Paychecks mailed more or less on time every two weeks. Not having to share office space with the people who run the place, because editors work from home.
Cons
Rampant micromanagement. No incentives for going above and beyond. Editors penalized when management messes up, and are retaliated against when they stand up for themselves. Shady labor practices.Low (40%) commission. Even when the client is wrong, the client is right.
Working from home
Interesting articles to edit
Easy-to-use interface to grab jobs (basically, you clock in on a website and then grab jobs to edit from a queue on the company's website)
Supportive management and fun coworkers
Easy to track your daily word count and commission
If you can get on a shift that works for you, then you will likely have time to earn income from a second gig or freelance work.
Cons
Some jobs, by their nature, are boring. For me, papers on algorithms, organizational management, education/teacher training, and nursing are very boring.
Some of our clients produce heavy ESL writing, which combined with a boring paper topic, can be a grind. Like any distribution, the documents tend to cluster around average difficulty, so it's not too bad.
