Interesting business opportunities but adoption of new technology is slow - Software Engineer Upwork Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Business opportunity appears interesting as oDesk is market leader. oDesk believes in work from home, and that is a big plus for me. Many of my co-workers work effectively from remote locations.

Cons

Lots of old technology in use, and people are reluctant to implement change.

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Pros

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Cons

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