The One that really broke my Heart

I resigned from an online job a month ago. Much as I like working for the company I had to quit. The assignments were slow in coming in and there are times when there is no work at all for 2 weeks straight and all of a sudden I receive an email in the middle of the night to do a 2 hours research!

I don’t know if these people realize that our time is opposite? or if they have thought that maybe I may have a full schedule already? or have something planned? What frustrates me at times is that some virtual employer or supervisor thinks that offshores employees should be awake and on call 24/7.

It really broke my heart to resign from the company because I really admire and respect the owner who is quite a decent man. But I cannot take the supervisor’s working attitude. She is ok actually, it’s just that I find her to be quite inconsiderate.

She emailed out assignments between 11am -4pm PST and gives out deadline 2 - 3 hours from that time. Hasn’t it entered her mind that I may have some other work planned or scheduled? I mean the company is not paying for all my time and telling me not to work for other company! Besides the time that she emailed out assignments are times when I am sound asleep, as I have mentioned we have opposite time.

Then there are times when there are no assignments for 1 or 2 weeks, because there are several of us “VA” ( virtual assistant ) so she has to spread the projects. This I find it hard too because I cannot sit around and twiddle my thumbs waiting her next assignment. This situation means no income.

After 6 weeks of working under her, I had to bid “adieu” and move on to more stable projects.