Just received the offer form gDev yesterday. It will be one week testing phase and they will be paying me fixed amount for that. If things work out well, I will be hired for hourly rate.

Enjoy,
Brij

First of all I thank Florante Valdez for helping out all the freelancers by putting up these blogs.

I am working as a full time employee and also started working as a freelancer. I received an offer from gDev on oDesk. Yesterday I cleared the test and within one hour I came to know that I cleared the test. The person who was my point of contact was from Philippines and asked me if I was ready to appear for skype interview after 2-3 hours. I said yes and the interview was scheduled immediately. I cleared the interview and I was informed that I will be endorsed to HR by that person and I will receive a test assignment.

The offer I received was of $0.99. They did not mentioned that I will be paid for clearing the interview but they have mentioned that for the test assignment I will be paid based on the hourly rate mentioned in the job posting on oDesk.

What I have observed that they are putting up job postings which are invite only and visible to only those people whom they invite.

I will post more details once I hear back from them. Meanwhile if anyone can share their recent experience it will be very helpful.

Thanks,
Brij

Let's see if we can get some harder information. Those of you who say you work for them, did they also ask you for a copy of your driver's license? If so, did they explain why they needed it? And, can you please post something that will substantiate your employment with them? At least one person has alleged that all the posts in favor of gDev are spam; can you show something to gainsay that?

Has anyone investigated gDev and found anything bad about them beyond vague suspicions in chat rooms and blogs? Has anyone found any legal complaints against them, or negative writeups in trade journals or other reputable publications?

I think the best thing for you to do is to make another follow up with them. In my case I made a follow through the odesk messaging system as well as with the person who interviewed me over skype. After a couple of days, i received my payment.

I hope this helps.

I have some different experience about GDev. I completed their test, which was for around 4 hours. After that, I did not receive any feedback from them about the test, payment, or even the further work. When I sent a message, I got the reply that a supervisor is assigned to check my test, but again there is no reply from last one month.

Now, in my Odesk account, I see that the GDev contract is ended but the job is still listed under the Active Candidacies. Now, I don’t know if I should wait for this job or I just ignore this.

-Charudatta

You can click on the link that they have given you. I also received an invitation from them with this link: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition….
Based on their invitation there will be a testing phase and a trial phase before they make the job offer. So as long as the job remains inside oDesk there shouldn\’t be any complications with that. However, if they have offered you the job and would like you to work outside of the oDesk environment, then that\’s a violation of oDesk rules.

I hope this helps.

Florante

It\’s good hear the other side of the story. I\’m glad that you are working with them and you are enjoying your stay with them. I hope others won\’t just listen to hearsays and unsatisfied applicants. As I\’ve mentioned in a previous reply, the figures showing how many thousands of hours and how many oDesk contractors are involved in their projects is enough proof to dismiss the allegations of it being a scam. And most certainly, oDesk will weed this out if this is indeed a scam.