Other work at home companies I've worked for

I've done quite a few different work at home gigs and just wanted to say a few words about them.

West - This is an inbound phone job. They used to hire independent contractors and now only hire employees. This meant that my wage would go to the min. wage in VA which is going up soon but was low at the time of conversion. I decided it wasn't worth it to me. They hired me with no telecommunications experience though and it was a great foot in the door. I took calls for Sears Home repair(awful!), ShopNBC(fun calls), and a few other lines I didn't stick with.

Liveops - This is also an inbound phone job. The second company I applied for. They hired me with no experience in the field as well. Liveops has a great network of technology and paid 25 cents a minute for direct response calls. Direct response is the infomercials that you see on tv. I took calls for all kinds of workout gear, kitchen appliances and more. There was a huge script to read and you had to attempt to sell the cust all kinds of upsells, magazines, and more. This got very frustrating and after 60 days(I think) of inactivity my account was disabled. I recently reapplied to give it another go. There is a $30 background fee for this company, but they are legit. This is the only instance I would recommend paying to work.

VIPDesk - This is mainly an inbound phone job. I was actually a chat customer service rep for this company which was my dream job. Or so I thought till I started. I worked for a high end clothing website. We sold all the designer brands. It seemed that all the customers I spoke with in chat were purposly trying to frustrate me. After VIP decided to switch us to doing 3 chats at one time I lost my cool and could no longer do this job without getting totally stressed. There were too many managers and none of them seemed to care about my concerns so I left. The pay with this company was excellent. It was also hard for me to keep up with the 25 hour a week minimum. My husband works shiftwork and I refuse to use a babysitter.

Others - I've tried Associated Content(probably made about $50), survey sites(MySurvey is the only one worth my time), and have spent countless hours checking into other things.

I'm onboard with Fingerlakes and have bunches applications in with other places so we'll see what happens. I should get my logins soon for Liveops to give them another try.

It's always a continual quest for me to keep searching for the next best work at home job. I'll never rest until I find the perfect one for me. I'm thinking of trying transcription. I can type at like 80 WPM so who knows. I applied for Tigerfish and they supposedly hire people with no experience so I'll keep you posted.

All info here is my opinion only! Please don't count out a company based on what I say.