Some annoying capitalist tactics, but great if you're just looking for side cash
Pros
-Choose when you work, usually no shortage of tasks outside of holidays. -Wellness resources are provided and management at least pretends to care about you which is a step up over some other places. -This particular position is W-2 employee, so better than other companies that hire you as an independent contractor for the same kind of work. -If you work less (yes, less) you get extra incentive bonuses occasionally (more about that in the cons).
Cons
-No interaction with other people, no transferable skills, no chance to actually advance up the ladder to make a career out of this, and putting this on a resume has actually hurt me in other job interviews when they find out how low level this work actually is. -Incentive bonuses are paradoxically given only to those who work less hours. I do max hours for them every week (20), but what I get in return for that work is I see others who do only 10 hr/week getting bonuses while I get nothing. I think the idea is that if they have a surplus of tasks on a given week, they'll incentivize the people who usually do less work so that more tasks get done overall (whereas they can take the people who usually do max hours for granted), but it's an incredibly demoralizing capitalist technique, since I do more work for this company only to see OTHERS who do less get rewarded instead, and it feels insulting especially in this pandemic where those extra bonuses would go a long way. -You're required to log your own time (which is very annoying to keep track of since they ban timer extensions) even though payroll tracks your time behind the scenes. People who accidentally overreport hours worked have gotten warning emails forcing them to fix it, but of course if you underreport they won't say anything. Because of this, most people probably end up underreporting by a little, and when you multiply that by thousands of employees, I bet Lionbridge ends up saving quite a bit from doing things this way.