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- Current Freelancer, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Good flexible job, don't need to advertise to get work
Cons
Amount of work sometimes unpredictable
- Current Contractor, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Excellent paid training program, work tailored to your skills
Cons
Not enough work or high enough pay
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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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 - KEY NOT FOUND: jobLine.self_employ-current, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
possibility to take orders whenever it is convenient for you
Cons
pay is determined by number of sources in reference list, the number of in-text citations is not regarded, even though they also need to be corrected
- Current Freelancer, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Fab training and support, lovely people, very flexible, lots of choice over assignments.
Cons
As with any agency, you lose a bit of money in terms of commission; for me it’s absolutely worth it to avoid the hassle of dealing with clients.
Continue reading - Current Freelancer, more than 1 year★★★★★
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They are very professional, have a solid work ethics and are very respectful.
Cons
At least at the beginning, it's a bit hard to earn enough money given that what you earn will partially go in taxes.
Continue reading - Former Freelancer, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Flexible as can work from home, but comes in bursts. Can feel like hard to say no. They pay quickly ( Euros) and the variety of work is good.
Cons
Highlighted with management that some practices do not feel completely ethical as there are times when the editor has to essentially rewrite a large portion of the sentences to be readable in academic work which is to be marked. 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 were more interested in pleasing the customer's request over the professionalism of the editor. I also pointed out where a client had asked for a re-edit and sent a different version to get free work which I was expected to do for no pay.
Continue readingHello, Thank you for your feedback, we always value the opinion of our editors. We are happy to hear that you appreciated a good variety of work as well as a reliable invoicing and payment schedule in the few months you have worked with Scribbr. Besides that, you mentioned that you felt it was expected of you to rewrite sentences or complete a second edit without compensation. We are sorry to hear that you felt this was your responsibility. Our team takes the definition of our editors' responsibilities very seriously and clearly communicates that editors are - asked to return a document to us that is too poorly written. - never asked to complete any unpaid services such as a second edit. - never asked to rewrite any sentences, as this is not in the scope of our service. All of these points are communicated in our information package for editors as well as through our newsletter. If you have more feedback or questions, we are happy to hear from you. Greetings Nicole Community Manager
- Former Freelancer, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Great support, helpful guidelines and documentation, well organized on the whole, great team rapport
Cons
Can sometimes have a lot of work or no work
- Current Freelancer, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Flexible, you can work from anywhere. Feel a lot of support from the team. Perfect for me.
Cons
The amount of work depends of the universities schedule, which means a lot in summer and way less in winter for example,
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