VWorker
freelancing site
vWorker was a website that helped companies find people to do jobs for them. It was like other big websites that help freelancers find work, such as Elance, Freelancer.com, Guru.com, and Upwork. vWorker helped make it easier to manage people who work from different places.[1][2][3]
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| Type of business | Privately held company |
|---|---|
Type of site | Employment website |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Dissolved | November 19, 2012 |
| Headquarters | Tampa, Florida |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Ian Ippolito |
| Industry | Recruitment |
| Registration | Required for posting projects and applying for jobs |
| Users | 2.5 million |
| Current status | Defunct; acquired by and redirected to Freelancer.com on 19 November 2012 |
In 2012, Freelancer.com bought vWorker. After that, if you went to the vWorker website, it would send you to Freelancer.com.[4][5][6]
References
change- ↑ Hall, Mark (November 12, 2011). "8 Things To Love & Hate About Outsourcing Employees". Business Insider.
- ↑ Kugler, Logan (May 22, 2012). "Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors". Computerworld.
- ↑ vWorker.com: Overview for Employers. December 29, 2010 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (November 19, 2012). "Freelancer.com Buys Another IT Job Site, vWorker (aka RentACoder.com), For A Price In The Millions". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "Freelancer.com acquires vWorker (formerly RentACoder.com)" (Press release). PR Newswire. November 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Freelancer.com buys RentACoder.com". American City Business Journals. November 19, 2012.