@ Lavinia

Yes but those two periods do not take away the fact that I've been paid promptly for all the other payment periods. It's not like EW blames my incompetence for my not getting paid on time during those couple of payment periods. Also, it's not like their explanations such as switching banks aren't reasonable. Are you telling me that you have never, ever experienced payment delays with your regular employers, ever? If you haven't then good for you but I don't think that such occurences are completely unheard of even in the companies that you consider legitimate.

My point is simple, most of the people who complain against EW seem to be plagiarists who just can't write well. Those who have genuine concerns usually have them resolved in the end (such as margie, workfromhomemom, etc). While it does seem that EW is very lax with their choice of writers, that doesn't erase the fact that they do pay you if your customers are satisfied with you work and you stick with the rules on plagiarism.

@ew

correct, i have never experienced payment delays from the companies that I work for. i complete a fairly high volume of work for three different companies. each has consistently paid me on time, every week (or 2 weeks, as the case may be).

i'm really not trying to pick a fight with you. if folks like you and Margie want to keep working for EW knowing that they have periodic problems with payment, then fine, that's your choice. But you and Margie (for example) write posts that seem to suggest that the only reason that payment is denied or delayed by EW is because the writers are at fault. we both know that is not the case. to suggest that every writer who posts on this board complaining of non-payment is guilty of plagiarism or some other infraction is pretty unfair.

EW experiences periodic, company wide delays in payment that occur atleast 2x per year, if not more. that's not very reasonable. why would a company need to periodically (every six months?) need to change its bank? if EW only had this happen once, then fine, but that's not the case with EW. and can you honestly say to me that you don't think that there will be another round of non-payment in the foreseeable future?

individuals thinking about writing for EW should know what to expect. even writers who do everything right should expect some non-payment or delays on payment if they choose to work for EW.

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Fair enough. I never claimed that EW was the perfect company to work for. All I'm saying is that competent writers exist in EW as well as in other academic writing agencies that can and do provide clients with quality work. I can't tell you that all their rules are fair because they're not and I've found myself at odds with their support team time and time again, but I can tell you that given the lack of better companies that would hire writers not residing in the U.S., EW is good enough for me.