Job DuckReviews of jobduck.com

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JobDuck does not care about their employees, they do not pay according to what they advertise, they do not provide holidays per US calendar as advertised and do not give you bonuses. However, they do pay on time and their staff is friendly but not helpful.

The service is so so. And the application flow isn't as simple.

I worked from November 2021 to April 2022. A very short period and I gotta say that the process to get accepted and paid took VERY long. I was desperate since it took me one year to find a job after a pandemic and about two weeks since signing my VERY suspicious contract with Job Duck to actually start working. So yeah, they send you a lot of tests, and then they place you with an American company. For me, the salary was great; you get paid so much less in Mexico for this kind of position (about 500 us dollars monthly, in Job Duck, it was 500 biweekly). Anyway, they constantly evaluate you and talk with your boss (or client, that's what they call them at Job Duck). I passed my three month trial period, and I was getting great feedback from the clients, which is why, by the fourth month, when they fired me, it surprised me a lot. I learned that the contract only protects them, not you. I learned that they don't protect you from their mean clients; they protect themselves and their "reputation." They can fire you whenever they want to and for any reason they can find. It feels humiliating how they do it. Basically, one Monday, I had a call with Job Duck, and they told me my performance was great, and the clients were delighted with me. Later that Friday, Job Duck called me and said that I shouldn't bother to go to work, the clients didn't want to work with me anymore (the clients basically ghosted me, never even bothered to tell me why I was fired or give me a heads up). Oh! Not to mention during my period with the clients, I saw 3 assistants from Job Duck come and go (very sus and a giant red flag from the client and Job Duck). Also, I've had exchanges with people who worked at Job Duck and were fired the same way. So yeah... if you're from Latin America, you have great perks: 10 vacation days, a high salary, and you get to improve your English skills. But for the humiliating way they fired me and how my mental health and work confidence was affected, I would NEVER reapply. As a virtual assistant, I can tell you it's better to do it independently than to work for these types of companies.

I applied for The Job Duck after seeing an ad on Instagram. The add was clear about the basic salary: $800 USD for a Virtual Assistant position. This salary in the US is definitely a big no-no (I don't even think it is legal to pay $5/hour there) but the thing is, they're only looking for people offshore. In my country that is definitely not a bad salary, IF it includes any type of benefits (here, the type of contract they offer must include health and retirement benefits, among others). The thing is, the whole recruiting process is VERY long, VERY time consuming and very little is explained about the position itself. The process has many different stages, which they call "challenges". Some of them include recording a video and writing an essay talking about why you think companies in the US should hire talent offshore (come on, we all know they do it so they can pay as little as possible...). Keep in mind, they take more than a week to let you know whether or not you "passed the challenge". One of the final steps is an interview. It's the longest interview I've ever had. I do have to say I found the questions interesting and unique, and I actually did very well, but I do think many people could feel intimidated by them. (one of the questions I got was "what's your favorite dish you make and what are the steps to make it"). Keep in mind, by the time I had the interview, it had been over a month since the whole process started and I still knew very little about the position, the company, the salaries, etc. After I "completed all the challenges" I had a meeting with my "recruiting coach". That's when I finally got more info, and when I realized I had wasted my time on that long process. So basically: the next step was to start the training process, which they call "Duck University". The training was about a week long and it was paid ($100 USD). After you "graduate" you move on to signing a contract. BUT, this doesn't mean you'll start getting paid, the contract states that you'll move on to the "match-making stage" which means they'll start showing your profile to different companies, and, if they are interested, you'll have interviews and hopefully one of them will take you. Once you're "matched" with a company, that's when you'll start getting paid. it could take weeks from the time you "graduate" to the moment you actually start working. By this point, it's probably been over 2 months since you first applied, and you've only received $100. Keep in mind, graduating and doing the whole matchmaking thing doesn't mean you'll actually find a match. Now, the salary is $800, as previously stated, but that doesn't include any benefits, doesn't cover any job related taxes your country might have, nothing. In my case, I would have to take around $300 off my salary to pay for different things that must be paid in my country by law. I know this was a long Review, but I think I would have preferred to take a few minutes reading something like this, rather than wasting over a month with The Job Duck.