about a month ago I had three major income streams: editing for edit avenue, and writing for demand studios and the green connoisseur.
demand studios was the most reliable and highest volume of work. a few weeks ago, they changed their pay scale for all writers suddenly and without warning. i could keep writing for them, but i would make a third of what i used to for the same work, and the pay wasn't all that great to start out with.
i'd had a few minor problems with edit avenue, but i was hoping to develop my presence there after the demand studios fiasco. until today, when i was unceremoniously canned for, according to them, filing a fraudulent complaint in order to cancel an assignment. i did file the complaint, which, as far as i'm concerned was accurate and according to due process. i've sent a request to have the decision reviewed, but i'm not feeling incredibly hopeful.
so, the green connoisseur. it's a fun project, and i'm about to start blogging for them as well as contributing articles. still, the work is intermittent, and i originally thought of it as only one of the three major assignments that made up my part-time job.
it's funny, when the financial meltdown started, i wasn't really concerned at all. a few weeks later, i'm down to less than a third of my former workload. i wonder if the universe is trying to tell me something. ok, something besides "you should have invested in euros."
boo, dang! that stinks!
ReplyDeleteHello - just curious what the outcome of your EditAvenue appeal was? I had the same thing happen to me today, also apparently for reasons that I disagree with. Did they ever respond? I also am not hopeful.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that. Unfortunately, although I got that initial response about what the problem was (from a web tech, I think, who was just passing along what he or she had been told), I never heard another word after I sent an email challenging the decision. I hope your situation works out better. It's too bad, because other than random firings, EA was the best editing service I've been able to find.
ReplyDeleteI understand. I think I'm headed down the same path, if the lack of an explanation is any signal. I'm not sure what's served by viewing the world in such black-and-white terms and then refusing to even listen to reason and context...but...it is their business, I guess. they can run it anyway they wish.
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