Overall good - Language Quality Controller Wallace Academic Editing Employee Review

Work from home (during Covid) – I like the flexibility of getting up and deciding whether or not I want to go in to the office and basically arranging my own schedule. Variety of topics in research papers – Some of the research is interesting because I am already interested in related topics. I have also learned to appreciate some topics that I would never have thought I would have enjoyed. Living in Taiwan – Wild and wonderful place full of great people. I still can walk around the corner in my neighborhood and be completely surprised and enchanted.

Work from home (during Covid) – I do think it is easier to concentrate and just get my editing work done while I am sitting in the office. It is easy to procrastinate when you are at home. Of course, I could go into the office… if I wanted… but you know how it goes… Variety of topics in research papers - Some topics I will always find boring ( I’m thinking of you Electrical Engineering!) When I think the topic is boring, I remind myself that it is still important for the author and his domain and I push on, telling myself the next paper will be more interesting. Living in Taiwan – I’m not a huge fan of Asian food. Some food I like and I just keep eating those things but American food options are definitely less than in America.

Admin ate organised and responsive so you always have something to do. Same with HR so you get paid on time. The contract was fair.

This is the most depressing job I have ever had. You sit in a gray cubicle in a drab gray office day after day, editing seemingly endless articles on the same mundane topics in the same bad Chinese English day after day. The work environment is soul sucking. Nobody dares look up from their work because they have such tight deadlines and we end up working overtime anyway. There is no interaction with others during the working day because the workload is so heavy. Oh, except for passive-aggressive comments left as “feedback” from senior colleagues who have to grade your work. This feedback involves grading every piece of work you do on about half a dozen metrics so that the bean counters in charge can “encourage” you to improve (which generally means more overtime). And don’t expect compliments if you do well. The office does not function as a team. Nobody really talks to anyone else. The company has to give out a seating plan so that you at least can put a name to a face. Turnover is spectacularly high because people quickly discover that there are no opportunities for promotion, no variety, no workplace banter, no positivity. It’s the same day in, day out. If you stay, you’ll probably wake up in 40 years time wondering where your life went.