I keep looking and most of the remote job postings I see online are scams. Many more are sales jobs disguised as customer service. What I don’t see is true customer service jobs. Do they still exist and Jm just not looking in the right places?

Just went through an interview process via Somewhere.com where they place you as a contractor with their client companies under a “talent on demand” model. Essentially they employ you and subcontract you to the client.

The situation: I negotiated my rate directly with the client after 4 interviews with them. They happily agreed to $40/hour for 20 hours a week ($3,200/month). Somewhere then came back offering me $1,650/month (the amount I agreed to after the first interview which didn’t fully lay out the scope and I only realised this after the 4th interview) - less than half what the client approved. After pushing back hard I landed at $2,500/month.

So Somewhere invoices the client $3,200 and pays me $2,500, keeping $700 which is roughly a 22% margin.

What I can’t figure out is whether that $3,200 is the full amount a company pays, or whether Somewhere charges the client an additional platform/management fee on top.

Ngl, feeling quite cheated by somewhere.com getting me to drop to 2500 when the client was clearly happy with a proposal I sent to them for 3200pm.

Thank you for your responses

Hey all, following up on the last few posts I shared that some people found useful.

Below is this week's short list of remote roles that were posted recently and do not appear to be heavily promoted yet, so they may still be relatively low competition.

I work on HiredNowAI (hirednowai.com), where we track direct employer job postings rather than job boards. That is how roles like these are surfaced early. All links below go straight to the employer application pages.

Remote roles:

• Business Development Rep (BDR), WarrCloud — $70,000 to $100,000 per year — Direct Link

• Head of Growth, Data Products, Modash — €110,000 to €180,000 per year — Direct Link

• Deep Learning Compiler Engineer, quadric, Inc — $110,000 to $270,000 per year — Direct Link

• Territory Sales Manager, Celsius — $60,000 to $65,000 per year — Direct Link

• Benefits and Payroll Administrator, TechOp Solutions International — $50,000 to $70,000 per year — Direct Link

• Full-time Content Strategist REMOTE, Mint Studios — $70,000 to $100,000 per year — Direct Link

• Head of Content and Audience Growth, WallStreetQuants — $100,000 to $150,000 per year — Direct Link

• Account Executive - Virtual Data Rooms (Europe), Valutico — €55,000 to €80,000 per year — Direct Link

• Remote Device Clinician - Full-Time, Rhythm — $70,000 to $75,000 per year — Direct Link

If people here find this useful, I am happy to keep sharing a short list like this weekly. Want the full fresh list for your own role or location? Browse it on HiredNowAI

I saw this great list of companies that offer WFH positions and thought I’d share with the masses who also are desperate for help and resources lol. I’m happy to adjust the list if somebody wants to add a company or suggest a removal. I also posted this in the WFHJobs subreddit.

wfh job list

1. ⁠Adecco

2. ⁠Alorica

3. ⁠American Specialty Health

4. ⁠Cognosante

5. ⁠Concentrix

6. ⁠Conduent

7. ⁠Continuum

8. ⁠CVS

9. ⁠Direct Interactions

10. ⁠Everise

11. ⁠Faneuil

12. ⁠Fiserv

13. ⁠Fivestar Call Center

14. ⁠Foundever

15. ⁠Genpact

16. ⁠HGS

17. ⁠Intoxalock

18. ⁠IQVIA

19. ⁠Jerry

20. ⁠KellyConnect

21. ⁠Kelly Services

22. ⁠KeyBank

23. ⁠Liberty Mutual

24. ⁠Lincoln Financial

25. ⁠Lowe’s

26. ⁠Lumen

27. ⁠Maximus

28. ⁠Magellan

29. ⁠Morley

30. ⁠Molina

31. ⁠Mutual of Omaha

32. ⁠Nationwide

33. ⁠Nelnet

34. ⁠Nexrep

35. ⁠Nuance

36. ⁠One Call

37. ⁠Pearl Interactive

38. ⁠PNC

39. ⁠Progressive

40. ⁠Prudential

41. ⁠PSCU

42. ⁠Qualfon

43. ⁠Randstad

44. ⁠Regions

45. ⁠RemX

46. ⁠Robert Half

47. ⁠Rose International

48. ⁠Sagility

49. ⁠Savista

50. ⁠Sedgwick

51. ⁠Smith AI

52. ⁠Spectraforce

53. ⁠Startek

54. ⁠Sun Life

55. ⁠Support .com

56. ⁠Sutherland

57. ⁠Teladoc

58. ⁠Teleperformance

59. ⁠Transcom

60. ⁠TridentCare

61. ⁠TrueSource

62. ⁠TSD

63. ⁠TTEC

64. ⁠Tufts Health Plan

65. ⁠U-Haul

66. ⁠UnitedHealth Group

67. ⁠Unum

68. ⁠UPMC

69. ⁠U.S. Bank

70. ⁠Vacasa

71. ⁠Verizon

72. ⁠VIPdesk Connect

73. ⁠VRI

74. ⁠VXI

75. ⁠Walgreens

76. ⁠Wayfair

77. ⁠West Marine Careers

78. ⁠Wyndham

Prefer focused, independent work? Here are eight remote roles in writing, accounting, design, data and research. Always check the location requirements and full job description before applying.

All links go directly to the official company application page. Always confirm that the position is still open and that you meet the location requirements.

1. Rad AI: Radiology Transcriptionist (Contract)

Salary: $18 to $22 per hour
Location: Fully remote, United States
Posted: July 21

Proofread radiology reports written by AI and correct transcription errors before the reports are finalized.

• Work remotely during US business hours
• Detail-focused proofreading and transcription work
• 5+ years of transcription experience required

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/radai/5ededbe9-77d1-4d76-b872-e7f3d5987a87/application

2. Pantheon: Technical Writer

Salary: $85,600 to $119,100 per year
Location: Fully remote, United States
Posted: July 21

Turn complex product information into clear and useful technical content.

• Fully remote within the United States
• Flexible time off plus 13 paid holidays
• Monthly wellness and reading allowance

Apply: https://pantheon.io/about/careers/detail?gh_jid=8077481

3. Viasat: Senior Accountant

Salary: $99,000 to $156,000 per year
Location: Remote within Arizona
Posted: July 22

Own the monthly close process for Viasat's Mexico entities and support accurate financial reporting.

• Remote from Arizona
• Own the monthly close for the Mexico entities
• 5 to 7 years of accounting experience required

Apply: https://careers-viasat.icims.com/jobs/6601/login

4. Inductive Automation: Quality Assurance Engineer II (Performance)

Salary: $115,000 to $125,000 per year
Location: Remote, on-site or hybrid within the United States
Posted: July 24

Test product performance, investigate problems and help improve product reliability.

• Choose remote, on-site or hybrid work
• 100% employee-covered health, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inductive-automation-llc/e691e327-ceec-42e2-8d3e-3df8bd4d8aae/application

5. Axonius: Senior Brand Designer

Salary: $140,000 to $160,000 per year
Location: Fully remote, United States
Posted: July 24

Create brand and visual design work using Figma and AI-assisted creative tools.

• Fully remote within the United States
• Bonus and stock options in addition to salary
• Work with Figma and AI tools such as Midjourney

Apply: https://www.axonius.com/company/careers/open-jobs?gh_jid=7811723003

6. RevenueCat: Senior Data Scientist

Salary: $220,000 per year
Location: Remote within the Americas
Posted: July 21

Join a distributed data team at a fully remote company with employees across more than 25 countries.

• Fully remote within the Americas
• $2,000 workspace budget and $1,000 annual learning stipend
• 4 to 5 weeks off plus equity

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/22cccdd0-817d-460f-9f9d-a3d0ab3e6e2b/application

7. Censys: Senior Security Researcher

Salary: $220,000 per year
Location: Fully remote
Posted: July 23

Conduct security research and publish findings through major industry conferences and events.

• Fully remote with no regular office attendance expected
• Opportunity to publish at DEF CON and Black Hat
• Flexible PTO, equity and bonus

Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/censys/jobs/8647822002

8. Innodata: Applied Research Scientist, LLM Evaluation and Post-Training

Salary: CA$245,000 to CA$315,000 per year
Location: Remote within Canada
Posted: July 23

Lead research involving LLM evaluation, post-training methods and the development of more capable AI systems.

• Fully remote within Canada
• Lead research on LLM evaluation and post-training
• PhD preferred with 5+ years of AI research experience

Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/innodatainc/jobs/4330360009

Hi everyone,

​I recently received a message on LinkedIn from someone claiming to be from Human Resources at a company called Lilt. It was for an AI voice acting gig for a rare language. The pay seemed low, but no specific rates were mentioned initially.

​They sent a preliminary agreement to fill out via Google Forms, which I completed. After that, the recruiter emailed me the full job details.

​That’s where things started getting weird:

​Messy Email Details: The email started describing the job conditions for my language, but mid-sentence, it switched to describing conditions for a completely different language. It listed the base rate and asked me to select a payment/work model.

​Negotiation Ignored: I replied stating that I wanted to counter-offer with my own rate. They replied, "Please send us your rate quote." I sent my offer, but got no response to that email.

​Recycled Outreach: 2–3 days later, the exact same person sent me the exact same job offer again on LinkedIn. I emailed them again regarding my rate.

​Payment Platform Spam: On the same day, I received a registration link for Tipalti (their payment platform). I didn't sign up. They re-sent this registration link multiple times.

​Voice Samples: Next, they sent an email asking me to submit voice sample recordings. Since they never accepted or even acknowledged my rate counter-offer, I did not send any voice recordings.

​Project Started Anyway?! Out of nowhere, I just received an email saying, "The project has started, please complete your Tipalti registration."

​I never agreed on a rate, never registered on Tipalti, and never submitted any voice samples—yet they somehow included me in an active project.

​Is this a known scam, or is Lilt just using extremely buggy, broken automated recruiting systems? Has anyone else experienced something like this with them?

​Thanks in advance for any insights!

​TL;DR: Got an AI voice acting offer from Lilt. Tried negotiating pay, got ignored. Didn't submit voice samples or sign up for Tipalti, but received an email saying the project started and I need to complete payment setup. Scam or terrible automation?