SCAM! Stay Away! - Freelancer clickworker Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supposedly you can work from anywhere, but they don't pay or pay pennies.

Cons

I got scammed. When I got "approved" to work on Clickworker.com and make some extra money, I was hopeful. But after seeing all the jobs posted for 4 cents, 7 cents, etc, I thought this must be another site that dodged labor laws by not being a real company but just an app. But one day a notification popped up to do a Macy's study for Clickworker for $15 a gig. I thought, ok Macy's is legitimate and this is an actual wage for my time, not free labor. And I needed money at the time. So I went to a Macy's in Manhattan and completed an extensive fragrance study, learning brands and fragrance lines, taking pictures of everything, talking to salespeople (during a busy holiday sale time), rating customer service, rating fragrances, and more. It was tedious but I am a former journalist and very detail-oriented so I collected and uploaded all the required information. I spent about an hour in Macy's then saw they needed the same work at some Macy's in Queens, so I trekked out to Queens and did more of the same at those Macy's stores. I did a total of 5 gigs for $75 and spent my whole Saturday doing it. My Clickworker balance said $75, for $15 per gig. Then a few days later it went to 0. I checked my past jobs and they all said rejected. That was it. No more explanation and no one to contact. Then I realized I wasn't dealing with a legitimate company. All I could find was a contact form on their website so I sent that in, and no reply. I found a support email and wrote to them about the job to see what was going on. No reply. Yet I keep getting notifications about new Clickworker "opportunities." What a scam. I'm honestly embarrassed I fell for this, and angry they are taking advantage of people who need money or are in a bad situation. I will be reporting them to Macy's, whom I am sure would not want to be associated with a site that feeds on people's free labor. All I can say is STAY AWAY! Don't let them profit off your free labor, and you won't make anything!

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clickworker Response
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave this review. I can confirm that replies were sent to your emails. Once from our general help email address and once directly from a manager. However, you do not seem to be getting the emails. Please feel free to email us on help@clickworker.com and provide a different email address for us to contact you. The reason your jobs were not accepted is that you failed the main instruction of taking photos of the entire counter/shelf. Instead, you took photos of products up-close. You will be able to see this explanation by clicking on the job in your Work History. We can assure you that we are not a scam and have paid out many workers for this job. Like most companies, we are unable to pay workers who fail to follow the instructions for these jobs as we cannot pass them to the client. This means we don't get paid by them and therefore, cannot pay you. We hope to hear from you soon with an email address that can accept our emails so we can forward the replies to you.

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