tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post115764577150653916..comments2023-09-28T10:51:30.990-05:00Comments on The Medium is the Message: Do Any Librarians Out There Cha-Cha?Eric Schnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15061075072474927902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-1162793585046134352006-11-06T01:13:00.000-05:002006-11-06T01:13:00.000-05:00I am a Cha Cha Guide and have had to go through ex...I am a Cha Cha Guide and have had to go through extensive training to get to the point where I can earn money for doing searches. There is no set "salary" as we aren't employees of Cha Cha, just independent workers. A guide CAN make $5 an hour but it isn't guaranteed. It depends on what time and energy we are willing to put into it. This is like a part time job for me but I am not required to report to work. As of today, Nov.6, 2006 the site is going to a Beta system. The intense training we have received will help us offer speedy results to queries posted by Infoseekers and we hope to see all who read this there, checking us out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-1160815785397069242006-10-14T03:49:00.000-05:002006-10-14T03:49:00.000-05:00They're 1099s, and are only paid while they're hel...They're 1099s, and are only paid while they're helping someone and not the hours they spend sitting around waiting for a query.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13851370.post-1158601229774926592006-09-18T12:40:00.000-05:002006-09-18T12:40:00.000-05:00I am not part of the underground but I am fascinat...I am not part of the underground but I am fascinated by this business model and the guides. So for most of the newsreports I've found seem to be just based on company press releases, tho a few go beyond that. Like the news report about a guide saying he answered a question by going to Google. And I also wonder what the guides are legally -- they cannot be employees because it's below the federal (and some state) minimum wage.Liz Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671844475303001610noreply@blogger.com