Re: feedback on oDesk?

[<neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>]

Sounds great if you want to compete on the basis of rate rather than
on quality and performance. The average rate for all services seems
to be about $15/hr. I wonder if that's merely to hook customers into
thinking they're going to get a huge job done for peanuts. If you're
charging for tech writing by the hour, do you get to charge for staring
out the window while you're trying to "refactor" the upside-down doc
that you were given? I'd hate to be paid for just keyclicks and mouse
manoeuvers for a job like that.
--Peter Neilson
> 
> From: "Jodie Gilmore" <jgilmor -at- pacifier -dot- com>
> Date: 2007/04/19 Thu PM 07:22:53 EDT
> To: " STC CIC SIG" <stccicsig-l -at- mailman -dot- stc -dot- org>
> CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: feedback on oDesk?
> 
> Hi. I was browsing the web, trolling for contracts, and ran across an
> outsourcing (I work only via telecommute) company called oDesk. Does anyone
> know anything about them?  (www.odesk.com)  In some ways, this company
> sounds great - supports off-site work, lets you set your own hours and pay
> rate. But, they require writers to install a tracking software that tracks
> mouse clicks and computer activity (ostensibly to prove to the client that
> you actually worked the hours you said you worked) . This bothers me a lot.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyone have any inputs on this?
> 
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> __________________________________
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> Jodie Gilmore
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> Fulcrum Communications
> 
> Washougal, WA
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