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Editors at Ascend - JustWondering

Posted: Mar 24, 2011

Any comments on working as an editor for Ascend? I am an editor/AM now and possibly looking to change jobs soon.

Thanks!

editor - me

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They have been very nice to me, plenty of work on the accounts I have. You really need to know how to operate an FTP program and jump in there on your own without much instruction.

Good luck getting paid....or getting a response from ANY email you send or voicemail for that matter - Check is in the mail NOT!

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Ascend - me

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As far as the poster who put good luck getting paid, you have a window to send your invoice in and you receive confirmation that this has been received. You also get another email stating when checks are going to be sent. As for any other, you better be good on your own because you get dumped in there with NO help, maybe 10 minutes of instruction in total. Then when you have a question, you get a nastygram saying you were already told this, even though you have all mail showing no you did not. If you have a problem, you are not given any type of contact information, no information on company email, you have to beg for account information. If there was a trainer person to handle all this, it would be great, but unfortunately you are left high and dry.

Ascend - Mommabear45

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I have a friend and a friend of that friend who both work there and both have gone as long as 3 pay periods without pay. One editor has retained an attorney, gone to the labor board, etc., just recently. Sounds like the company has some work to do regarding invoicing - like automated perhaps? I think some people get paid and some do not.

getting paid - me

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That's what I was told, there are a few who have never missed a payday according to them, others who never know if they will get paid this time or not. You get no names of who does what, payroll, accounting, etc., and they absolutely do not answer anything. The word is they are in danger of losing a major account and I can see why, the quality was the worse I've ever seen in my entire career and there's nobody to handle it.

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