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I started with Write Collective about 2 years ago, first coming on staff as a part-time editor, later stepping into full-time hours, and eventually becoming a part of the leadership team.

One thing I've appreciated in my time with the company is that the owner really does take the time to listen and understand when someone presents a problem. She has always been very responsive to new ideas and suggestions to make things run better or more efficiently -- I've seen the company grow and change exponentially over the course of the last few years as we've worked to improve systems, onboarding, assignments, writer support, editor support, and more.

Some of the perks that I've found attractive when working for Write Collective include:
- Managers and team members available on Slack for questions/concerns/problem-solving during regular business hours
- Consistent work available for both writers and editors (which can be hard to attain as a freelancer!)
- An incredibly supportive admin team to streamline processes
- A direct point of contact for each team (senior editor, content manager, etc.)
- Daily pay for writers and weekly direct deposit for editors

I will say that when a team member isn't a good fit for the work we do, leadership is pretty quick to remove them from the team. However, this is generally only the case when:
- They've failed to turn in copy by the deadlines on a recurring basis (especially if they fail to communicate that they're in danger of missing deadlines in advance) 
- Their work has major Copyscape flags
- They've turned in in poor quality copy (inaccurate, majorly off-topic, or full of typos and errors)
- They fail to communicate at all or communicate unprofessionally (we have a very friendly team that's highly responsive...but rude or unprofessional messages to any team members are not tolerated)

As a whole, it's been exciting and fun to get to work with this team. Working remotely can normally be a little isolating, but I love that this company gives the opportunity to collaborate and hang out with other independent contractors via Slack. 

With a variety of topics to work on and a lot of freedom/flexibility in scheduling as an independent contractor, I'm looking forward to continuing to watch the company grow and evolve!


Getting hired for this company was pretty simple, and the pay seemed decent at well initially. I thought maybe I had found a good writing gig for a while.

However, the experience with Write Collective isn't a positive one. The articles they want you to write are very research intensive, so they will consume a lot of your time, making the pay suddenly much less reasonable.

Worse yet is that management also offers no feedback on what it is they want. For a while all of my work was approved and getting positive feedback. Then out of nowhere my work gets rejected, and all management told me was they were not happy, and they made several comments referring to me as lazy.

Those kind of remarks are not only disrespectful, but also offer me nothing constructive on what I can do better. Like I've written for numerous high profile publications, so I know how to adapt to different writing styles. But someone just casually insulting me does not assist me.

They are also quite pushy with trying to get you to do extra assignments. They would call me late in the evening on weekends to give me new assignments they wanted by that same night. They don't seem to understand how unreasonable it is to give people hours of work with as little notice as a couple hours before it's due.

After dealing with this for a while I had seen enough to know this was not a work environment I wanted to be a part of. For any team to work, there needs to be respect and courtesy from everyone on it, and that includes from management to the writers.

I have been writing for Write Collective for about 2 years. During the entire experience, I have been given the opportunity to write on various topics, from home goods to sophisticated business technologies. When providing assignments, the leadership team strives to pair writers with topics that fit their skill set. This helps optimize content quality and keeps things fun. 

The editors and leadership team promptly respond to questions or concerns about content. They are also willing to reach out to clients for clarification whenever necessary. This enables me to produce content that meets clients' expectations and minimizes the need for revisions.

When revisions are necessary, editors provide clear instructions and often include screenshots of the paragraphs/sections that need to be reworked. 

The pay is very competitive and is adjusted based on the difficulty of assignments. More involved, research-heavy articles have a higher per-word rate than simple blogs.  

The minimum per-day volume is 2,000 words. However, writers are given the opportunity to take on more work provided that content quality remains high. 

The best thing about Write Collective is the leadership team. All team members communicate well and are very accommodating of time off requests, unexpected life events, etc. 

I could go on forever about how awful this place is, but to put it briefly, you can expect to be tasked with writing extremely research-intensive articles that take hours to finish. You are paid per article, so after researching the topic enough to write a decent article, you're being paid barely anything for your work. 

They also give you almost no time to write the articles they assign you. Generally, you would get assigned 2,000 words at around noon, and they would have to be turned in by 8pm. They want you to crank out so many words in such a short period of time, and then wonder why the quality starts to go down. It's truly ridiculous. To put it into perspective, imagine having to write an 8-page double-spaced report on a topic that you have no knowledge on in only 8 hours, EVERY SINGLE DAY. 

Lastly, the management is awful. After writing 2,000 words for over a month, I received no feedback whatsoever. If anything, the feedback I received was positive. Then one day out of the blue, they deactivated all of my accounts with absolutely no warning. Even after trying to reach out about why, they have ghosted me and refuse to answer emails.  

Overall, I would avoid this company like the plague. There are much better places to get started in writing who won't take advantage of you. 

STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY! Write collective suffers from awful management at every level. Not only do they expect writers to become SMEs on a topic in less than a day, they also pay literal pennies for your work. They promise to "pay in advance" but that's only when they assign you work the day before. What actually happens is that assign you work, 2000 words or more each day, at 11:55AM and want it back at 8PM that night. Furthermore, they will accuse you of using AI to produce your work and then fire you on these unfounded claims as soon as you start to ask about advancement or a raise. I worked there for nearly 2 years and would never recommend it to anyone looking to make money from their writing. They're awful at communicating and they take advantage of their writers. They charge their clients at least 10× more than you will ever see as a writer. They try to make it seem like a close knit family but it's very clear management only cares about profits and churning out subpar content. 

After working with this company for a few months, they accused me of using "artificial intelligence" (which was not true) and fired me without considering the fact that most AI-detection software is unreliable and has a tendency to produce false positives. Rather than have a constructive conversation to discuss the allegations and review the evidence, they let me go without warning. 

On the work front, their expectations never matched their meager pay. They operate on a strict schedule, where thousands of words are assigned in the morning and due that evening. This assembly-line method gives writers little flexibility, especially those with a second job or who prefer working in the evenings or early mornings. 

I would definitely stay away. Too many writers are exploited by content mills like these. Enough is enough.

DONT WORK THERE! I got a job with Write Collective to supplement my income, and it started off on a positive note. I got excellent feedback on the "screener" test assignment (although it was very low pay). The word count minimum per day seemed reasonable at first, until you see that you need to be an expert in loans or medical care or other topics that you have no background in and you have to research for hours so you end up making pennies, and spending way more time than you thought each day. They also fire people out of the blue for no reason - saying things like there weren't the right number of spaces after a period and things like that (fine, but how about working with the team instead of having zero communication?) The founder is rude and highly unprofessional. The clients get poor quality work too, I've seen them publish blogs for people with blatant typos and errors. Stay far away from this company! 

This is an okay starter job for new writers. It'll get something on your resume. If you can comfortably churn out 2-4 thousand words a day on topics you know nothing about, this job will get you moving.

However, prepare for minimal to no communication from management unless a client had an issue with the work or the submission window changed. They like to put you in the hot seat instead of maintaining consistent workflow. You get minimal to no information on advanced topics, too.

Some topics require hours of research to write accurately. Your compensation does not increase in proportion to the difficulty of the task. Time windows are based solely on when the task was assigned and word count, without accounting for difficulty or available information.



Overall, I've really enjoyed my time at Write Collective. It's a contract position at a content mill, sure, but you're working on something different every day and constantly learning more while developing your craft. And recently, they've started building the culture a little more with weekly contests and goofy chats, so it's even fun sometimes to kick back with coworkers I don't get to see in person and laugh at pictures of their dog in a Halloween costume. If you're looking for a chill work-from-home gig that's not the same thing every day, Write Collective is a great place. Oh, and their ops manager is the nicest person on the face of the Earth.

I've been with the company for a little over a year and a half now. I like the opportunity to customize what topics I work with, so I can work to my strengths but not get stuck in a rut.

The editing team is pretty responsive to questions about assignments and giving feedback when needed - I can usually get ahold of someone to answer questions right away since they're on Slack, too. 

Pay goes out daily, which has been nice for the predictability, and I've had a steady flow of work throughout the week. I've also never had an issue if I needed to be out for a few days as long as I gave a heads up ahead of time. Also had the option to pick up weekend work if I want it.



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