I'm stumped! (Arise.com)

[cconnor]

Originally Posted by IrishChik

From what I understand it just needs to be hardwired, so cable company or telephone company is fine. They just dont want over the computer or wireless telephones. I have Charter and it works just fine for me and no one has said anything.

Cable or wireless in any way will not work. It has to be hard wired.

Hope this helps.

Chris
www.thinkgreen4laundry.com

[BethInHarmony]

The best place to confirm any of the technical requirements with Arise are with their tech support; however, unless it's recently changed, cable is considered VOIP, so phone service does need to be a plain old telephone line, but you don't need to pay for any additional services and in fact should not have call waiting, voice mail, etc. on the line, so you may be able to save on that. I would also check with tech support, but you may also be able to save on your phone bill by just having local call service, since your calls are going to be inbound.

There are some fees associated with Arise, but people can join other VSC's (independent business partners) and avoid having to pay to incorporate.

[kelliwpns]

They are a great company and I have been working for them through Innovative Management & Consulting Group. They paid just about everything for me. They are so great. You should contact them at innovativemanagementconsulting.com/

[WAHSon]

Originally Posted by greenmtnwaha

Their website will explain it all. You either have to incorporate yourself or join an existing VSC and work under them. Then you have to pay Arise for their ACP101 course which is just learning their website. ($99). Of course everyone passes so they make that money off of you. You then have to pay Arise for a Background check ($13-26). Then you pick a client that contracts with Arise and PAY for training (100-250). Then you have training anywhere from 3 -5 weeks UNPAID. If you get through it all then you get paid an hourly wage averaging $9.00 an hr depending on the client. You have to stalk for hours each week and grab em. I tried this and kick myself for paying someone to give me a job. Some like it and some don't. I didn't.

Please be aware that when you work for arise, you are not really working for them or for the company that you work through. This is an independent contractor position.
Working as an independent contractor is not for everyone as it is the same thing (m0ore or less) as running a small business. You are responsible for yourself and you have none of the recourse that employees might have in certain situations. You also have to be responsible to pay your own income taxes and other payroll taxes yourself as they are not taken out of your checks like they are for employees. Please be aware that in many cases this will mean that you are required to file QUARTERLY taxes (estimated) not just yearly tax returns.

Please be honest with yourself and ask yourself, am I really cut out to be an independent contractor? Do I really have what it takes to own and run a small business (just wanting to be "independent" is not nearly enough!!!). Please be honest. It will save you a lot of money and heartache. And if your conclusion is that you are not sure or "I think so", then the answer is ...no.

Also, as was stated, there will be startup costs and expenses that you will have to shell out so if you are better off being an employee and not an IC, please do not spend the money. Personally, I think it's idiotic to have to spend all this money, but that's just my opinion. I also believe that the IRS should look at Arise very hard because I think they will find that Arise may be pushing it by hiring IC and not hiring as employees. I don't know a whole lot about it but I do know that the IRS is very strict when it comes to classifying "workers' as IC over "employee" and I think there may be cause for the IRS to step in here and make sure. It seems to me that because of certain requirements, they are stepping their bounds and needs to be hiring people, not shoving them of as IC when technically they are bound by dictations of Arise for which the IC has no control, therefore, making the Independent Contractor extremely "dependent" on Arise. This constitutes employee in many cases, not IC and by "pretending" employees are actually IC, this brings up IRS tax issues like failure to withhold fed, medicare, and SS. For as long as Arise has been in business, they could find themselves fined out of existence should the $hit ever hit the fan.

[GLFVirtual]

Arise has been a great experience for me. I started in 2008 with them, under another VSC (company) because I didn't want to incorporate or have to figure out how to get started by myself. In January, 2011 I formed my own LLC and have since started hiring agents who don't wish to have the expense and trouble of incorporating... or who just want help getting stated with Arise.

Working for Arise has allowed me to set my own schedule and work from the comfort of home without having to leave my family. After having worked in local government for 24 years, it was a breath of fresh air!!! I wish Arise would have been around when my first child was young, so I could have stayed home with him, but I'm so loving being home for my youngest and even more than just that, of being in control of my work like.

If I can help anyone get started, I would be glad to. GLF, LLC