Livingston Research

I have worked for many companies in the private and public sector and I've been a top performer in many. I am not normally one to complain and I rarely write reviews. But I can say that the work experience I had with Livingston as a freelance writer is by far the worse I had with any company at any time. The operators and support staff are unhelpful and uncaring, they blindly apply procedures without listening to writers' concerns or challenges. One in two orders has missing reading materials that the client asks you to use to write the paper. The company does not try to get the material before giving you the order, making your life much more difficult and wasting your time. A typical 10$ order will take you 6-10 hours to write, which comes down to hardly over 1$ per hour. If you need more time for an order you get a warning. Operators constantly threaten you with warnings and rejections from the order rather than trying to help you if you have a problem. I spent over 8 hours on an order and had a computer breakdown and lost the order. I explained the situation to the operator and also emailed support. They did not care at all about what happened to me, and asked me to rewrite the order in 2 hours or be rejected from it. Being rejected means being charged the whole order amount. So even though it was physically impossible to rewrite the order in two hours, I was fine 12.80$ and lost 8 hours of work. I had never imagined that a company could have so complete disdain for its employees. My advice is to not do business with this company in any way, until they get their act together and change the work culture. A company's most important resource are its people, and at Livingston they are given no consideration and no respect. And by the way, I wasn't a problem writer or underachiever or anything, in fact most of my orders had top marks with little or no mistakes. So I can only imagine how much worst they must be treating writers that are underperforming. I recommend you to stay away from this company, trust me on this.

As soon as I got a different job, I submitted an essay request to LR under a pseudonym. I knew how to structure that request so as to ensure it would pop up on my account as a potential  job. The ruthlessness of their underqualified staff grading papers they have not studied for is unpalatable  when you find out that you are splitting pretty much 50/50 of the client's payment even though you are doing all the work and receiving all the harassment. If you are broke, its a life-saver but expect to be screwed over when you need your payment the most. I would like to send a sincere expletive to the leaders of this awful place.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The flexibility and timings of the job. And researchng to write a new article is always exhilarating. I get to to read and update my knowledge thereof. It is something I didn't know I needed up until I started working for this company. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Basically there is nothing stressful about the job since I get to work on flexible shifts. Whenever am free, I work on the work they give me and submit on time.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I would say there is little to no interaction between me and the employees or other freelancers. So as someone who likes some alone time now and then, this job is amazing.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My typical day working as a freelancer is always amazing. I get to work on my personal stuff and when  I finish I work on the projects they give me.

Providing lengthy assignments at a low cost may seem advantageous for undergraduate students seeking academic assistance on a budget. However, this practice often poses significant challenges for professionals offering these services. The time and effort required to produce quality assignments, coupled with the need to maintain competitiveness in pricing, can make it difficult to earn a sustainable income. Despite the potential benefits for students, such as affordability and accessibility, the financial strain on service providers cannot be overlooked. Striking a balance between meeting students' needs and ensuring fair compensation for their work is essential in navigating this dynamic landscape. Ultimately, while catering to the needs of undergraduate students is important, it is crucial to address the economic realities faced by those tasked with fulfilling these academic demands.

As in the nature of freelance work; work opportunities are competitive. The workloads vary from client to client and fluctuate according to seasonal cycles. Since this is academic work the challenge and joy are in the need for constant readiness to research and produce excellent work. The work in itself lends writers to expanding their focus in academia at large.  
Largely there is a ready support base from the management team. A thorough understanding of challenges academic writers might face is clearly exhibited and catered to. The overriding challenge being very narrow deadlines to complete work. Academic writing on its own often is preferable under less stringent time constraints however it is a joy to always complete to order academic writing of excellence.    

Well, if you're at a low point in life, you can work there temporarily, but it's not a good place to work for the long term, they don't treat freelance writers well, you can get a fine and a warning for the flimsiest reasons, after you have spent a lot of time and energy working, and clients take advantage of this to prey on unsuspecting writers, their dashboard is easy to navigate, and gives a lot of information at a glance, and you can easily browse through orders on the dashboard, and if you have a problem with an order, you can reach out to their agents, though the pay is not commensurate to the work most times, if you're a professional, you can always find something to do.

They fine you every single time they can. Once I was fined 100% for some essay because the indentation was not in MLA format. Practically, you work for close to nothing, getting about 2-4 bucks for an essay. Oh, fun fact: They also don't pay you when you get a fine, so in this case, it's YOU who pays THEM in the end (after the work is done, of course).
Also, the website is a bit tricky. You have a message box there, but the warnings they send you appear in several different places like a SEPARATE notification tab, or the tab with the order, or yet another bell tab. The message box contains only website update spam, so no wonder you constantly get some tariff reductions or other sanctions for "not confirming" or "not reacting in time".


The experience seemed interesting at first. I worked for about three months there. Communication was good, and client reviews were positive as well. After one negative review, which I found unfair, they blocked my access to the platform, and a few days later, informed me that I had not met their quality standards. Very unfair treatment, and even pointless and unfair reviews from clients can penalize you. Also, the payments were ridiculous, and your efforts, time, and work are not valued. As soon as you upload a document, unjustified warnings appear on your account. The best thing you can do: stay away, as the quality they expect from freelancers is not something they uphold themselves. I regret wasting my valuable time on something so worthless.

Been with them for almost 2 years
-Plagiarism tool detects silly things like author names in citations, reference list and headings and you get a warning and money deducted for such. Pro tip: invest your money on a plagiarism detection tool (plagscan) to check your work before you submit 
-hasn't been any tasks available since April 2023
-Pay for work is low and clients can be very demanding
-Clients can be very sneaky i.e they fill their work in as a 3 page task and pay for 3 pages but the task is actually 8 pages long and there's not much you can do as a freelancer. Complaints fall on deaf ears. Your only option in those cases is to do really well on the task to get a good rating from client 

Working at Livingston Research I had the freedom to choose my working hours and workload, which was the best for me. I learned a lot of things from the different topics I wrote about. Management was always available to answer any questions or concerns I had. It was a challenge sometimes thinking about what to write because of the deadline, but there was always enough time given. Besides, you get to choose your projects so you know how much time you were given from the start. The best thing about the job was knowing you were helping out students around the world and again, learning every day.

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