Re: AESOP and jobulator...

Mark

Posted on 9/23/10

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I have not substituted in a long time and I was shocked to find
out about Jobulator. The district I sub for does not pay for
jobulator. This is a blatant discriminatory practice and fertile
grounds for a class action suit. A district that allows this has
really lost their way.

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

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