Why is it difficult to get low-level remote jobs
Why is it difficult to get low-level remote jobs
I've hit rock bottom on this. I want a basic ~$20+ per hour job where I answer calls, chats, emails and help people with whatever they need from home. I don't mind working nights, long hours, overtime, holidays, I have basically nothing to do.
I have experience, I have technical skills, customer support skills, I have led 2 teams, switched to data entry, but the last close to 100 applications have led me nowhere. I imagined it would be easy to get into Amazon support or something like that, but dang, I am not getting anywhere. All I see are bait and switch jobs to sell insurance, or travel agency stuff, or benefits or some sort of MLM.
I got into CloudWorkers with the hopes it is some sort of legit cause I am in deep crap.
I have 2 - 3 weeks where I need to figure this one out, and this in the end of the second month looking for work.
Seriously, why is it this hard?
Those sorts of jobs are filled from low-wage countries.
So disheartened by this. But thanks.
Try charging more so people will take you more seriously. That works surprisingly well a lot of the time.
Try here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42017580
and they are priced worse, like $300-500 a month
I was offered $21/hr to remote work at some google outsourced company for one of their LLM projects. It was going to be grueling work, full-time, no benefits. It took about 120 applications (two responses) to even get there, and they ghosted me after a second interview. It’s awful out there and I feel for you 100%. Best of luck, genuinely.
Ouch. Hopefully you ended up with something else.
Aim for higher paying jobs. That filters lots of crap. Legit jobs will take more thana few weeks to pay you.
If the timeline is a few weeks, look elsewhere.
Sorry.
Because the sort of people who are in the market for low level jobs aren't the sort of people who function well in a remote work environment with little oversight.
Bluntly: Low skilled workers will slack off without direct supervision.
I'm a high skilled worker who is really good at slacking off with direct supervision...
I got into CloudWorkers with the hopes it is some sort of legit cause I am in deep crap.
https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/comments/kfx8bt/warning_about_cloudworkers/
I wouldn't hold your breath.
Also low level, $20 an hour, remote really is asking for a LOT. Can you not work in person, or do you just don't want to work in person? $20 an hour is reasonable in person, $20 an hour remote isn't.
Fair enough.
I read the thing about CloudWorkers when I signed up. The math means its 10 bucks an hour and if you work 12 hours a day 7 days a week, then it dings the needle slightly cause its shy of 3K. Either way, it is currently the best deal I have on the table.
More demand than supply. IE more applicants, not enough positions.
Many have stated demand vs supply but, a lot of it is also because many jobs are scared to have entry level as remote. The ability to train on the go is more difficult then in house, so many entry level positions start as office jobs and move over to WFH, this causes a difficulty for people who can only do WFH
Depends on the role, but yeah, willing to give it a go.