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eLancers: Stop being so defensive! [DFHW: Living the 4-Hour Work Week]

I’ve gotten a number of harassing email messages and comments on this blog responding to my “eLance Sucks” post. My experiences are my experiences. I don’t have a bone to pick with eLance, but in my case, I simply am dissatisfied with the eLance experience and the way that eLance has treated me, a potential [...]

14 April 2008 | elance, outsourcing | No Comments

eLance Sucks [DFHW: Living the 4-Hour Work Week]

Sorry, Tim. eLance sucks. And here’s why.

Enforcing exclusivity – The big mistake is that the folks at eLance assume that I won’t be simultaneously posting the job req. on other outsourcing sites. Why wouldn’t I? I’ll be increasing the number of respondents and selecting (I presume) from different resource pools. But eLance wants you [...]

23 March 2008 | elance, getafreelancer, outsourcing | No Comments