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>The successful applicant will be hired as freelancer (independent contractor) through the Mozilla Foundation’s third-party service Upwork (www.upwork.com). No

• theparanoid 9y ago
  It's a way to be cheap. And honestly hiring through Upwork is a terrible idea.
  • imglorp 9y ago
    Lobsters has a nice little rant on upwork's humiliating experience. https://lobste.rs/s/e0uh2y/we_re_hiring_developer_work_on#c_hkbxw4 https://lobste.rs/s/e0uh2y/we_re_hiring_developer_work_on#c_...
    • Cyph0n 9y ago
      I've used Upwork as a freelancer. The last part is false: they never charge transfer fees (at least in the US), and you typically receive funds in 1-2 weeks.
    • GordonS 9y ago
      > For hourly contracts they take random snapshots of your desktop in 10 minutes intervals and they measure your mouse movements and key presses to show your activity I thought you might have been exaggerating, but that truly is utterly absurd! I just can't believe people actually work under such conditions!
  • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Being cheap is inconsistent with Mozilla's aims, surely? Value for money, yes, but not if it greatly risks employee satisfaction (for example).
• buovjaga 9y ago
  It is the norm for the Foundation, yes. I was thinking of writing to them to let them know about the shady practices of Upwork, discussed in this blog post https://medium.com/@AdShadlabs/why-you-should-never-use-upwork-ever-5c62848bdf46 https://medium.com/@AdShadlabs/why-you-should-never-use-upwo... and its HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12773282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12773282 Looks like there was a downside to staying with MoFo after all.