This is your brain on drugs. - Telephone Research Associate Westat Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hmm, well.. they did pay something. There is a 20 word minimum to complete this section but that is all I can think of for Pros.

Cons

The fact that constantly calling unanswered phones for hours on end to maybe reach a few cooperative survey participants is mind numbingly monotonous isn't enough. The constant monitoring and looking over your shoulder by various untamed levels of "supervisors" will drive a sane person up the wall. The $8/hr pay is just enough to buy some cardboard boxes to sleep in. Thoughts of "How did I screw up my life to fall to this level?" will chorus through your mind.

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Pros

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Cons

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Cons

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