Reviewing "LiveWork"

Most are unaware when signing up for LiveWork, the company is somehow connected to Live Ops. Let me be clear, I have no information on the company by that name.
I did attempt to pick up some work using the Live Work platform. When signing up back in September 09, there were only 4 jobs listed. After applying for them all, nothing was heard from any of them. Fast forward to November 09, out of the blue, an email arrived, declining me for one of the positions. Now this provider is very active on a forum, and clearly stated what qualifications she looked at before hiring anyone for her team. Having none of those, so, it was not surprising to get a denial email. Here is the funny part, the very next day, here comes a welcome to the team email. Same provider.

Curiousity got the better of me. Went into the website to see what is was all about. The project is answering questions from the public, off a popular search engine. One answer pays you .28. The project calls for you to answer at least 100 of them per week. Ok, lets give this a shot. After searching around quite a bit, and some mass confusion as to how to get started, I found the actual questions quite easy to answer, with very little research required. My first 100 were submitted in about two days.

The person in charge of this project sent emails, forum messages, and also in a chat room, to attend her conference calls. She has these about every day, however, no toll free number. Voicing my displeasure, I dialed in. There was no new information, lots of distraction on the providers end, with chasing a pet out of the room and other awkward breaks. The main information shared was read from emails that were sent out. After about thirty minutes of that, I hung up. They do provide a link to the recorded call, and from here on, that is what I choose to do. The others I listened to , were the same material. Waste of time.

After working two days to answer the required 100, suddenly there is another project this provider is hiring for. This project pays .68 per answer. Of course I wanted to switch over. NOPE. If you were working on the other one, the only way this provider will put you on the new one was to be in what she called , top providers.  Hum, the qualifications for this seemed to be answering not 100 per week, but, double that per batch. Yep, suddenly this provider wants you do answer 200 queries per batch, and there are at least two batchs per week. So, um, wait a minute. When signing up its 100 per week. It says right there on the qualification page.

Well, let me tell you, this person running this project, now seems to have 500 people working on 3 or 4 projects, and micro managers every tiny detail. I have worked in a call center with less employees than this and let me tell ya, Micro managing will not work for long. I see a train wreck on the tracks.

Now, here is the deal and why I resigned.
A. I ask to be switched to the higher paying project, she would not allow it.
B. Come payday, we find out, that paypal fees are passed over to us. Example my 28.00, was reduced by 1.05. About equal to five questions answered.  The project manager believes they have no control over this, that its paypals policy, however, if you check closely, there would be no fee if the company paid out of their bank account or funds from paypal itself. Sorry, I don't pay anyone for the priveledge of working. PERIOD.

I have great symphathy for those doing this gig, who only have this as income. Those are the ones who will take all the crap jobs out there and be so happy to have any income at all. They are also the ones who will scream the loudest when anyone points out the flaws. Such as, if we worked in public, we have to pay gas, and dry cleaning and blah blah blah.  Well, I suppose you could if you wanted to. I don't own anything that needs drycleaning personally, and um, nope, my car would only use maybe one gallon of gas a day getting to and from a Brick and Mortar. Far, Far , from eating up much of a min wage jobs pay. Come on, it took me two days to make 28.00. Maybe five hours total. What is that like 5.25 per hour.

All thats left to say to that is, "SUCKERS"

Working from Home as a Writer, pays very little.

What makes a writer?

We are aware that there are those that have college degrees in Journalism, or the English Language, here. Those who will step in with comments stating a perfectly formed sentence will receive better marks, than one presented with either a missing comma or grammar problems.

My line of thinking is that is true, for the type of work we are doing here. However, to be honest, a true writer is someone who can put a story together. A story should keep your attention from beginning to end.

So let us be honest. Not only are we writing here, but we are also required to do the job of editors for very small payments. If we all had English Degrees, why would society need editors?

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, though the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms. The word is almost synonymous with author, though somebody who writes, for example, a laundry list, could technically be called the writer of the list, but not an author. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images, whether fiction or non-fiction.

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing language, images, sound, video, or film through processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. A person who edits is called an editor. In a sense, the editing process originates with the idea for the work itself and continues in the relationship between the author and the editor. Editing is, therefore, also a practice that includes creative skills, human relations, and a precise set of methods