many more years to come.

Cons

Office Parties are awesome, please conduct them more often!

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