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      2.0
      9 Nov 2018
      Editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      If you are teaching English and are desperate to get into another line of work, this might be worth looking into. They like to hire English teachers because they usually have an aptitude for writing and editing - or at least that's what they say. Sometimes it seems like they'll hire anyone just to fill the office and get the word count up. That being said, I met lots of great people there, and many are still my friends today. We love to get together and commiserate about the abhorrent working conditions and attitude of the management, who will eat you up and spit you out after you've burned out doing a year's worth of work in 3-4 months. At the end of the day, my former coworkers and I acknowledge that Wallace provided a career opportunity. However, my experience there has left me jaded and cynical of what otherwise could have been a fulfilling, satisfying work experience if they had actually cared about the well-being of their employees. Decent pay for entry-level work.

      Cons

      They don't care about you, the work, or their customers. All they care about is the value they can squeeze out of you. The quality of your work doesn't matter, and they don't care if they are working you to the bone. They just need the work to get done so they can maintain that sweet, sweet profit margin. Bonuses are a joke. Most Taiwan-based companies will give you 2-3 months' salary as a bonus over the course of a year (albeit pro-rated for the first year). This place gives you just enough pocket change to maintain the substance abuse problem you developed since you started working there.

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      Wallace Academic Editing Response
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      Thanks for your feedback. We do care about the quality of our cases and have a rigorous Quality Control system that gives feedback on every edited case. Every edited case goes to a senior proofreader who makes additional revisions and comments to the author of the paper and to the first editor. This allows new editors to improve by seeing the comments of senior editors about their work and quality scores every month. We also work with new editors to improve their quality over their first months with us; however there are a few editors who do struggle to maintain quality and leave us before their first year. Unlike some Taiwanese companies who give a bonus at the end of each year we give a bonus 4 times a year based on quality. Additionally we give small bonuses for Taiwanese holidays.

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      4.0
      24 Oct 2024
      Language quality controller
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Decent trainees, good compensation, and regular feedback on work

      Cons

      Some of the feedback is subjective and varies from proofreader to proofreader.

      4.0
      27 Mar 2022
      English editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work from home (during Covid) – I like the flexibility of getting up and deciding whether or not I want to go in to the office and basically arranging my own schedule. Variety of topics in research papers – Some of the research is interesting because I am already interested in related topics. I have also learned to appreciate some topics that I would never have thought I would have enjoyed. Living in Taiwan – Wild and wonderful place full of great people. I still can walk around the corner in my neighborhood and be completely surprised and enchanted.

      Cons

      Work from home (during Covid) – I do think it is easier to concentrate and just get my editing work done while I am sitting in the office. It is easy to procrastinate when you are at home. Of course, I could go into the office… if I wanted… but you know how it goes… Variety of topics in research papers - Some topics I will always find boring ( I’m thinking of you Electrical Engineering!) When I think the topic is boring, I remind myself that it is still important for the author and his domain and I push on, telling myself the next paper will be more interesting. Living in Taiwan – I’m not a huge fan of Asian food. Some food I like and I just keep eating those things but American food options are definitely less than in America.

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