Kind of a sweatshop - Freelance Writer RezBiz Employee Review

2.0
8 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Working at home and flexible hours.

Cons

Not cost effective; after the drawn out processes the hourly rate isn't even minimum wage. The customers can sing your praises to the sky but it doesn't count for squat. Many of the standards seem arbitrary. There was supposed to be a space for clients to rate your work but I never saw that; the clients were happy, but that didn't count for anything. I got the impression we were like those little sea turtle hatchlings; if you made it to the water, great. If not, well, someone had to go.

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5.0
1 Oct 2014
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Pros

The communication is excellent and very accessible. A dashboard is provided where you can see a quick overview of number of jobs ready for payment, how many jobs you would like to receive per day along with the type, and how many messages you have. The training is easy-to-use and reference.

Cons

It is hard to catch emails regarding last minute jobs. Some kind of alert feature would be great.

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3.0
10 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

This is a good remote contract position for a writer seeking bread-and-butter part-time income. The company does pay on time also. You also have the chance to work with a wide range of clients; mine have gone from entry-level to an MD / PhD doing research for the NIH.

Cons

The way they schedule jobs stinks. I was assigned a job that had been given to another writer originally. It was already late, and I received a nastygram about turning in late work and how I would be penalized. I suppose I should have been waiting at my computer at 2 am - when the job was assigned - and ready to jump on this task. I also don't care for the once per month pay schedule. The company receives its funding up front at the time or the order. Also, the highest pay I've received for a resume is $26.00 - the resume in question was a 4-page CV that required extensive research and took nearly 4 hours to complete a first draft. If you actually put some effort into the writing process, the hourly pay comes to about $8.00. I inherited a job in which the original writer merely submitted a shell resume - she had actually left spaces underneath the job listings that said "fill in the blank." The point is, the better and more thorough writers are actually punished financially.

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