DO NOT BECOME AN ELITE NOTETAKER HERE - Anonymous employee StudySoup Employee Review

1.0
Mar 31, 2017
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

None really besides receiving money for school work, that is when you actually get paid.

Cons

DO NOT BECOME AN ELITE NOTETAKER WITH StudySoup! Last year I would have recommended it to anyone who is in college classes, this year they have changed everything and the note takers are really getting the short end of the stick when it comes to payment. We used to get commission for sales, no longer do. We used to be able to post for all of our classes, now they say that we can only be paid for 3, but still want us to post for all of our classes so that they make more money. Everyone that I have reached out about this issue has been rude and condescending. I have over 700 people who follow my account for my notes and study guides for classes, but the way everything has been this semester I will not be returning next semester. Now the most you can make off of a study guide is $35, but they still advertise people making $350 on their website. I am very disappointed with how they changed everything and then did not even tell us we just had to figure it out after winter break.

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StudySoup Response
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We're very sorry to hear you had a negative experience with StudySoup - that's not what we want for any of our users. We do restrict all of our notetakers to just 3 courses per semester - we don't encourage anyone to upload for more than that because 3 is the maximum number of courses that can be entered per term per account. It's true that you make $35 per study guide this semester, but we do offer bonuses at the end of the semester based on the number of downloads you get on your materials! You can get a bonus ranging from 20-50% of your total earnings. I know that this is a very different system to last semester, but I hope you'll stick with it - especially since bonuses haven't been evaluated or paid out yet! I would personally be willing to help you out with any issues you're experiencing - please send an email to elaine@studysoup.com with your email address that you use to log into StudySoup included in the email.

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