Comments on: Work 3.0: The Office Has Left the Building https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/ oDesk - The Future of Work Fri, 24 May 2013 11:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: pcdeb https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-103517 pcdeb Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:22:34 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-103517 i think odesk recently overflowed with those types of fraud who open multi accounts with vcc verified paypal and posts fixed-price fraud job.When work finished they leave without making payment to worker.
aren’t they doing the hateful work ?

]]> By: Peter Bradley https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-101264 Peter Bradley Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:08:02 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-101264 Excellent questions, Scott! You might want to take a look at OutsourcedPeople.com They take the guess work out of choosing contractors to perform your routine tasks, whether technology related or your other administrative tasks. They select and hire oDesk contractors, and take the hassle out of getting the job done. Just a thought! Good luck!

]]> By: Jenna Weiner https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-99393 Jenna Weiner Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:06:30 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-99393 Hi Scott,

Thanks for your interest in oDesk! Actually the official language on oDesk is English, and you can filter a contractor search according to their scores on English language tests (or by location). Or, you can hire a project manager as you mentioned — we have more than 9,000 project managers listed in North America alone! (Here’s a search: https://url.odesk.com/abw9i7) You can filter further by price, ratings, etc. by using the options on the right-hand side. If you have any questions about this process, feel free to contact our support team here: http://www.odesk.com/support

Best of luck!

]]> By: Scot Ales https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-99325 Scot Ales Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:22:12 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-99325 This all sounds wonderful in theory but there is one significant hurdle, call it a barrier to entry really. You have to first find and trust at least one person who knows how to communicate with the talent on Odesk! As an owner of a tremendously successful website I find myself in the awkward position of pouring over thousands of qualified individuals without being able to engage them in a discussion about our needs.

Six years ago we collaborated with a single person to create a great website. It was and still is massively profitable. The problem for us is the person moved away to silicon valley and is rarely available for even routine maintenance. Say nothing about new developments, updates, and fixes. So, with ZERO understanding of the language, I am sitting at my desk mesmerized at all the talent and unable to use them. Because at some point I have to CHOOSE! Choose at least one person to give total access to our system and trust they will not take advantage of us. That’s a leap of faith I simply cannot make.

So how do I hire at least one person who works strictly for us who can communicate with the talent available on Odesk? An applications engineer maybe? I’m back on the treadmill. How do I interview and choose even this one person without understanding the language? I can make character and personality decisions, but how do I know they are qualified for a job that I cannot even write the requirements of? Until this is addressed the 3.0 concept may as well be on the planet Mars for me. And I am NOT alone. I have a dozen friends who own their websites and daily are challenged by technology companies. Selling us their services for $100-$200 an hour, getting 15 minutes of that hour, while the contractor is likely paying $30.00 through Odesk!!

In the past, business owners were often experts in their field. They knew exactly what qualifications their employees needed to have. Technology has confused this situation. Now, every successful business needs a website. And some, like mine actually depend solely on a web presence. But might as well be interviewing doctors to perform brain surgery as to technology candidates.

How do I find, interview, hire, trust, manage, and pay this key person to talk to the Odesk world and handle our technology needs? Any ideas anyone?

]]> By: Fiona https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-98178 Fiona Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:15:08 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-98178 I think it’s highly fascinating to consider work 3.0 with a fully flexible office and completely virtual company, especially from those in remote places struggling to commute or relocate to the populated hubs – however – it does concern me that as sociable creatures, so much of going too and from the office will be missed and the emotional drain of the office and the 9-5 will only be worsened with a lack of humanity and quite simply, never leaving work.

]]> By: Ghufran Arif https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-92226 Ghufran Arif Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:10:26 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-92226 Hi all,

I have tried to launch a campaign of collecting the votes about New Look of oDesk.com! Do you like this new look? That is beta virsion? Since I am feeling some problems about new look. And I love older look and do not like beta virsion. Specially I am facing problems about wallet. Older wallet was very good and easily understandable. I hope all of you reading this post will give your opinions…!
Thanks!
Ghufran Arif.

]]> By: Avdhesh Sharma https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-91207 Avdhesh Sharma Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:01:19 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-91207 I am using oDesk from last 1.5 years and get my most of the clients there. Some times i got so over loaded that i am unable to answer the invitation. oDesk is great and really changed my life. :)

Keep going

Thanks,
Avdhesh Sharma
CEO
http://www.detecvision.con

]]> By: Tarun https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-91199 Tarun Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:12:33 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-91199 please don’t allow fix bid jobs

]]> By: Mizanur Rahman Milon https://www.odesk.com/blog/2011/12/work-3-0-the-office-has-left-the-building/#comment-90793 Mizanur Rahman Milon Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:13:09 +0000 http://www.odesk.com/blog/?p=19622#comment-90793 I like so much the odesk new look.

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