Straightforward Freelancing - Copywriter audiential Employee Review

Remote work option was great. My first supervisor was very helpful, but she quit. Then any pros disappeared.

New leadership is focused mostly on profit. They demanded I tear up my contract with them and sign a new one with 60% pay cut. I said no because I'm not stupid. :) That's when harrassment started. I hate calling it that, because it sounds so melodramatic. But I went from their best writer to their worst in 2 weeks for some really sketchy stuff. For example, they threatened to fire me because I hadn't followed directions on assignments. That was weird because I did. Next week, I took a screenshot of the directions at the start, then compared it to the same directions after submitting my work. They were changing assignments after I submitted work and punishing me for it. They apologized after I showed the screenshots, but still sketchy. Later, I talked to another writer hired around the same time as me. He said they were doing similar shenanigans with him, and that they demaned he take a pay cut as well. Sketchier and sketchier. A week before they fired me for not following directions (again), they posted my position online. Sure enough, they were paying 60% less. Avoid this company if you can. They might have changed in the past year, but how likely is that?

This was a great gig while it lasted, despite the incoherently written assignments and the harassing emails insisting you haven't written to the incoherent assignments. Got to work at home. I find researching and writing extremely enjoyable. So it was fun for a while.

They burn through writers at an alarming pace as you can see from their multiple job postings on multiple platforms. I'm not saying you should not take a gig here. Just be aware it is not a long term prospect. In a month or two, they will start heckling you over your "tone," and your failure to make sense of their gibberish assignments. You will make the best of illogical directives like "how to make your home more relaxing," and then be told that what you wrote is ridiculous. You should have written about scent diffusers, instead. You will be gaslighted by an editor who doesn't want to edit. She wants you to read her mind. Don't quit your day job. Don't quit looking for a day job.