Is anyone familiar with Computer Assistant.com?

encyclopedias. In other words, the profit margin is built into the product and they employee only gets a set piece rate with the added lure of large bonuses for greater productivity. Many sales jobs are very much like that. I used to sell over a million dollars store volume a year (when I sold consumer electronics for a chain store). Despite the fact that I made a pretty decent commission on my sales, I knew I still made a very low percentage compared to the total profits. A piece rate job like what this company seems to offer doesn't even come close to the low percentage I made, but makes you work much harder.

Jobs like this Computer Assistant pay the utility bills but offer little more in the way of advancement unless one gets into the recruiting end of the business. If a person really is considering a job with them then look at how much they charge versus how much a fellow earns. Also consider how much "on call" time an employee will be spending where they make no money at all.

It comes down to the fact that jobs like these are like gambling at a Las Vegas casino. The player will have runs of luck where they make what looks like good money but ultimately the house is the big profit maker. The system is just set up that way.

for both customer and technical assistants, you will see the company acts more like a brokerage house matching people who have technical needs with those who can (possibly) help them. This is not unlike those who offer "temporary" services. Much might just depend on the actual contract wording. If a person with good computer skills wants to freelance rather than work for an hourly rate, I think they might do ok. They should be able to collect a larger percent of the charge the customer is asked to pay. But, there are risks. I would hope the person who signs on with such a company doesn't have to work exclusively for them. Perhaps they already have a small client base but need another way to get more work. As long as the person can remain independent and doesn't have to sign an exclusive or "No Compete" agreement, this might work out. I believe independent truckers have operated this way forever. I have a sister-in-law who worked for an operation that brokered for truckers. She would match drivers to loads that needed to be hauled and worked out of her home most of the time. She made big time commissions and never had to operate a fork lift.

eLance and lancebot.

I forget which site it is, but one of them lets you review bid history and earnings of the people bidding on jobs. I saw one fellow who supposedly earned over a million in less than 2 years.

Sorry about my confusion. I thought the C A site was a in home computer service from the discussion that I read.