Zirtual reviews

It's a start-up and I'd be lying if I didn't say there were hiccups here and there. Are they issues to write home about and throw a tantrum? Not quite. Change. We've come a long way since I joined and we still have a lot of room for growth. It's never easy to immediately accept change, but I believe it's dependent on your attitude/perspective. I haven't agreed with all changes and not all changes were permanent or great solutions, but we survived and sometimes we saw the trickle effects and sometimes we didn't. There's a lot of tools. It can be a bit nervewracking with the amount of tools/apps that are used but we're starting to phase out tools that are inefficient or cause a lot of stress. We're also working on creating our own tools that are catered to our own needs. Clients. This is more of the people we service. Some of them are just plain rude with their egos. I feel often times people forget that their Zirtual Assistant is a human being with feelings. (Note: don't get me wrong, we also have some phenomenal clients that go above and beyond to show their ZAs they care.)

When forced to transition to an "employee" or "lose my job", things went downhill pretty fast. My pay was cut drastically, was forced to work more than 50 hours per week without overtime pay; had to provide and maintain my OWN equipment; yada yada yada. When I realized my income would more than double if I left Z and started my own VA company, I began to plan and put things in motion while still working for Z and kept my mouth shut. I broke one rule but did nothing illegal. I told all of my clients I was leaving 3 weeks before my planned escape. THEY did not want ANOTHER transfer to a new assistant (most of my clients had 2 or 3 assistants before me) so THEY asked me "where are you going"? I did not coerce them away from Z. THEY asked me to take them with me... so I did! One of the best decisions of my life. And Z was furious!! But could do absolutely nothing about it. When I heard the news on August 11, 2015... 400+ employees laid off and thousands of clients without VA's, I was not the least bit surprised. It was only a matter of time and I knew it was coming. You could say I was lucky... luck had nothing to do with it. I was smart... and got out before Z could hurt me any more than they already had.