Not to be a prick, but i cannot count how many times i was taken by indians on RAC or GAF. I never had similar problems with other nationalities, so if this sounds racist, well up to you its my experience over years.
However they never keep their deadline, they always ask money upfront. When something goes wrong they will always try to blame you aswell ! which is even the most ridiculous thing! Just right now i have a dispute with one on freelancer, as he overdraw the timeline by 2 weeks (he set it himself to 6 days) and now tries to put the blame on me.
What happens is the guys stalls the whole project as the money is frozen and you cannot hire somebody new unless you fork out more money, i'm thinking of flying over and smash his head actually..
Anyway if you deal with indians on one of these platforms always adhere to this:
1. use only the 1st or 2nd with the most best ratings. If you have to pay 50$ more , well so be it.
2. Clearly mention that coder must stick with deadline, that he can set by himself. If you request a draft for a website, mention that it must be delivered to you 2-3 days after the project was started. If any deadline is over you must warn the coder beforehand and further declare the project as failed immediately after deadline passed. Do not go into any deals where you extend it !
You will many times find people acting as a company there but in fact they have no clue and you give them some info and then they run to somebody else that does the actual job.
3. They want to communicate out of the PM's of the freelancer system. You can do so but always post the main points in the official PM
Hiring on BHW is the same thing, if not worse. If you hire here only go for people with enuff itrader and do not pay the whole amount upfront. hope that helps
thats one rule I follow in all my projects. Pay more and hire good talent here from BHW.
