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Ghostwriting Sweatshop - Writer Livingston Research Employee Review

1.0
Jul 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

None at all, don't even consider applying.

Cons

It is really a sweatshop, wages are below any standards. You spend a lot of time researching for a paper and writing it, getting almost nothing in return. Graders will rob you even of those few dollars that are their "prices". They advertise their jobs as authors/translators/rewriters, but what you really do is ghostwrite for some lazy students. You can't even put it on your CV, it's a total scam. Glad I'm out.

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Livingston Research Response
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Dear Writer, Thank you for your feedback! The issues you’ve described are very common for Writers who never check our Guides and Policies prior to working with us. We are on the market for 9 years already and have accumulated enough experience to set up the standards of quality our Clients expect from us. As per the gain you receive for the hours spent researching and and writing, you are totally aware of the reward before you accept the order and no order is being assigned without you checking and accepting it. Our grading rubric is a result of this experience and the aim of it to be simple and concise for both the writer and meeting customer requirements. The Grading rubric is available for every Writer on the platform, moreover, we recommend our new Writers to check it prior to starting with the first order to avoid the common mistakes. So I believe the most of the issue you could've had was in you not checking the Policies on the first place. We are open to objective critics and suggestions as we always strive to provide the best experience for both our Writers and the Clients but unsupported critics like yours really make it hard, as the reason is simply in providing low-quality papers. If you feel like you have unjustified fines and would like to discuss them or to receive more explanation on the grading, please contact us at success-team@liv-research.com with more information on the orders, we’ll be glad to help you. Once again thank you for your feedback as it helps us become a better place to work at! Best regards, Steve Writer Success Manager

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