For a while, Demand Studios has been promising a way for writers to see their articles’ ratings. Well, today they included a Writer Scorecard in the account dashboard, which displays your ratings in 3 categories.
The first is the “My Ratings” section that offers a score from 1-5 on the grammar and research of your articles. The second is “My Statistics” which displays the number and percentages of your articles that have been approved with no rewrite, approved after rewrite, abandoned, flagged, and rejected. I have heard these percentages are part of what Demand uses to determine which writers to let go. The last section is “Productivity” which shows how many articles you have written for the company each week.
Many people have expressed various opinions regarding this new addition. Some love feedback on their work, and are excited to be able to see just how well they are doing. I personally fall into this category, as I like knowing how I stand with the people I work for. Others, however, don’t care all that much. At this point, your ratings aren’t pertinent to how much you earn with the company. Maybe in the future there could be incentives to keep your ratings high? It’s a nice wish anyway!
What do YOU think about Demand Studios’ new writer scorecards?
I think it is ridiculous. If Demand Studios wants professional writers, they should treat them as professionals instead of as elementary school students. I think this will cause the company to lose their good writers.
What’s wrong with letting writers know where they stand, Mark? I guess “professional” writers are too cool for feedback from their employer. I think the reason they do this is because they have so many writers and it would be impossible to send individual feedback to all of them. Sounds like a smart solution to me.