Working from home needn’t necessarily involve stuffing envelopes, telesales or telemarketing. If you know the answer to the following questions, you stand a mighty fine chance of becoming the next home working “Texpert”:
(1) David Platt played for three Italian club sides; Sampdoria, Juventus and which other?
(2) What was the first album to be constructed purely from samples of other artists’ work?
(3) Who sells the freshest apple, date and walnut cake in Islington?
(4) Yemen borders Saudi Arabia and which other country?
(5) What are galoshes?
I’ll supply you with the answers in due course, but these are the kind of enquiries fielded by employees of Texpert, a company that employs home workers to research and answer questions texted in by befuddled punters.
Effectively, questions are sent from enquirers to home workers via SMS, and home workers are paid to answer them adequately. The mechanics are simple.
Seasoned Texperts are paid per question answered, earning up to £10 an hour during busy shifts (evenings mostly, during pub quiz hours). They’re able to build bespoke shift patterns in order to tailor their work around daily happenings such as the school run, trips to the supermarket and an active social life.
If you’re interested in becoming a bone-fide Texpert, take the "Tex-Factor Challenge" at the Texpert site. Pass the test and you’re halfway there.
Now then, how about those answers: Bari, “Endtroducing” by DJ Shadow, Ottolenghi – Upper St, Oman, a waterproof overshoe or heavy soled boot.
