A Possible Work Resource...Maybe



Today, I got an email stating that oDesk has finally decided to place a minimum amount on the jobs they post from potential buyers.  Now, I'm new to the whole outsourcing thing but I understand that there can be an advantage to hiring workers that were born in the States - depending on the job, that is.  My point is that it shows in the pricing.

Now if you are a programmer, you may laugh or cry at the thought of making $10/hour.  Well, think about those of us that used to make way more as administrative support in a corporation and now we see oDesk ads that pay less than $1/hour.  Or worse, a client wants to pay $25 for 20, 500-word articles about bass fishing but they originally asked for 10, 250-word articles about vacationing for the same price (which is already low but for the moment, seems better than what the content mills are offering these days).  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against oDesk and I'm real glad they put their foot down because I'd rather get a rejection than a runaround any day.  I'll sing more praises when they put a word count cap on writing samples.


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Posted by Work in Hell at 10/21/2009 6:16 PM
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Tags: online job career employment outsourcing odesk work
 

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