Unnecessarily Rigid Interview Experience for a Remote Position - Freelancer The VA Hub Employee Review

2.0
19 June 2025
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Pros

None observed during the interview scheduling process.

Cons

*The "first-come, first-served" basis for time slots, coupled with a strict "no reschedule allowed" policy, creates significant pressure and makes it difficult for candidates with existing commitments to participate. It felt very rigid and unforgiving. *Demanding a "dedicated working place," "pleasant background" with "no virtual background allowed," and a "dress to impress" business casual attire for an entirely remote interview felt overly strict and out of touch with modern remote work realities. For someone like myself, who might not always have a perfectly "pleasant" physical background available, it felt unnecessarily punitive and created an impression of being "shifty" simply for not having a dedicated, aesthetic space. *Being told the Zoom link would be provided via Google Chat on the day of the interview is not ideal and adds to pre-interview stress. *While professionalism is understood, the detailed instructions on "dress to impress" and treating it "as if you will be attending a physical face-to-face interview" for a remote role felt like an overemphasis on superficialities rather than skills and experience.

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5.0
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Pros

Hi! This is my first year working in The VA Hub. Honestly, I was really scared about it. When I started with the training, I thought I was going to fail, because I was doing a training for a lot of hours, with people from different cultures. But when the days passed, I realized how much I was learning, from the trainers, from my co-trainees and from myself too. The training experience was hard but amazing, and very rewarding. I got my first client very quickly and I've been working with him for 4 months now, and if I'm being honest, I think I have found my dream job. I love to work from my home, obviously, but because it gave me the opportunity to work on the other side of the world, having different opportunities, working with people from other countries, and learning every day what I'm capable of. So I'm really proud of myself, and very grateful for having had the courage to do the training and find what I want to do and what I want to be!

Cons

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4.0
21 Oct 2024
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Pros

- senior management is quite approachable, especially our COO, Ms. Mika - they really value work-life balance; the management themselves are the ones who remind us to log out on time and plot our leaves - strong support system (other VAs can also help you out) - pay is above minimum wage compared to most PH local rates

Cons

- training process is quite a challenge (and they intentionally do this due to the high number of applicants) - base rate isn't as competitive compared to other VA companies already

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