When you post a reply, you show how ignorant you are.
If some WG's use it properly and others don't, then the end result is unreliable and of little use to punters.
You contradict yourself but continue with your rants.
'Last login' on A/W is meaningless. Unless a WG states that she is on holiday, then it is bad comms. As an
example, Rebecca-GFE is currently on holiday and states this on A/W. She also logs in daily. This is called
professionalism but you don't get this.
At least now, punters know you are ignorant and don't have to think it.
I hope you do realise that some/a lot of us don’t plan holidays in advance, or don’t work for example for 3 weeks straight, to then take 2 weeks off.
Myself I aim to work Monday to Friday, but I haven’t chosen this line of work to not have the freedom of deciding when am I available and when am I not.
I’m my own boss and that feels fantastic.
If I wake up on Wednesday morning and- for whatever reason- I need to take this day off- I do.
As long as I don’t have any meetings booked in advance and I’m not letting anyone down, and most importantly- I don’t advertise as “available TODAY”- I very much doubt it is unprofessional from me to not look at my work phone or put a “time off” note on my profile.
Of course, I know it’s beneficial for both me and my clients to stay in touch, so I always try to reply to as many messages as I can, also when I’m not working. But I do not have to do so on my unplanned days off, let alone planned days off.
If I take time off- either planned or spontaneously, I don’t advertise myself as “available today”, I don’t have a meeting arranged with you, I do not have to reply to your messages, full stop.
It’s a day off, after all.
I can put my working phone away and take care of whatever I have to take care of during my free time.
If I wanted strict rules in regards of my availability, I would find myself a pimp. But being independent means I can choose when am I advertising as available.
“Available today” feature on AW is there for a reason, to let you know that we are… available on that day. Quite often I do work and I don’t use this feature, as I’m busy enough without it. Therefore, I don’t put my green light on, as I don’t want to give a false impression to my potential clients, to then not even have time to get back to them- simply because I’m too busy and would get overwhelmed by the amount of messages/calls I would have no time to reply to.
Not logging into my account also means a lot- if I don’t log in fairly regularly, I’m no longer on the first or second page when you search for a girl in Bristol. I’ve just checked and Maya is on the 5th (!) page if you put “female, Bristol” in searches (using the main website), so she is not going to be seen as the first choice. It’s pretty, or shall I say- very obvious- that she is having a time off.
Time off,during which, she is not obligated to look at her work phone.
If another girl you keep mentioning, is logging into her AW daily, even when on “proper holidays”, that’s entirely up to her, but please don’t try to make it look like a rule/perfect business model for the rest of us.
Please take no offence, I’m not trying to come across here with any negativity, just hoping to explain how it looks from the working girl point of view.
S.