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Guardian Liberty Voice

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Good To Learn The Ropes, But Poorly Managed & Not Profitable - Freelance Writer Guardian Liberty Voice Employee Review

2.0
15 Aug 2017
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Pros

- You go through a rigorous training program that is actually quite useful in learning the ropes in their WordPress, the style guide, etc. - You have *some* freedom when choosing subject matter.

Cons

- Very little to no pay. You need to "viral," as they call it, to get paid anything, and even then the payments are few and far between. - The management is a mess. You're not sure who reports to who, who is in charge of what, etc. It's essentially an online publication run by hobbyists with little, if any industry experience as journalists. - The training, while useful on the technical side, teaches very poor practices one might not want to pursue utilizing in an actual journalistic position. Essentially, it was an intriguing job for half a year as a college student before I quickly realized the pay was minimal and the website wasn't moving anywhere.

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5.0
10 Feb 2017
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Pros

The bootcamp experience is 8 weeks long. The exchange of articles required to graduate is exceptional. I continue to work for the company and was trained well enough to write elsewhere. I am paid well by DiMarkco.

Cons

The hours can be long, but I am disabled and it can take me longer than average time to complete and article.

1.0
25 Mar 2015
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Pros

It is difficult if not impossible to find any pros about writing for this company.

Cons

Guardian Liberty Voice has a well-detailed history of refusing to pay its writers for work done. This history is easily found in hundreds of online accounts, in exposes written about the company, and in many blogs and articles about this company. This company is a well-known content mill that does not pay any salary to its staff, makes false promises about equity ownership, deceives the writers and forces people to work up to 22 hours per day for no salary. If a person Googles the name of the company, there is a huge wealth of information online regarding this problem. Most recently, the company's accountant left, citing fraudulent business practices. Her accounts of the deceptive business practices can be found online and they are easily accessed just by Googling Guardian Liberty Voice. She also indicates that this company has not filed any tax returns in two years. The owner is running a pyramid scheme, and most people who fall victim to it have not gotten paid. Now the owner is running a new scam he calls an "essay contest" in which he is charging people money to submit an essay. Many writers who have left have written about their experiences with this company.

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