oDesk Family

[tiggerlily]

^ naku. meron ako ni-apply-an chumi-cheap shot. nung isang araw ko pa huling nakausap, hanggang ngayon, di pa rin sumasagot. nagpapagawa ng website, try daw muna namin kung magkakasundo daw kami. akala ko trial hire kaya sabi ko sige try namin at magstart ako agad kapag pinadala nya yung hire notice at details nun website. ayon, di na sumagot ulit. either nakakuha ng ibang mas gusto nya or gusto nya makalibre sa umpisa. haist! sana sumagot na talaga sya at hindi talaga cheap shot. sayang din naman kasi. pero ang tagal na ha. sinagot ko naman agad pagkareceive ko nun message nya.

[Layla]

^Sana busy lang sya!

Kakainis talaga minsan yung mga trial na yan e lalo pag naka-tyempo ka ng abusadong employer. Or yung mga humihingi ng idea tapos deadma na afterwards. Hindi naman sa madamot sa impormasyon kaya lang unfair minsan e lalo pag hindi naman bayad. Sayang ang lakas at oras. Akala naman kasi ng ibang mga employer na yan sobrang kapit ka sa patalim at lahat na lang tatanggapin mo para sa kakarampot na halaga, minsan libre pa. Kaya ako madalang pa sa patak ng ulan tumanggap ng trial/test. Tingnan na lang nila yung portfolio ko to know kung magugustuhan nila gawa ko or not.

[heavensent]

^may na encounter din ako dati na ganyan di ko ginawa kasi feeling ko after that hindi naman ako ihahire

yung mga emplyers ko ngaun paid training

[tiggerlily]

sana nga busy lang talaga sya. he didn't directly say trial basta ang sabi nya lang "I have a lot of projects coming up, but I want to start small if that's OK to see if we work well together?"

parang trap na kapag sinabi mo ok without saying the magic word hire notice, sibak ka na e. basta usually inuunahan ko na ng hire notice with matching happy to work with you. kasi kung hindi, probono ang expect nila. naku sana talaga busy at nung wednesday pa ang huling email ko sa kanya.

[Layla]

^Ganyan din drama ko para iwas goyo. Hehe. Tipong, "I'll start as soon as I get the hire notification from oDesk. Thanks!" 

[seTHer]

tama naman kayo mga sis, baba na nga minsan ng rate natin eh maloloko pa. haist wag sana ako maka encounter ng ganyan, nakaka stress 

[fatgirlslim]

actually underpaid talaga mga worker sa odesk, parang nagiging hub for underpaid workers sya. pero kahit ganun nakakatulong pa rin.

[heavensent]

^hindi naman siguro lahat sis, some are earning more than working in a company..

mas malaki pa nga sa minimum salary dito sa atin

[freelancer_babe]

actually underpaid talaga mga worker sa odesk, parang nagiging hub for underpaid workers sya. pero kahit ganun nakakatulong pa rin.

I disagree. I met a lot of freelancers who weren't underpaid.

I consider myself justly paid - neither under nor over.

Many of those "justly-" and "over-" paid ones are tied up into bigger projects or are working long term already on one or several clients, that's why there is no need for them to look for more work anymore. And because they had established themselves, they may have hidden their profiles already from odesk search - so you are mostly seeing underpaid ones.

[tiggerlily]

^I agree. Actually, nasa freelancer na rin kung papaabuso tayo. I have seen rates as low as 0.67/hr. i don't know kung paano ang usapan nila ng client nya or kung meron syang bonus, pero meron akong nakikitang ganun. actually, kung may bonus nga sya, madadagdagan ang rate mo na makikita sa profile e. so mababa pa rin kahit may bonus pa. nakakaloka talaga.

i have heard that facebook is also hiring from odesk pero it's hush hush lang. dollar per hour daw ang rate. nagleak lang lately.

[fatgirlslim]

di ko naman nilalahat kaya sabi ko "nagiging", but i'm happy to all of you na paid justly. yung nakikita ko nga lang siguro yung mga underpaid. kase yung mga ibang employers are taking advantage dun sa mga nagbibid ng super baba just to get the client kahit na grabe yung hinahanap na qualification. i feel so bad talaga. kahit ako i have to lower the bid din just to equate yun rate ng average applicants.

[heavensent]

sisses, are you having problem with your team app? kanina pa nagloloko yung sa akin eh.

[freelancer_babe]

@fatgirlslim - it may be true also, that those underpaid ones are still starting out, or have few jobs. If that's the case, don't feel bad.

Another situation where rates are slashed - they are usually part time workers. They just want extra money to make ends meet.

Full time workers who had been months into freelancing learned to get higher rates.

@tiggerlily - true, it's sad to hear less than a dollar rates. It's a long time issue in odesk, even at that time when there were so few pinoys there.

The facebook thing, is possible. Outsourcing helps in reducing operational costs. I've recently heard one leading search engine company hire people from odesk. oDesk itself, is also outsourcing work. I've seen quite a few Filipino moderators among the odesk forums.

@heavensent - tried reinstalling? have you contacted odesk support?

[scents01]

^^sis, okay naman team app ko..you also try restarting your pc..

[seTHer]

ok din team app ko

[freelancer_babe]

Made a new thread: http://www.femalenetwork.com/girltalk/index.php/topic,257972.0.html

[nerahk]

Pwede ba mag work sa odesk using a netbook instead of a laptop or desktop? Mas maliit kasi netbook diba so mas maliit din spec. 

[MissChievous]

^ I think it's okay.

Subscribing here! Just viewed the Reports kahapon. And it's already updated to the new version. I kind of liked it. How about you mga sis? Have you seen it already?

[chocolate]

^ yup pwede, yan ang gamit ko dati kasi puro word processing lang naman ang work ko dati.

^^^ hindi ko makita yung new thread, kahit na search ko siya sa gt networks. Bakit kaya error lagi ang nakikita ko kapag click ko yung link.

[jentotmd]

hi sissies fellow oDeskers. ask ko lang, napansin ko na laging kulang yung exchange rate ng oDesk kapag nagwwithdraw ako. ganun ba talaga yun?
i'm going 4 months in oDesk and so far ok naman. yung lang talaga nagtataka ako. hehe