Comments on: Payment Delays: oDesk Provider’s Bruhaha

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:32:26 +0000

I just got the offer, turned down the first one and now I got another email from a gmail account asking me to take the tests at .90usd, I submitted my id when I first applied so I guess now they are looking for the rest of my documents, SCAM. How much would they get to sell your identity? You wanna make a deal?

By: Ronny

Ronny — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:51:40 +0000

Guys, I applied for L2 Software Support, I did the tests and had the interview with the Human Resources person, they told me they will send me the trial assignment, but I haven´t heard anything from them since a couple of days. Do any of you know how long it is going to take?

Im pretty confident about my skills, actually the tests were pretty easy for me, but definitely it takes a while to be hired.

If any of you know how long is going to take to receive the trial assignments, please let me know.

By: usama sana

usama sana — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:07:52 +0000

Hi All,
First of all you must know that they will not pay you a single dollar unless you are get hired,it involves(Testing,interview + one week trial assignment).
Second they only select top 5%,so apply only if you are fully confident that you are best.
A person with intermediate skills can pass (initial test + interview) but it is hard game to pass trial week assignment,they will reject you even if you have completed assignment successfully but not in top 5%.
I was rejected just for not properly commenting my assignment code.

Any how GDev is good company with well established standards.

By: Brijesh

Brijesh — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:19:02 +0000

Hi ALL,

I received a trial assignment just 15-20 days ago. Completed it successfully and was paid the next day. Now I have been hired and working on hourly rate. So I will say gdev is not fake….

Enjoy,
Brij

By: geust

geust — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:35:07 +0000

I am kind of thinking the same here

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:10:19 +0000

People, are you so naive to see the truth behind all of this? It's just oDesk! They're just using people to work for free! They are never paying anything! Look at the profiles of their "well-paid" ex-contractors, most of that are accounts without any history, job description is hidden, and what? Newbies are earning 18k+, 100k+??? This comany even don't exist, and you think that they paid to odesk 10% (odesk's fee from payments to employees) of the money they spent already there (what is MORE THAN $2Millions!) Are you really so blind???

By: Brijesh Amin

Brijesh Amin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:58:04 +0000

Hi,

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

By: Brijesh Amin

Brijesh Amin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:10:54 +0000

Hi,

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

By: keith

keith — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:05:06 +0000

I think some things people have complained about can be adequately explained by simple cluelessness or bad manners on the part of the gDev people. How many times have you complained about sending resumes and cover letters and you never heard back from the hiring company? How many times have you had a job interview and after you left you never heard from them again?

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?

By: john

john — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:37:39 +0000

the only problem with gdev is that it’s a full time job under cover.
this means they can end the contract any minute and you are on the street.
in a regular job if they are going to fire you they have to pay you money, you have vacations, medical care, etc.
that’s why I never ended up working for them.