So, I started doing this work full time in May. It has been an incredible experience. I went to university for Biology, actually, and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Went to grad school, wasnāt for me, so I entered the work force. Turns out working hard my whole life for an education and being smart didnāt mean diddly squat to the rest of the world. Lots of millennials in my position, and Gen Z is obviously very aware of the American education scam.
Anyway, speaking of scams, SnapDocs was the first company I ever signed up for. I rarely ever got offers from them and when I did it was always low and usually at the exact same time as other jobs I had (despite going through pains to upload every single document, getting 100% on their little optional test, and having the highest ranking possible). When I did happen to accept, I didnāt get the job? I guess you mark that youāre āavailableā and they pick the best one? Super.
So, at the time that I got the alert, I clicked accept quickly. Iāve learned that you canāt actually sit there and review the job offers, calculate distance, and look at all the facts and figures or youāll never actually get the job. You just look at the city and press accept as fast as possible. Well, I was actually at an appointment at the time, say 5pm. I see the email that I got the job (yay!) and then put my phone down and continue with my Refi (which I got $125 for in 30min). The crazy thing was that my phone was BLOWING UP with email alerts afterwards. Ding! Ding! Ding! 
I had to silence it. Midway through my signing (about 15min), I look at what all the commotion is about and see that theyāre all from the company that hired me through Snap. The final alert is that I was removed from the signing lol. After the signing was over, I went through everything. This dusty, musty, busted signing service sent out the text blast at 5pm for a job at 5:30pm!!!
They labeled it as a rush job (omfg ya think?!) and were offering $80!!! EIGHTY!! Not only that, but the woman said āCan you please send scan backs and drop docs same day??ā ā¦ A moment of silence. WHAT!? First of all, how dare you? Second of all, how dare you! Lol! 
To assume that you are the only job on the planet and my world revolves around you is hilarious. But, honey, UPS drop times end at 4:30p at the latest and sometimes earlier. You sent me a job after hours, wanted me to rush it, and then got mad when I didnāt respond in 10min and took me off of the job. AND you wanted scan backs. AND you were only offering EIGHTY FREAKIN DOLLAAARRRSSSSS!!!
What kind of insanity is this? Even if I had been completely free, I wouldnāt have been able to print the docs (which wouldāve probably been a mess, letās be honest), and the signer copies, and prepare them properly, and drive to the signer in 30 min. Dropping them would be physically impossible. But the real kicker was the 80 dollars. Thatās what their ārush jobā was worth. Thatās what they assumed my time and service was worth.
In the end, I kind of felt grateful somehow. I didnāt become a business owner to be exploited in the same way that I was as a student (85% of my life) and an employee (the rest). It makes me sad that this is how little the notary profession is respected and it makes me upset that this is how the capitalist society operates. I literally donāt have health or dental insurance. Thereās no 401k. And obviously the government could care less about my life or contributions. So much for the American lie of āpulling yourself up by the bootstraps.ā Itās insulting that some of these companies brazenly offer scraps to hardworking, educated, citizens like us trying to make something of ourselves. However, I can only keep putting one foot in front of the other and working hard for what I decide that Iām worth, rather than what others try to tell me that Iām worth. I hope you, the reader, do the same! 
