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Updated Dec 27, 2021
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- "flexible hours, the people working customer service are nice, very fast growing scale" (in 3 reviews)
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Scribbr is an excellent place to work as a freelancer. The team in Amsterdam has been a pleasure to work with, and I have never had a negative interaction with them. Furthermore, the senior editors have always provided constructive feedback.
Cons
It would be nice to have benefits tied to employment. However, since I am not a full-time employee, I understand why this is not provided.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
You get regular jobs here
Cons
tight deadlines is something to take into consideration
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
They sourced work to be edited and handled payment.
Cons
Quality of material submitted varied tremendously; unable to view ahead of time.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
If you are a fast editor, the pay per word can be quite decent.
Cons
The quality of submissions varies drastically. Some people are not even writing in readable English but the management will insist that you edit the document anyway. Sometimes this does not feel completely ethical as there are times when the editor has to essentially rewrite a large portion of the sentences to be readable. Sometimes these orders take so long that the pay per word is very low. There have been times when I have told management that an order is basically incomprehensible and they will not be helpful, and tell me to just continue editing it even if I have very little idea what the student is saying. Sometimes management is not very helpful when it comes to questions about recurring grammar errors in a customer's order. There have been times when I've made an inquiry about an obscure grammar point I was unsure what to do with and received the reply "Just leave it as it is" or gotten an incorrect answer, which I would then find out was incorrect after doing a lot of my own searching online. It is also difficult with the time difference because editors working in much different time zones cannot communicate with the management as easily.
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- More than satisfactory compensation for editing as a freelancer - Timely payments twice a month - Detailed information package for smooth workflow and learning - Awesome support from those at HQ - Efficient communication through mail and Slack - A general spirit of camaraderie
Cons
Irregular work during off-seasons, but they provide solutions for this too!
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
flexible working from anywhere in the world decent payout
Cons
no as such downside as an editor
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Good benefits, especially the fact that they have a boat :-). Every last Friday of the month an event, free lunch, and there's always someone up for a beer. - Lot of young, energetic people that are driven to help Scribbr grow - Fast-growing company, not one year is the same and it provides plenty of learning/growth opportunities - Flat organisation, room for innovation and ideas, everyone is treated equally.
Cons
Not that I can think of at the moment.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Scribbr has a great, international and open company culture with a lot of focus on personal growth. This open culture sparks business and product innovation. Success is being celebrated in style. Simply great to work for 🚀
Cons
The company is currently in its transition from start-up to scale-up. This comes with natural challenges regarding the company's structure. Can be a bit chaotic to some.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great team with a relaxed work atmosphere. Fun times with Friday drinks with many other startups in the building.
Cons
None that I can think of.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
This company has a great setup. As an editor, I can choose when and how much I work and which topics I prefer. I get to work on very interesting papers and it’s very rewarding. Even though I live in a different time zone and have never met anyone at HQ, I feel like a part of the team.
Cons
You get paid the same whether the paper needs a heavy edit or a light edit. Papers are usually from non-native English speakers and need a lot of work. To do a proper job on these, you make less money. I believe the company is taking steps to remedy this, and the job flexibility makes up for this issue in my case.
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Scribbr has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 57 reviews left anonymously by employees. 99% of employees would recommend working at Scribbr to a friend and 99% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -25% over the last 12 months.
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