Re: AESOP and jobulator...

Jesse Hilton

Posted on 1/25/11

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On 1/21/11, david wrote:
> On 2/10/10, MI Sub wrote:
>> So, what you're saying is that someone sat down and basically
>> created a widget and you (Frontline) think it's fair to charge us
>> $40 a year for the use of it? You say "we have to" charge $40
>> but aren't you already paid by the schools? aren't you making
>> enough money?
>>
>> You have to be able to see this through our eyes. Your presence
>> makes it much harder for the qualified and dedicated subs to find
>> work because now any bum with 90 credit hours in basket weaving
>> can come in and "babysit" these students. You also eliminate any
>> retirement that we might have been putting away AND you have now
>> made it so that we don't receive our fair pay increase when we
>> work more than x amount of days... I don't think we should now
>> have to pay $40 just to be able to compete for jobs. It is
>> illegal for companies to sell privileged information to stock
>> traders that would make it easier and quicker for them to make
>> money... how is your program not in some way either illegal or
>> immoral?
>>
>> MI Sub

>>
>>
>> On 10/27/09, David from Frontline, creators of Jobulator and
>> Aesop wrote:
>>> Greetings.
>>>
>>> Hey MI Sub,
>>>
>>> I think I can help you clear up some misunderstandings.
>>>
>>> First, nobody has to buy Jobulator to get jobs. Aesop is
>>> always there and it's always free to subs (paid for by the
>>> district). In fact, Jobulator simply looks inside your Aesop
>>> account and draws its information from there.
>>>
>>> Jobulator was created in response to the needs of those subs
>>> who told us that they were spending a tremendous amount of time
>>> in front of their computers, refreshing the screen and waiting
>>> for new jobs to appear. They just wanted a way get out of
>>> their chairs, without feeling like they would miss something if
>>> they did.
>>>
>>> Jobulator is designed to do just that and we hear that's it's
>>> given thousands of subs their lives back. OK, so maybe that's
>>> a bit of an exaggeration, but that's how people have told us
>>> they feel. They turn-up their speakers, freely walk around the
>>> house and are confidant that they'll be notified when jobs come
>> in.
>>>
>>> Why do charge $40 a YEAR for Jobulator (after the free trial)?
>>> We have to, and our experience with the over 10,000 subs who
>>> are already using Jobulator confirms that they think it's
>>> affordable and worthwhile. On our end, it takes a certain
>>> amount of additional back-end infrastructure technology,
>>> customer support and of course, programming to create the
>>> Jobulator widget and keep it working.
>>>
>>> Hope that makes sense, and that you'll try Jobulator for free.
>>> If it makes sense for you, great. If not, please continue to
>>> use Aesop - for free.
>>>
>>> Hope that's helpful.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> David from Frontline
>>> Creators of Jobulator & Aesop
> jubulator sounds like a good way to get a bob but people have a
> program that grabs the jobs before you can type in your password .
> so you might get a job if you are lucky. but for the most part it
> is a waist of money . the creator has no incentive to stop the
> practice as long as they still are making money . don't think that
> they are doing this to help you out .

Prior to jobulator, I subbed every day but two in last years same pay
period, and now with jobulator in place I have subbed four days the
same pay period this year.
It is true, everyone can subscribe, but I'm not on DSL, but dial-up
and that makes all the difference.
I am also a preferred sub by the teachers in my district, but
jobulator overides that.
I seldom find a job on aesop. I wonder why?
I do feel Aesop/jobulator is discriminating just to make the bottom
line more lucrative.
Jesse

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