Gaggle Independent Contractor Reviews

Pros

Easy once you know all of the rules Schedule your own hours Good for extra income

Cons

Low Pay at $10 per hour Virtually no hours in the summer when school is out

Pros

The only real pro here is being able to log on 24/7.

Cons

Thought this would be a convenient way to make extra funds without the commitment that part time, non-contract roles generally require — WRONG. While you are able to make your own hours, that is solely dependent on whether or not work is available. They sporadically open/close the queues throughout the day, so you basically have to be babysitting your computer. You also have the opportunity to sign up for "shifts", but because of how aggressively they hire, those spots fill up quickly. The training (if you can even call it that) consisted of reviewing a digital packet that they put together; no opportunity to ask questions or get practice in before being thrown into production. Regardless of what part of the week you're "hired", you are still required to hit their weekly hour minimum. In addition to the weekly hour minimum, you're required to review no less than 275 files/hour which is roughly 4-5 files/minute. Not sure how they calculated this random number, but i find it hard to believe that anyone is actually hitting that number considering the fact that some of the files are pretty long. If you're new, there are A LOT of nuanced/one-off situations that don't necessarily fall into the categories described within the "training" packet. There's a forum to ask questions, but sometimes getting an answer (if you even get one) can take up to 10 min or more which slows you down & doesn't allow you to meet their ridiculous hourly minimum. Furthermore, the pay ($10/hr) is wayyyyyyyyy too low for the sensitive nature of what you're reviewing. Too many weird rules for it to be a "flexible independent contractor role." If you like to be fairly compensated for the work you do, I wouldn't recommend Gaggle.

Pros

This is not a reliable or consistent opportunity.

Cons

The very nature of the position.

Pros

Work on your own schedule

Cons

its very hard to get to the 10/hr per week minimum when they open and close the queue every 10 minutes