I'll start this by saying that I no longer write essays on a regular basis because the industry is oversaturated with frauds and criminals, but work has been slow this week so I decided to pick up a couple of essays over at Academia-Research, just for something to do. From past experience, I knew that they usually pay their writers small amounts without much trouble and that their phantom deductions usually appear when you've completed a large amount of work. It seems as though their "Thank You" for your hard work is to make up some reason to fine you.
Anyways, the essays that I completed this week were mostly just for fun, but it quickly turned into a somewhat stressful situation. Basically, the customer's directions were not thorough enough and his or her attachment did not work properly, which led to me not having the correct information. That is fair enough, as things happen sometimes and it should not have been a big deal. Well I have since received countless phone calls and messages from them, basically telling me that there will be consequences if the revision is not completed within an hour. There's no way that I'm going to write a second essay for a single fee and I have told them as such and the response that I received, in broken English mind you, was that the situation will get worse for me if HR is forced to get involved.
I'll admit that I have been stoking the fire, so to speak, as I want to see how outrageous their threats will get, since I'm not interested in a long term relationship with them, but these people are ridiculous. Now, I knew what I was getting into, so I'm really not surprised, but I find it laughable that this company tries to pull of these types of scams. Like, am I supposed to be scared by their threats? I can laugh about this situation because I am not relying on them for an income, but I feel incredibly bad for people who do need this money to pay their rents and their bills. I have been in a situation with a different company where my large payment never came, so I would advise everyone to research every company that they work for thoroughly because the warning signs are always there.
A legitimate company will stand behind its writers because they know how difficult it can be to find an educated and reliable writer. That is one of the main things to look for in an employer as unless your work is absolutely horrible, is plagarized, or you have blatantly ignored instructions, a good employer will take your side in any dispute because losing a good writer is simply not worth it. Academia-Research will hire absolutely anyone, so they are not worried about keeping people around long term and, therefore, will get what they can from you and will eventually screw you over.
