Should be seen solely as a source of supplemental income - Test Rater ETS Employee Review

1.0
May 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you prefer to work at home, do not need a reliable source of income, and are okay with assembly-line intellectual work, then this should be a good position for you

Cons

It is odd to see people say that they can set their own hours on this job. You need to submit your hours about a month in advance with the understanding that the more you make yourself available, the more likely you are to receive hours. ETS, on the other hand, can cancel an 8-hour shift the day before and is only obligated to pay you for 1/2 of the time. Too, there is no guarantee that you will receive anything like 40 hours per week during the peak season - even if you are regularly acknowledged as having high productivity with a high degree of accuracy. Further, if you don't pass calibration, which sometimes happens, then you only get paid for the time when you tried to calibrate. Thus, you will only receive one hour of pay instead of, say, the 8 hours you were expecting. Too, $13-15 per hour may look good for some, but you need to bear in mind that the position requires a high skill level and is part-time, temporary, and comes with zero benefits. The pay does not compensate for these disadvantages. The bottom line is that positions like these tie up hours that could be given to yet another employer who is offering contingent employment and then fail to adequately compensate you for making those hours available. If you're just looking for some mad money, then all of this should be okay with you. If you need a real job with meaningful, fair pay, it would be wise to look elsewhere.

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5.0
Apr 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It was a good experience.

Cons

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1.0
May 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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