Cheating for minimal pay, and for editors who lack editorial training - werkgeversreview Writer bij Ultius

1,0
7 apr 2017
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Very few. I think two might involve the flexible scheduling (sort of -- you have to hope a job is available when you are available), and occasional decent pay/per hour of work.

Minpunten

Where do I begin? 1) You are actively engaging in helping students cheat. The entire basis of this operation exists for providing work that violates every academic-dishonesty clause in every student contract/manual. 2) The editors at Ultius are abysmal. Rather than correct simple mistakes, they send them back to you -- at any hour of the day, and often several days after the draft has been submitted. Apparently, they seem to think you are just waiting by your phone or laptop for days on end just waiting for that notice. A real editor would, maybe, EDIT IT! Editors should provide easy clean-up on their own. It's also faster. Worse, they seem to lack true experience with peer-review processes, especially regarding formatting style, including APA, MLA, and CMOS. I could go on and on, but let's suffice it to say, the editors show an unfathomable lack of skill. 3) The work mostly arrives in bulk during midterms and finals Since we are helping people cheat, it makes sense that the least qualified, least motivated students are the ones looking to pay someone to do their work. You can guess how that often goes. Some students expect writers to somehow read entire monographs before doing a paper -- for no more pay than other papers, mind you. The information provided to writers arrives in the longest run-on paragraphs you'll ever see. And, it is obvious, students are not entirely clear about what they should be writing, hence the reason they are begging a professional to do it for them. It's not always terrible, but it's rarely a good experience. 4) Don't believe all of the positive reviews. Make no mistake that Ultius is likely asking its full-time office employees to provide some positive feedback.

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Hello and thank you for taking time out of your day to leave us feedback on the freelance writer position with Ultius, Inc. We are sorry to hear that you have had a negative experience so far. We would like to take time to address each point you mentioned in an effort to clarify the purpose of our service, the goal of interactions between writers and staff, and the social mission of our company. You had noted that you enjoy the flexibility of freelance writing. As as a freelance writer with Ultius, you have the freedom to write when you wish. Our freelance writers are not obligated to work on anything which they have not chosen and if they have no assigned work due, they can normally take breaks of days to weeks while remaining on our team. You also mentioned the pay. We pay our freelancers per page, not per hour, and we pride ourselves on the ability to offer competitive per page rates based upon the deadlines and level of work requested. With regard to our clients, we provide custom writing and editing services to clients worldwide who require the assistance of qualified American writers. Once connected on our platform, clients can engage with our writers directly and learn helpful tips on the best practices for writing as well as order samples or templates of academic writing and business writing. These samples are provided for the sole purpose of helping clients improve their own writing style and our Terms of Use agreement prohibits the utilization of our products for academic credit. We take this very seriously. We would also like to mention that Ultius is proud to offer freelance writing opportunities to qualified American writers in an effort to bring jobs to the USA, to help recent university graduates pay off student loan debt, and help shape the future knowledge economy. You can read more about our social mission on our site under Causes and Commitments. Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We hope that each of your concerns has been addressed. And we wish you the best of luck on your future writing!

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