Godot Media FAQ

Pros

1)Above-average pay. 2)The enormous workload trains you to spit out serviceable content at breakneck speed. 3)Work from home available for full-time employees.

Cons

1)While they do offer better compensation when compared to their competitors, the workload is enormous. 2)Their compensation package falls apart when you look at how much you could be making for the amount of work you're doing. To keep things short, they'll throw you a peanut while they keep the entire bag for themselves. 3)They will do whatever they can to avoid giving you a yearly pay raise/bonus. 4)They demand professionalism from you but won't hesitate to behave unprofessionally with you. 5)They do not give their staff access to essential software that is necessary for the work assigned and then have the gall to ask why the work isn't up to par. Ex-They do not give everyone access to anti-plagiarism software, you have to 'ask' management and if management doesn't feel like giving you access, then you're accused of plagiarism if your work fails checks by the editing team. This creates unnecessary extra work for employees just because the company wants to minimize costs by buying fewer software subscriptions.

Advice to Management

Looks like the company shut down. Their turnover was quite high as they treated all of their employees unprofessionally.

Pros

Good management Timely payment Work from home option

Cons

I didn't find any cons yet

Pros

- You’ll get to work on a wide variety of content categories and buckets. - Won’t have to go to the office because writer positions in the company are 100% WFH. - With 3,000 words to be completed daily, most of which are required by the end of the day, you’ll be able to develop a fantastic speed of delivering high-quality content in little time. - Working on so many different kinds of content pieces will help you build interest in a particular niche.

Cons

- No teamwork. Writers are required to work on daily content individually. In the 1+ year that I worked with the company, we had no team video calls and the only communication you receive on Slack is regarding your daily work plan or any mistakes that you might have made in your files. - You’ll get the work plan for the day early in the morning or late last night. You cannot ask for the work plan to be changed; you’ll need to work on what’s handed out to you. - No interactions with other employees of the company. The work culture here is extremely cold and unapproachable. You finish your 3,000 words daily work plan and that’s about it. - There is little flexibility when it comes to reducing your workload for the day. If you wish to work on about 1,500 words a day, you’ll need to take a half-day. There is no concept of taking a day easy here. - The QC (Quality Control) team is responsible for going through the content and editing it as required. However, they exercise complete dictatorship and order around the writers to fix even the tiniest of mistakes. Grammarly is the saving grace for the QC team - they can’t edit files without it. - The company works for the clients and not for the employees. Your QC managers won’t stand up for your content if a difficult client refuses to accept the work. You will be blamed for clients leaving and forced to do extra work in lieu of the work that a client rejected. - They do not allow clients to connect directly with writers to “avoid confusions and multi-party involvement”. This makes it very difficult to finish some projects on account of poor guidelines collected by the business team. The business or QC team makes no effort to ensure that proper guidelines are being collected. Often, writers are left to guesswork when deciding what the theme, brand voice etc should be for a particular project. - The writers are expected to research, write, edit, proofread and fact-check all the work. The QC team acts just like a middleman that transfers files from the writers to the clients and uses Grammarly to do their work. - The QC is quick to point out your mistakes but good work will never be appreciated or rewarded in the company. - Company doesn’t get in touch with you after you complete a year to discuss your progress or an increment. They also do not conduct any performance reviews. - There is no growth for writers in the company or any other employee for that matter. You will stay stuck in the same role with the same responsibilities for years. - The company prides itself on paying higher than the industry standard however, the daily work allocated to the writers deserves higher compensation. - You can get an above average salary in the company only if you fight for it during the interview. They will constantly try to low ball you but if you stick to your figure, you might end up getting it. However, pay raises once you join the company are none.

Advice to Management

I honestly don't think these guys care but pay attention to developing a culture in the company rather than getting work done from writers as if they are freelancers. Be empathetic and accept your mistakes instead of dumping them all on your employees. Offer career growth and performance reviews to your employees and appreciate them for a job well done instead of always sending incessant emails about their occasional mistakes.

Pros

Friendly and nice people Chill working environment

Cons

Management doesn't care about you.

Pros

- If you are new to Content Writing, you could consider this as a poorly paid internship where you get to work on a wide range of topics. - They usually have 10-15 jobs posted every day depending on your "level" and you could pick and choose which article/blog you want to work on.

Cons

- Terrible pay rates, even for Rookie Writers. - They follow a ranking system which they call "Writer levels" - there are 4 of them L1, L2, L3, and L4. Irrespective of whether you are an experienced writer or a fresher, you start with L1, where I would say YOU ARE EXPLOITED! How? You ask! You are being paid Rs 300-350 for a 1000-1500 words article! That's $4 for a 1000 words article! FOUR DOLLARS! Narrato claims to be an international Content Management and Freelancer Marketplace, but just like the disappointing stereotype that non-native writers can be hired for cheap rates, they do exactly the same! I'm sure they would not even dare to offer a native-counterpart this pay rate because they are very well aware that they would either be reported or they would end up with literally no Freelancers on the platform. I'm a Senior Content Writer with six years of total experience and two years of Freelancing experience. This is not the first time I have used a Freelancer aggregator platform, and I must say, their working model is preposterous. - Before joining the platform, I had seen a lot of reviews from the previous Freelancers who said how Narrato removes the writers after a few months even when they have high ratings and reviews. Initially, it did not make sense to me, but everything is clear after seeing their payment and working model. They remove the Freelancers with high ratings after a few months so that they can hire new ones to the platform and make them work for lesser pay. The vicious cycle continues. There are so many Freelancer marketplaces that respect the writers' time, effort, and experience, and Narrato is not one of them! I hope they would start treating the Writers with a little more respect for all the efforts they put in and pay them a decent amount for the work they do for their "international clients".