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Poll: Some surveys show despite high demand, many translation jobs remain unfilled. Why?
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Lingua 5B
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Bosnien och Hercegovina
Local time: 07:37
Medlem (2009)
Engelska till Kroatiska
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Yes, and May 4

Not only have I paid the subscription fee to get access to normal, legitimate jobs, but also paid for customer service assistance by ProZ. Seems like their customer service has been replaced by AI, but we are still paying the same high fee comparable with human assistance. So the ProZ subscription itself turned out to be scam for this current year, with zero ROI. They owe me a refund.

I also noticed a higher number of scammers, low lifes and scam attempts. I guess they too are aware... See more
Not only have I paid the subscription fee to get access to normal, legitimate jobs, but also paid for customer service assistance by ProZ. Seems like their customer service has been replaced by AI, but we are still paying the same high fee comparable with human assistance. So the ProZ subscription itself turned out to be scam for this current year, with zero ROI. They owe me a refund.

I also noticed a higher number of scammers, low lifes and scam attempts. I guess they too are aware that humans stopped monitoring the job boards and they have 100% free access for scam attempts with no obstacles.

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
P.L.F. Persio
 
Charlie Bavington
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Franska till Engelska
They know May 4

Joao Correia wrote:

understand that you'll eventually have no professionals subscribed to Proz.com


I suspect they know. The writing is on the wall. They just need an exit strategy.

Jennifer Levey
Philip Lees
ibz
Dan Lucas
P.L.F. Persio
Maria Laura Curzi
 
Philip Lees
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Grekland
Local time: 08:37
Grekiska till Engelska
So long, and thanks for all the fuss May 5

Charlie Bavington wrote:

Joao Correia wrote:

understand that you'll eventually have no professionals subscribed to Proz.com

I suspect they know. The writing is on the wall. They just need an exit strategy.

They're probably happy to see us go, because we're nothing but trouble. Professionals, after all, set high standards for themselves and tend to expect equally high standards from others.

Unfortunately, we are often disappointed.

ibz
P.L.F. Persio
 
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