Fresh start or grace period for stats
As a new user, it took some trial and error to learn how to cope with the tight time limits and be more selective with the projects I accept. This learning curve, combined with a couple of unfortunate mistakes, and some quirks in VB's systems, landed me two expired projects and a handful of internal rejections before I finally submitted a reviewable audition (which didn't win, but was favorited by the client).
I think I am now well prepared to deliver timely, quality, well-matched reads, but it seems my early failures have doomed me to possibly never see any projects on my dashboard again. I would really appreciate a fresh start on my stats, which could alternately be implemented as a "grace period" for new users—applied retroactively, in my case. Otherwise, it doesn't seem like there is a point for me to maintain my account here, let alone continue to check my dashboard for work.
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You're right Frasier, the stats system is quite unforgiving. It's designed that way on purpose to ensure the quality of our talent pool. It is also why we publish so many help articles and have so many instructions on the submission page. Soon, there will be an application process that all talents must go through in order to work with us.
I reviewed your rejections and determined there were a few unfair ones, one where the client posted the project incorrectly, one where the client complained about an accent (which sounded fine to me). I took those off your stats and since you seem to have the white noise problem cleared up, I think you are ready to work with us again. There was a rejection for a video game character that I did agree with. Make sure you only audition for projects that you are well-suited for. Thank you!
Thanks! I wasn't aware those made it to the clients—the emails I got all said, "was rejected by a member of my team," and they're listed as "Rejected (by Mr. Bunny's entourage)" on my previous projects page.
There was also D100 Man, which asked for a revision while I was working the next project, making it impossible to submit both in time—a little unfair in my book.
I'm in total agreement with you, Frasier. It's frustrating that even if I'm uploading a file, the timer still runs, the upload might be slower than usual and consequently I get listed as rejecting the project when, in fact, my audio was in the process of uploading. This has happened to me a few times. I've tried to remedy this but I'm discouraged by the fact that it still shows up in my stats.
Also, I've found that it seems audio quality is subjective to the reviewer. I use the same equipment in the same studio and the same settings for all of my reads. On some the sound quality gets approved and others do not... which is quite frustrating, too. Granted, I'll admit I had one or two where I should have paid more attention to EQ but for the most part, my auditions are consistent. On top of that, I've had auditions that were rejected for sound quality when they sound as good, if not better (sound quality wise) as auditions that were accepted. ???
I've landed two small jobs through this site but am starting to wonder if I'll ever overcome the harsh stats and inconsistencies in reviewing audio.