Anyone a Lionbridge Internet Assessor? - Page 21

[sweetlass]

Hi all im new to this site........saw this thread having just applied 2nd time round to lionbridge im threw to seeing what results are for email survey test did it week ago still not heard.they said be back to me shortly.

Ive also emailed leapforce to enquire if they got any Uk openings.

are there are other assesor companies around.......i need work asap..........id orgianlly failed written exam for lionbridge so had wait 3 months they contacted me asking if wish re apply...

1st steps agreement etc all went threw real fast.....just the tests bit slow.

nice meet you all.

sweetlass

[sweetlass]

Hi anyone using this forum thread still?

I heard today after doing 1 survey exam then a English test.that i passed and am threw to waiting for tasks stage now.

how much do they pay says varies depending on the task?

sweetlass

[Aruna Kumari]

 hi i have applied for the lionbridge intenet assessor job....they send me the mail that i need to attend the pre test and main test? can anyone guide me how to attend the test. Ur suggestions will help me out a lot in getting this job. If anyone have already passes the test pls tell me the details how to do this test?

awaiting for ur early response

u can mail me abt the test detials and process

[e-mail]

with regards

ramanya aruna kumari

[linsmommy]

@ aruna, my advise is to read the test material thoroughly before you do any questions. 

[Aruna Kumari]

thank u ji

[BeLeery]

Just be aware that $14.50/hr is for PIECEWORK. You complete a task and get paid however long they say it should take to do that task. They have a set amount of time you get paid for each kind of the dozen or so types of tasks they have. If you do 10 XYZ searches and they allot 1.9 minutes per search, you get paid for 19 minutes. If it took you 40 minutes to do the task, record that you did the task, and submit the task you did on the time sheet, you still get paid for 19 minutes. And if you do them too fast and you get them wrong, you may get fired for sub-par performance.

Oh and if you rate one differently than other raters there is a review of that task by everyone who rated it until it is done correctly. You don’t get paid for that either.

Typically the tasks take MUCH longer than they allot you until you spend months getting good at them. After all the studying you have to do on your own time, and tasks that take longer than they allow, you are not making close to that. ALL learning is on your own time. Look at how much time you had to spend to study for and take the test. That is training and the vast majority of employers pay you to train.

I have yet to submit a time sheet that they did not come back and say I was over by an hour or two. I have to change the time sheets until they agree with what THEY say I completed.

Every time they develop a new type of job/task you have to learn it on your own time - usually an hour to 4 hours. If their system slows down while you are working or just plain starts dying on you, and you have to wait, that's on your time. If you are requested to attend a "voluntary" webinar or complete a survey, that's on your time. If you don't do it, might you lose your job? It's that kind of feeling. I am currently taking a task qualification test after studying for a couple hours, for the THIRD time. Did I fail it? No. They lost it due to technical difficulties. I will have spent 5 or 6 hours of my own time studying and testing for the honor of being qualified to do a new type of job/task. They are very nice about apologizing for the problem, but you still have to take it again. It stays in your work queue until they get back to you, which could take 1 - 3 days. In the meantime you can't do any work you get paid for because that hours worth of certification tests has to be done before you can get back to work.

If I could find another job from home with a fair employer I would be gone in a heartbeat, but as you all probably know, they are very hard to find. So they have you right where they want you.

[BeLeery]

One more comment. There is another company that does the exact same thing called LeapForce. They only pay $10/hr. They are MUCH less organized, have much less trainng material, have much more down time that is unpaid, and if you are lucky enough to get a response from them it can take 3 or 4 days to a week. While lionBridge is a job, it does not really pay what they say it pays. But LeapForce is much worse.

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by BeLeery 

Just be aware that $14.50/hr is for PIECEWORK. You complete a task and get paid however long they say it should take to do that task. They have a set amount of time you get paid for each kind of the dozen or so types of tasks they have. If you do 10 XYZ searches and they allot 1.9 minutes per search, you get paid for 19 minutes. If it took you 40 minutes to do the task, record that you did the task, and submit the task you did on the time sheet, you still get paid for 19 minutes. And if you do them too fast and you get them wrong, you may get fired for sub-par performance.

Not true at all. I have always submitted the time I actually work, and been paid for it. (They do sometimes "suggest" you make sure your timesheet is accurate if it seems like your numbers are way off, but you certainly don't have to.) Granted, you may get fired if you work too slow, but that's the case at any job! And yes, as a beginner, things will take you a lot longer than they "allow", but once you get used to it, the time restrictions are usually not an issue.

[Daffodil]

I've never had trouble meeting the time expectations, even when I was a beginner, even when I've had to spend time reading instructions for new tasks (which I usually count as part of my task time, so it's not unpaid.)  You do need to spend some time doing things you don't get paid for, but it's minimal.  And unlike most jobs, this one doesn't make you spend any unpaid time commuting or packing your lunch or getting dressed for work or planning out how you're going to handle some difficult interaction or project.  It's the kind of work you don't have to think about while you're not doing it.

[sweetlass]

Hi well i was told i passed got the job just waiting for tasks be released that was over month half ago.ive had no work at all. none in nearly 2 months since being offered postion.

so im beginning think waste time no work available............

and ive kept in contact with them still nothing..........

[Mama Soltera]

It's been so long...six months or something? More? Anyway, they never contacted me. Or the other one. If they did at this point I would not be comfortable being a part of it after everything I've read here and elsewhere.

[babygirlie]

lf and lb pay the same $13.50. If you were awarded the job are you sure you are going to the button to see your work listing? Maybe they figured you weren't interested if you never started? I didn't know I had access for a week until I went to the class they have. They do pay and I do like this job but I don't think I meet their expectations.

[sweetlass]

Hi no you got that wrong they know im interested they said no tasks released as yet they waiting for clinets release work...then be in touch.

im feeling they dont have any work to give......why advertise if no work silly.

[babygirlie]

Hmm this week they are having unlimited hours and you can work as many hours as you want. I haven't had any lack of tasks but I may be in a different country than you

[branditopolis]

I am SO GLAD i stumbled onto this thread.  i thought working from home was a myth! I never knew how to go about it.  I just put in my app with LB, i'm keeping my fingers crossed! i work 35hrs a week an hour from my home and i feel like i can't give my LO the attention he deserves :(  I'm so so so so excited and hopeful for this! Thanks

[babygirlie]

only thing is they can fire  you whenever they want so people say don't let your income be dependent on this job because you just never know since your an independent contractor. You are only allowed to work 20 hours a week also and sometimes there isn't enough work. BUT the extra income is awesome and I can take breaks to get dd a bottle or toy or lunch or a nap lol. So I hope I keep it for awhile but I didn't do too great last month. They do really actually pay though

[branditopolis]

if i can get this though, i'll be able to work less hours at the other place.  that's less trips, less gas wasted, and a little more time with DS!

[lio33]

Hi everybody!

I'm a (new) internet assessor and I'm so happy to have found this thread. I would very much like to be in touch with other assessors to share questions and experiment.

First question, I saw a few pages away, some of you spoke of a forum devoted to lionbridge (workplacelikehome?): is this forum still valid? I can't manage to log in (or maybe I'm trying the wrong address: is it http://www.workplacelikehome.com?)

Second, about the  "certification process": I agree that it's not totally fair to work while not being paied, but I would be very willing to do it if I knew it was for the long run (So far, I like the job and as a mother of four, it's the best organization i could imagine). But then, I read that lionbridge generally let people go after one year or so and i'm thinking: if it is just for one year, why bother.? After all, I have enough work for the moment so why invest time for acquiring qualifications that I will probably never use again?

[changingseasons]

Yes- that's the right address for the other forum. You have to register for an account there if you haven't already.

Many people have worked there for more than one year.

[lio33]

Thanks fot the tips changingseasons!

As for the time expectations, do you know that they are different for America people and for the rest of the world? I just discovered that tasks I'm supposed to do at a rate of 43/an hour are allowed to be done at the rate of 36/an hour in America....20% faster! How is that?

In a way that relieves me, because I couldn't understand how I could be so slow when so many people tell me they don't have any problems meeting their expectations. But apart from that, it makes me really angry: what do they think? That we have special-superpower?