Minimum Rates on Job Posts and Candidate List
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With tonight’s release we made several tweaks that affect job posts on oDesk:
Minimum Rates on Job Posts:
Starting today, we will no longer accept fixed price job posts with a budget less than $5. For hourly jobs, the maximum rate preference must now be at least $3 per hour. These changes only affect the job posting, so that candidacies and assignments may still occur at whatever rates and amounts are agreed upon by the buyer and providers.
We’ve noticed that job posts with budgets or rate preferences below these thresholds tend not to fill and when they do fill, it is often at greater amounts. By introducing these limits we are hoping to dissuade non-serious buyers and set more accurate expectations from the start.
Candidate List:
Users have been telling us that the candidate list in the Job Facts page is disconcerting and very few people found true value in it — we are therefore removing the candidate list from job opening pages. We will continue displaying the total number of candidates and interviewees at the top of the page in the Job Facts so that providers can gain an idea of the competition for a job before applying. The name of the provider who was hired will also continue to be displayed.
We’re committed to providing a high quality experience for all of our users. If you have ideas (or would like to vote on ideas) that you think will contribute to a quality experience, please share them with us at http://feedback.odesk.com.
Kat
October 14th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I’m very pleased with your move on the minimum job rates. Lately I’ve been having a hard time finding work because buyers prefer to get people who work for less than $5/hour, but demand a full load of work. I understand that there’s recession and all, but I don’t think it’s fair on anyone. Hope to see more positive changes on this.
Sanjay Prasher
October 14th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Candidate List:
It is not helpful for the providers if the name of the candidate has not shown in the list. Companies, Contractors or even Freelancers will not get the information about the bid on the particular Job. Even though we get the mail conformation of all the jobs which we bid, but it will be extremely difficult to know whether we have bid on the particular Job or not.
I hope to see the change in this pattern soon for the interest of all the providers…
Cheers :
JakeCastle
October 15th, 2009 at 1:41 am
This is a good thing.
On my previous employer I was being paid around $2.75 an hour compared to $14.50 for my American counterparts. This was for a position as customer care trainee for one of the largest american credit and charge card company. For individual remote operators such as myself in the Philippines $2.75 is almost twice the minimum rate. The newly raised minimum bids will actually help buyers screen out non-skilled individuals with no experience whatsoever.
It will help Odesk’s image by distancing itself as a modern day sweat shop or slave labor.
The move will also increase Odesk’s revenue directly, hopefully management can afford more people to monitor people who can do the work.
I only wish that there was a way for Odesk to better screen candidates for competency and give legitimate newbies like myself a chance.
http://odeskpinoynewbie.blogspot.com/
Abel Mohler
October 15th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Good move. Non-serious buyers make it harder to find the serious ones.
jj
October 15th, 2009 at 7:31 am
The worst change odesk made today .i really sad to see this comment “Users have been telling us that the candidate list in the Job Facts page is disconcerting and very few people found true value in it” .Did odesk tell the providers about this change or did they discussed in forums or blogs about this ?, how can you say it josh ,before discussing with providers that it is of no use
Please answer my questions ,
1) how can a staffing manger or a independent contractor know that he or his team member already applied for the job?
2)the most important questions, i am a provider who did about 1200 hours , very much familair with all systems of odesk( staffing ,recruiting etc) .Its really important for the providers to know about their competitors , who are direct competitors etc etc .I got this much projects only because i evaluated my competitors very well.The candidates list help me to bid wisely ( set the appropiate rates after seeing the invited providers rates and experience) we cannot evaluate competitors by searching providers and odesk searches gives the worst results .why odesk making their providers blind????
These features are basics of freelancing websites , even the worst freelancing websites have these features, I am a person who really wishes that odesk to become the best in the field .but by doing these type of change odesk shows to providers that they have no concern about their providers.The top providers dont need these features , but its critical for newbies to understand more about how to become sucess by evaluating the competitors , I can surely say this feature only help me to get 60 assigments in a short time
Josh
October 15th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Thanks for the feedback all.
@sanjay @jj – Thanks for raising this important issue. The functionality you describe is key and we intend to address it through tagging or labeling of the job openings that you (or someone you are staffing) have applied to. We are also in the process of overhauling the job search results pages and the new version will include some tags to indicate whether or not you have applied to the position.
One more thing – we launched a feedback forum recently at http://feedback.odesk.com – you can see feature suggestions from all users and the current status of feature development. Please take a look.
jj
October 15th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Hello,
what about the second issue,its also equally important to us , can you please respond to it ,My opinion is to restore the candidate list is good ,I can also give more details to you,We create plans by evaluating our competitors .All freelancing websites gives this opportunity ,I mean elance, guru,scriptlance etc etc ,Why odesk hiding this?
JJ
Josh
October 15th, 2009 at 10:28 am
@ jj – Regarding sizing up the competition.
This is definitely an important need as well. We still display aggregate information about the number of candidates and the average rates or bids on the job at the top of each job opening. We also show the average rate or bid of providers that the buyer has decided to interview.
We could potentially show more aggregate information about the candidates for the job opening but we have found (based on user tests) that each individual rate / bid is not necessary. We found that displaying individual candidacies along with rates was a bit too much information to be displaying publicly. For most long term job boards, eg monster, dice, etc – you would not see individual candidate information.
-Josh
Julian
October 15th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Removing the candidate listing from job lists is by far he biggest mistake oDesk has made to date. Aggregate information isn’t nearly as helpful as sizing up individual competition.
Take for example I see a web dev. job opening with 5 bids with an average $50.00. It would encourage providers to charge $50 or close. In the previous setup, anyone could look at the 5 provider profiles and tell they signed up a few days ago with expectations far too high for this market.
As for the monster and dice comparison. oDesk is a job bidding site for virtual buyers and providers (freelancers). Monster and similar sites are aimed at workers looking to be employees working in a office/company building. Two VERY DIFFERENT target markets with VERY DIFFERENT needs.
What I suggested be done is to make the viewing of the candidacy list optional. Those who you claim find it “disconcerting” and found no true value in it can simply choose not to view the list.
Christian Walde
October 16th, 2009 at 3:12 am
The candidate list should stay, mostly for one single reason:
It helps me sort out spammers who invite me. I realize not many people may have the problem, but please consider my situation.
Most of my candidacies result due to me being invited. There are always a few serious ones, but quite often they are entirely spam, like a buyer inviting all developers he can find.
With the list i can scroll down and know instantly whether he actually is interested in me, or only added me as another bullet point between the 200 others. Without it I would waste a bunch of time considering the project and writing up a proper estimate and answer even though the buyer has actually zero interest in me.
Furthermore it helps me determine the state of a candidacy better. If i check back later after sending my response to the invitation, I can see at a glance if the buyer simply went silent or continued adding more providers afterwards, thus letting me know if i should drop it or contact them again.
I think it is unfair to remove a feature that provides actual serious value, especially in regards to something where oDesk itself does not seem to provide a solution (spamming), in favor of those for whom it is simply an emotional preference. Is this site not about business after all?
A much better solution would be to provide a profile option to not display it for those who do not wish to see it.
David Beczuk
October 16th, 2009 at 5:27 am
The PROVIDER LIST
I also evaluate if it is worth bidding on a Job opening based on my competition. Now if I am unable to see who is my competition is just like running in a dark room filled with a maze, any second you could hit a wall. And I don’t think that someone who has experience likes to bid on a job where there are 50+ or 100+ candidates and he is unable to evaluate his chances, better off not loosing time bidding on that project. And maybe this thing is different in other areas of expertise but in Graphic design trust me is a pain. It’s like putting numbers at lottery blindfolded.
At least put a toggle table, hide it and who wants to see it let them look. Who is not interested in the competition is either not qualified or bids on jobs regardless of the quality of the competitors. If a competitor is bidding 3$/h for a Logo Design job and he is a DATA ENTRY guy but he thinks he can design a logo to, how am I suppose to judge my bidding based on the average of a bid?
And I don’t like losing time bidding on a project that clearly is hunted buy a dumping price provider.
On top of that I don’t bid on projects where I see and judge that a provider is having a higher quality background than me. It’s not fare not to see whom am I competing with. Let’s take a simple example:
“Job offer: estimate 10000$ for a 100 yard running course
””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
Candidates:
1. YOU – bid 5500$
___________________________
Hidden
2. 1st World Champion Runner 6000$
Hidden
3. 2nd World Champion Runner 3000$
””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
My evaluation of the job:
- I see the high rate is 6000$ (I need to bid a bit lower so I can get the job) Not knowing anything about the bidders history of portfolio.
- I see that the low rate is 3000$ (I need to bid higher than the lowest price because I am sure that one is under qualified (not always true). I take my chances like a fool not knowing that my competitors are world champions at running).
Conclusion TIME WASTED!
Please tell me Odesk who do you think will win the bidding for the example. And if it’s worth for me to lose my time bidding on that job, or better yet explain a better way of bidding on the project without felling frustrated each time that maybe you bid too much and someone with same qualifications as me or even better has rated the job lower than me.
David Beczuk
October 16th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Josh , i understand that individual bid amount is not as important. But for us is important at least to see our competitors and judge based on the providers portfolio if or skills or background experience or even feedback on the candidates that applied.
Please make it at least as a pup-up or something else. Make me a button and send me an email with the candidates i don’t know how i am a graphic designer not a programmer.
Oleksandr
October 16th, 2009 at 6:31 am
@ Josh
[quote=jbreinlinger]We could potentially show more aggregate information about the candidates for the job opening but we have found (based on user tests) that each individual rate / bid is not necessary. We found that displaying individual candidacies along with rates was a bit too much information to be displaying publicly. For most long term job boards, eg monster, dice, etc – you would not see individual candidate information. [/quote]
ok lets turn on “analyze mode”..
The truth is, that there NEVER was “candidacies list with rates”. Only list of candidacies who actually applied for the opening, or were invited by buyer. Besides some candidates have non-public profiles, so it wasn’t even possible to view their regular rate. And don’t forget that profile’s rate isn’t the same as *applied* rate – they may differ.
So it’s just so non-thought-out and inaccurate to say “displaying individual candidacies along with rates was a bit too much information to be displaying publicly” :-~
Again, before making such decisions, oDesk should advise with the people who actually doing their business with that, using such features daily. Nobody has deeper understanding but providers who’re doing their business using that Candidate List as important information in job-picking strategy.
That way, oDesk would escape such mistakes in the future hopefully..
see more at http://www.odesk.com/community/node/9217
Oleksandr
October 16th, 2009 at 6:49 am
@ Josh
Minimum Rates on Job Posts: no objections
Candidate List:
> Users have been telling us that the candidate list in the Job Facts page is disconcerting and very few people found true value in it — we are therefore removing the candidate list from job opening pages.
I can’t believe that !! Maybe somebody did say that for you, but anyway we’re here to say you YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT THAT !!!
If candidate list is disconcerting – all you need is to re-organize or improve it in some way, but it doesn’t matter at all you had to REMOVE it completely.
Candidate list is important information in job-picking strategy, for most serious providers who:
#1 has such strategy
#2 make insightful applications on jobs, not just copy’n'paste
#3 value their time
#3 generate BIG part of oDesk income, due the way they do their business (they know what they’re doing and how to do that in optimal way – that’s why they’re successful on oDesk
> We will continue displaying the total number of candidates and interviewees at the top of the page in the Job Facts so that providers can gain an idea of the competition for a job before applying. The name of the provider who was hired will also continue to be displayed.
well that’s useful but not enough definitely..
> We’re committed to providing a high quality experience for all of our users. If you have ideas (or would like to vote on ideas) that you think will contribute to a quality experience, please share them with us
yeah, you need to listen to the users before making such decisions, in this particular case – to providers. Candidate list is very valuable information required for job-applying.
Look forward you’re revised your decision, and get back Candidate List (maybe it’s improved version) !!
see more at http://www.odesk.com/community/node/9217
Josh
October 16th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Ok, we’re listening. Certainly we have room for improvement to get your feedback much earlier in the development process. We’d love to get your involvement in the new feedback forum that we intend to use for this purpose. http://feedback.odesk.com
Let’s talk about improving the list to meet your needs more effectively. And I do like the suggestions of cleaning up the list and making it collapsible.
What is the most important information that we could display in the candidate list in order to allow you to assess the competition?
We previously showed:
Profile Title (linked to profile)
Provider Name (linked to profile)
Initiated by: Provider or Buyer
Date of Application
What information is absolutely critical? Should we add Feedback? Hours? Is Profile Title, Initiated by, and Date critical?
paul
October 16th, 2009 at 9:45 am
yes, I agree. Please bring back the candidate list, it is very useful to size up competition.
Christian Walde
October 16th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Josh, thank you for listening and for actually giving us a chance to enter a conversation. I have answered your questions on the related feedback point:
http://feedback.odesk.com/pages/26681-general/suggestions/351143
Pothi
October 16th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Amazing changes. I just love these changes. I may miss to know who applied (through candidacy list), but still prefer the change. Thanks to oDesk for continuously improving to make oDesk a better place to work.
David Beczuk
October 16th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I have answered your questions on the related feedback point:
http://feedback.odesk.com/pages/26681-general/suggestions/351143
Khalid Bajwa
October 17th, 2009 at 1:53 am
The decision to remove candidate list is an absolutely farcical one. It makes no sense. Elance does it, guru does it. rentacoder does it, virtually every harry and sally does it and for good measure. It allows people to evaluate themselves against their competition and as some one put it very nicely ‘ If Usain bolt is running the race, i would instead go somewhere i can actually win’. This feature saved everyone a lot of time and effort and now thanks to some whiners and poor decision making on oDesk’s part, its no more
Oleksandr
October 17th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I have just put my answers & comments at:
http://feedback.odesk.com/pages/26681-general/suggestions/351143-removing-candidates-list-from-job-opening-new-change-
Thank you !
Imran
October 18th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Removing the candidates list was a bad move, I always checked my competition before deciding on my rate for the job, if there were 5 people with 0 jobs on their hands I would bid much higher than if I would have seen people with tons of finished jobs with 5 stars feedback.
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Nitima
October 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I welcome the change of putting a bracket on minimum rate but removing candidates’ names from the list will not be very helpful.
When I bid for an assignment, I like to see who else has applied and how is their profile different than mine.
It would be nice if Odesk can reinstate this change.
bonbuenviaje
October 20th, 2009 at 3:29 am
For me, this is really a very great move from Odesk. This will help newbies to bid for a project that would give justice to their application, performance and hard work.
Deb
October 21st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
As a Provider on oDesk for almost 3 years (coming up in November), I am very happy to see you implement these minimums. I’ve seen jobs posted where some Buyers wanted 10 800-word articles written for fifty cents! Are you serious? lol
Thanks!
D. MacKenzie
Julien Sobrier
October 21st, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I think the minimum of $5 for a fixed price is a bad thing. I often have jobs that require 10 minutes of work for somebody from a different nationality of mine, for $2 or $3 => that is still $12-$18 an hour. This was also a good way to try out new provider with no history.
Cheryl Stevens
October 21st, 2009 at 6:59 pm
I am very happy to see the minimum set for postings. This will stop some of those scammers out there who are looking for something for nothing. However, I am not too happy with the changes in the candidacy list. As others have stated in this blog, it is very helpful to “size up your competition”. I hope that ODesk will reconsider this change.
Deb
October 21st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Julien
There are better ways to test the waters, both for Buyers and Providers with no history.
A lot of Providers bid on jobs at a reduced rate just to see if they can “get” one. I did that for quite awhile…but I have a BA in English – went to school here in Canada for four years and ended up owing the Canadian Gov’t over fifty thousand dollars in student loans. It took me half my working life to pay that back.
I am GOOD at what I do (Freelance writing) so why should I accept a job for pennies when there ARE Buyers out there who will pay someone what they are worth – to get the job done right!
Deborah
October 21st, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I’m happy that oDesk is finally doing something about those ripoff artists trying to pay talented freelancers slave wages.
$1 per article is not enough! $5 is still somewhat dismal but it’s certainly better than a measly $1. The disturbingly low budgets were what originally caused me to place oDesk on the “last resort” list.
Now let’s hope they don’t try to get around this by asking for 5 articles for $5…
Christine Bastian
October 21st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
This is it! i have been an oDesk provider for more than a year now and have seen a lot of job post requiring very low hourly rate! I have been long waiting for oDesk to take actions on this. I have even posted a topic on oDesk forum long ago about minimum wage and I got different reactions. I think providers deserved to be paid fairly especially those coming from Philippines and India who were asked to work for a very low hourly rate! Imagine $0.50/hr?? Good job oDesk!
Marjorie
October 21st, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Please don’t reinstate candidate lists. I don’t bid according to what my competitors charge or don’t charge. I bid according to what I think the job is worth and whether or not I’m even interested in it. After you’ve bid on a few projects, you get a pretty good feel for who is a serious buyer based on their posting alone, and you bid accordingly.
I’ve gotten a few interview requests from providers and am being seriously considered for one project, even though I actually bid higher than almost all the other competitors. I know I’m good and I know the value of my work and what I bring to a company, and that’s all that I need to worry about when it comes to seeking out worthy assignments.
Note, also, that in many cases in the public and private sectors, you often don’t know who the other bidders are in many RFP’s. Sometimes the lowest bidder wins, but most often the provider chooses who they feel is the candidate who best fits their needs. Knowing who your competitors is important, but even more so is knowing what your own worth is.
Cheers,
Marjorie
Diana
October 21st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Good job on oDesk about the minimum rates on job posts!
Some of my friends who worked in a data entry job was paid for $2.00 per hour before. Currently, I am working at $1 per hour for data entry job, blogging and other marketing tasks. Do you think I am underpaid? I hope oDesk could somehow suggest buyers to increase our pay, and informed them about the new minimum rates.
I hope the current price trend in data entry would really change. Buyers are looking for 0.85 or lower hourly rate for data entry. It is not a mindless job at all, you need to have a sharp eye and memory. Not to mention it is very tedious. You can get carpal tunnel syndrome just by using the keyboard shortcuts repetitively for 8 hours! It is not worth less than a dollar.
Theresa McCuaig
October 21st, 2009 at 8:02 pm
IMHO, the minimum hourly rate should be $5. The extra $2 is required for overhead (Internet connection; software and hardware updates; e-mail, research, editing, and bookkeeping time; and income tax). Costing for overhead is standard business practice.
Escrow for 50% of fixed price jobs would enhance oDesk’s reputation greatly.
In the Candidate List, we at least need to see who initiated the contact and the providers’ hourly rates, if not the providers’ names. We need this info to filter out exploitative or phishing buyers. An average rate does not help us.
Thanks for considering these changes.
Samhita
October 21st, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Its important for new providers to see the candidates who applied for the job.So that we can see how the other providers are skilled.
Its important to know about our competitors .So its better to provide the providers list.
Minimum payment method is good.So only serious people can fill the jobs. Providers are also get the minimum payment for their work & respectable payment for their skill.
Eileen
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:37 am
This is a great move! There are too many bidders who bid too low just to get a job not thinking of the hours, electricity and the equipment they are using during the project. We are not working on a typical company setting, so we have to be paid more than when we are at the office. But then, being a provider, we should know our responsibilities and must always give our best to all the projects we’ve been hired with. More power to odesk.
Janell Williams
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am
Thank you for doing this. I think this helps us as the person looking for a job to know that we are getting what we are worth.
Deborah
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 am
@Diana
How are you surviving on $1 an hour? Even in a third world country that won’t buy much.
When you or other people accept such low pay you make it harder for the rest of us to make a living.
$1 per hour will not feed me, put gas in my car, or keep a roof over my head; nor will it do that for anyone. Some of us are out here trying to make a living. Stop making it harder for us.
Leia Angeles
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 am
This is a good news to all Odesk users especially for the providers. I agree with Eileen. Being underpaid and have loads of work to do is so unfair. Good Jod Odesk!
Diana
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 am
@Deborah
Well really it will not going to survive a family, but my family needs some extra income. Since this is my first job, even if I would like to bid for $2- $3 per hour for data entry job, I bet I would not land a job.
I know it’ll make harder for people there in the US, since I know the basic rate there is $8 per hour. But the buyer is the one who’s dictating our bid. How can a first-time oDesk provider ask for $5 per hour if the buyer post a job for $1 or even lower?
Jawad
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 am
Its nice tow about the minimum rate. I was really concerned about this as buyers started hiring people even at 10 to 25 cents which is very disgusting.
David Beczuk
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 am
I saw today a full time job on odesk. Logo designer 40 hours / week and the buyer clearly wrote that no one should bid more than 1.5$/h, who bids more will automatically be rejected.
It’s outrageous, even here in Romania a full time designer makes more then 2$/h and trust me it dose not work 40h/week.
The sad thing is that at the specified job already applied over 12 candidates.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 10:07 am
All – in response to the comments, we relaunched the candidate list last evening. See details here: http://www.odesk.com/blog/2009/10/relaunching-the-candidate-list/
Re: the minimum rates, I’d like to clarify that this is a minimum rate preference on job postings only. So buyers may not specify in the field for “max rate” anything less than $3 per hour. However, providers may still bid less than $3 and may still work for less than $3. We believe this is a starting point to set expectations of buyers and providers and the most important thing is to bid what you want to earn. Do not feel obligated to bid lower and lower.
Shari
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am
3$/hr?! Are you kidding me? What happened to minimum wage? If the minimum is so low I might as well not even use the site because the provider is always going to choose someone who will work for 3$. Don’t waste my time. At least it’s a start.
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Tim Wasson
October 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Interesting complaints about “minimum wage” and all. Sorry, but with an open marketplace such as odesk, the ability to just declare that nobody will work for less than $X does not exist.
Frankly, at American rates I would completely remove all my listings because I’d just do the work myself.
The sideline website I’m working on is for an unestablished niche hobbyist market. The work is simple php, html, and sql. Raise the rate for this type of work over about $5, and this work will dry up very very quickly. I’m never going to pay $10 an hour for work on this website. Period. Because for $10 an hour, I can sit in front of my TV on weekends and do it.
Like it or not, the marketplace for this type of work is now and forever will be global.
What right do you have to insist that two willing people should not be allowed to trade?
Christian Walde
October 25th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Tim: I’m not affected by this, but I can understand it. Read all the comments here and you might understand it better. Some of these people are trying to actually earn their living with this. But in order to do so they have to compete with other people who are basically subsidized by government help or their significant other and can literally work for 0$/hour if they wish so.
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Jamie McDaniel
October 29th, 2009 at 10:41 am
“By introducing these limits we are hoping to dissuade non-serious buyers”
Excellent reason for the change! My rates are no where near the minimum, but I would think the large number of non-serious buyers in the search results was working against oDesk’s goals.
Many of my clients find me, but when I do go applying for assignments, it is very time consuming to locate buyers who want my services AND have a proper budget.
Google’s value lies in returning relevant search results. oDesk’s search needs to do the same, so I support this change.