Time Etc Bewertungen 269

Hannah was a wonderful assistant and I would highly recommend her services.

The process to be matched with an assistant was quick and easy. After our initial call Sarah jumped right it and tackled our first task, she learns quick is organized and I'm surprised by how quickly we established a rapport. She's shaved an hour off my day easily already and we've only been working together for about two weeks.

Jennifer is a fantastic individual and a role model helper. She was so much fun to work with, and I felt like I had a star player on my side. Without any fault on Jennifer's part, I ultimately took a different turn and neglected to communicate. She did all in her power to get back in touch with me. This is a letter to the world highlighting her abilities, generosity, and positive outlook. I wholeheartedly recommend dealing with her; you won't be let down!

Time Etc has really helped free up my time so I can focus on what matters. Very happy with my assistant.

Very quick and effecient! Took in the details I gave her and added the perfect touch!

Amy has been truly impressive, and I deeply appreciate her commitment and authentic enthusiasm. She maintains a high level of professionalism and is consistently eager to assist. Despite being a small and growing business, Amy has already left a significant mark. I can now worry less about certain tasks in the business, trusting her to handle them efficiently. I am genuinely delighted with her contributions and hope she continues to be part of our team for the foreseeable future.

Time Etc has made my working life a lot easier; I really appreciate their responsiveness and flexibility.

Kayla is helping me complete tasks that would take me all day to do.

I have wasted more time with the assistants on TimeETC than I have saved.
These assistants are not monitored well, and clearly are able to get away with way more than what is appropriate.

Far too often, I find that I am billed for hours, and never receive the finished product.

Or a product is sent, and after the fact, the tanker will add on extra time, even though the job has been completed

Not to mention, the quality of the work is beyond poor.

Just a whole mess. They need to manage these assistants better.

Helpful, professional, easy to set up. Highly recommend.

I've had no issues with Time etc. They're convenient and extremely helpful and attentive.

She did a great job. She quickly made a spreadsheet with all the information I needed. It was formatted great and was very easy to use.

Took my suggestions and created excellent work, far exceeding my expectations!

Fantastic service and good platform to manage your work alongside your VA. Very responsive and friendly team. I was very impressed with the quick setup and the standard of work :)

The right person for the job and found quickly.

Great concept, was essential in the start up of my company! really easy to use and very professional

Best thing I have done for myself and my business in years.

Such an easy, straightforward process. Great tools for connecting with VAs, assessing and brainstorming tasks to assign, monitoring progress, and channels for communication. I absolutely LOVE their secure portal for sharing account information when you'd like your VA to support you with digital tasks. Makes me so much more confident in the company, process, and potential outcomes. Highly recommend!

I explained that I needed help with a medical-related task. A candidate was provided to me. I spent several hours writing out the task in full detail, to be as helpful to the candidate as possible.

Days later, the candidate said that they could not to medical-related tasks, even though I had requested that up front, and they tried to give me another candidate and make me explain again.

They claimed they had done work—hours—in the first month, even though they had delivered nothing.

EDIT: they refunded my payment after more than an hour dealing with them.

UPDATE: Shortly after posting this negative review, a director at Time etc contacted me. She reviewed the account, agreed that there were a lot of problems, apologized, and immediately refunded everything.

That's great to see, and shows they care -- I would honestly be willing to try Time etc again in the future. Like all businesses, I suspect they have some "growing pains" and are struggling to build a team that can consistently deliver great results. It happens, but the folks at the top do seem to really care.

My advice: give them a shot while keeping in mind that they're ultimately an assistant matching service that also handles billing. Don't assume that your match will be great; instead assume they'll be like any other person you'd hire for that role... and they may not even show up to work.

Be prepared to quickly move to the next person, especially if they're a no-show or otherwise don't do their job early on. Also watch your billings, so you don't get hit by that fixed monthly fee while trying to find someone.

Maybe this is all common sense -- but had I done that, I would have not been so disappointed and very likely had a successful experience. Maybe I'll try again later.

In the meantime, I've updated my review to 3-stars and preserved my original experience below.

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It seems a lot of people have positive reviews, so I guess I'm just unlucky?

I started by talking to a Time etc salesrep, and I explained exactly what I was looking for. The salesrep suggested I started with a 20H/month plan and charged me about $850 to get started. The rep said that Time etc would match me with candidate within a week.

That worked out... poorly. The first assistant I was matched with was a no-show to FIVE out of SEVEN scheduled meetings. Let me clarify: she no-showed 5 meetings, and only attended 2.

And yes... I realize how foolish that makes me seem. How did I let it get to FIVE no-shows??

Well, the first excuse was a "scheduling error", which happens. The next one was "a family emergency", which also happens. So we scheduled another meeting... and I got another no-show. It was another "emergency" of some kind.

Around this time, I was charged another $850 - but no worries... the hours will apparently over.

I told my "customer happiness" rep that this was unacceptable, especially so early in the relationship. She really encouraged me to give it another go. And besides, Time etc has so many good ratings, so I must be unlucky... right?

We finally had our second successful meeting. I was feeling better and then... you guessed it, no-show four. It was a "medical emergency". We rescheduled, and then I got no-showed again. I didn't bother trying to schedule another meeting.

I really should have quit Time etc then. I reaaaaaly wish I did.

But so many positive reviews, so I must just be unlucky? I was also six weeks and $1700 in (fixed monthly cost, don't forget), and fell into the sunk cost fallacy. My "customer happiness" rep encouraged me to try again, and gave me sime kind of credit I guess. I'm really unlucky, and she would set me up with a *really good* assistant.

My first meeting with the new assistant... want to guess? A no-show! But this time, the "customer happiness" rep took the blame. Scheduling error, or something. And then I was assigned a new "customer happiness" rep. And then charged another $850. Monthly, pre-paid hours after all.

I needed 20H+ a month, but the new assistant seemed to have almost no availability. Although she would show up to most meetings, she wouldn't do the time-sensitive tasks she committed to doing... nor tell me that she was too busy to do them.

It would be days before she'd reply to my emails. I don't mean weekends or holidays - normal weekdays that she told me she'd be available.

A few weeks and yet another $850 charge, and I finally called it quits. And then.... I was then passed to yet another account representative, who would "help me cancel", but ultimately kept pushing to get me set up with another assistant. A "great one" this time.

I asked several times for a refund, but I was offered a credit for more hours. I was just unlucky, after all.

I explained that, I would be mortified if my company delivered such a poor service to a customer, and would promptly refund what they paid and hope I could make it right.

So would every other trustworthy service company. For example, if an Uber driver never showed up or could only drive me 5% of the way to my destination, they would certainly refund me as well. Even though it’s not “their” fault, but their driver’s fault.

Fortunately, everything was paid with credit card - and I've begun the dispute process. That means more wasted time for sure, but hopefully I'll get some of my wasted money back.

[UPDATE] As I mentioned above, Time etc quickly reached out and refunded everything.