Institutional Bullying - Recensione dipendente - Writer presso studioD

1,0
10 ago 2015
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

They recently raised their article rates to $50/500 words, which is still terrible, but better than it used to be. Many freelance sites pay worse.

Svantaggi

I'm supposedly one of their better writers -- my ratings are all in the highest quintile and they've called on me to write several higher-paid special assignment articles. But the senior copy editors, with one or two exceptions, are bullies and I've been warned twice about complaining -- that one more complaint and I'm gone. You're a contract writer and your opinion is not respected. It's basically boot camp--shut up and do what you're told. Sometimes what you're told to write is ridiculously misinformed. And some of the copy editors are bitter refugees from what used to be print journalism, feel that they're slumming and just love to give you a rewrite request that would take 2,000 words to fulfill (and if you go over 600 they'll reject it for being too long.

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5,0
18 mar 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Very good management. No micromanaging

Svantaggi

Sometimes the shifts you get aren’t the best but you’ll get that working anywhere

2,0
7 nov 2014
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

-Work from home That's about it. When articles are plentiful, it's a good source of income. But articles haven't been plentiful for years.

Svantaggi

-Article availability: Demand broke every category into separate sections they require writers to apply to individually. This greatly decreased the amount of available work. Furthermore, they've lost many of their partners and clients, leaving very few (none for months, at times) articles, most of which are rewriting old and outdated/inaccurate eHow titles. -They Expect Too Much, then ignore qualifications they require: Most sections require a degree or years of experience in a related field. IE- Some kind of tech degree for the tech section. Yet even though you must be a qualified expert to write for a section, they still require a reference for literally every statement, fact, process or instruction. What's the point of the experience or degree if every statement is treated, by default, like the writer doesn't know what they're talking about? -Low pay for the amount of work involved: $25 an article may seem like a good rate, but between doing the required amount of research, finding and claiming titles that actually make sense, adhering to their strict, ever-changing guidelines and the Russian Roulette of an editing process (one editor may approve where another would ask for a full rewrite), it typically takes well over an hour to claim, research and write an article. May be good pay compared to other content mills and work for novice writers, but anyone with DMS-level qualifications and experience could probably do a lot better than DMS.

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