I found my home in Essays.ph
For those who aren’t yet aware, I’ve already been doing Freelance work online since around 2005. Working online was a tough decision I had to make because freelancing then wasn’t yet that popular and back then there were still too many bogus clients since trustworthy freelance platforms - like Essays.ph - didn’t exist yet. Though it was hard at first, I had no other choice because I just wouldn’t get hired anywhere. (Yup, that’s what always happens after going to college.) I didn’t want to work as a fast-food crew so I decided to just stick with doing freelance work online. I focused on being a freelance writer. It’s what I enjoyed doing most - writing.
The very first projects I had back then were academic papers. I never tried data entry because most scams - based on my anxious scam researches online - came from that department. On the other hand, what I did find out was that the very “company” I was working for was also a fraud. They did pay me, and paid me on time, but I read a reliable list of scam sites online and the company was listed. The company’s website - the URL of which was kept secret from us staff - actually claimed on their site that their essay/ acad. paper writers are native English speakers experts in their fields or topics (MA and PhD holders). I am not a native English speaker and I’m not an MA or PhD holder, LOL. And alas, I also found out how much the company was actually selling our papers for - like $20/ $30/ $50. The writers, including me, only received a miniscule of their profits - $2/ $3/ $5. It was so sad to find out I was an exploited Filipino writer. (BTW I also repulsed at the idea that students wouldn’t write their own assignments and just order papers from these kinds of websites. I was disgusted.)
So I left the academic papers field and tried web content writing. Ah, web content writing. I liked seeing my articles published online, though not under my name. I was a ghost writer. I found a site, much like Essays.ph (I already forgot the name) and they actually paid their writers. So, I was thankful it was not a scam but my only regret was they paid minimally, and there aren’t assignments always, or rather, there were assignments only sometimes, ouch. Imagine dry spells for 30 days straight. How am I supposed to live on that? Once again, I left work there - ‘coz there’s virtually no work there and I tried looking for similar sites. I did find a freelancers website this time. A platform where people can sign up either as an outsourcing client or a freelancer. A client would post his project and freelancers would “bid” or apply for the project. Competition was tough because you had to stand out from the rest of the applicants but the pay was good. My only problem was (I always seem to have problems with certain sites) - at times I wouldn’t get any projects at all and at times I would get too many all at the same time I almost couldn’t handle it. It drove me nuts! I thought the whole idea behind working freelance online was to be able to work at your own pace...
I did find an Australian client though whom I was lucky to have worked with for more than one year (1 ½ years actually) and he paid me handsomely (by ‘handsomely’ I mean I was getting paid like a call center agent but only, I worked 4-6 hours a day :-P Sad to say, some contracts just have to end - i.e. because the client wanted to shift industries - so okay, I was back to free-floating.
I guess God is really good to me because every time a door closes, he opens another one. Every time I left a company or a client, I found a new one - and always a better one to boot. I found Essays.ph. I can say that I finally found my home. EPH is not just a company that employs freelance writers; it’s a (proudly) Filipino owned company - with an actual office (in Makati). There are assignments almost 100% of the time. The pay is considerable, and finally, I am part of a family. Essays.ph isn’t just a company; it’s a community, a hang-out, and a training ground for writers. I have never felt so happy I never have to work alone anymore and I never have to struggle. I may not become a millionaire in here, but do you think that is what 1) freelance/ 2) writers like me are after? :-)
I’m happy I found my home! - annamae38
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