Convenient telecommuting work; very low pay; lack of benefits - Test Rater ETS Employee Review

3.0
Feb 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working from home, ability to create one's schedule around one's other obligations, good structure and rules for remote employees allowing them to succeed in their job if they wish to do so.

Cons

Pay is extremely low for the qualifications required and the type of work performed; not a single raise in the past 10+ years. It is extremely difficult to reach anyone at the company headquarters if an emergency arises and employee needs to cancel a scheduled shift. Frequent shift cancellations due to low numbers of test takers. Lack of annual performance reviews and opportunities for good remote employees to advance. Lack of benefits.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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