[aniket_ray]

>The successful applicant will be hired as freelancer (independent contractor) through the Mozilla Foundation’s third-party service Upwork (www.upwork.com).

Not knowing much about Mozilla, is this the norm there?

[buovjaga]

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-upwo... and its HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12773282

Looks like there was a downside to staying with MoFo after all.

[theparanoid]

It's a way to be cheap. And honestly hiring through Upwork is a terrible idea.

[imglorp]

Lobsters has a nice little rant on upwork's humiliating experience.

https://lobste.rs/s/e0uh2y/we_re_hiring_developer_work_on#c_...

[GordonS]

> 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!

[Cyph0n]

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.

[pbhjpbhj]

Being cheap is inconsistent with Mozilla's aims, surely? Value for money, yes, but not if it greatly risks employee satisfaction (for example).