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In observance of the United States Labor Day holiday the Rent A Coder office will be closed on Monday, September 6th. However, we will be approving projects and making payment verifications two time during the day; once early-morning and once in the early evening. We will resume our normal business hours on Tuesday, September 7th and wish everyone who celebrates it a happy Labor Day.
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About our name change
from Rent a Coder.com to vWorker.com
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We've changed our name from Rent a Coder to
vWorker.com, which stands for "virtual worker". For those unfamiliar with
the name, a virtual worker is a business term for an office professional who accomplishes
their tasks remotely.
Along with our brand new
name, we have a new logo, tagline and site design! (Click here for information on
the meaning behind them).
We changed our name to reflect the diversity of the many
talented workers we have on the site. Back when I founded the company in 2001
we concentrated just on programming, and the name Rent a Coder fit
us. But today in 2010, the site is not just coders, but also graphic artists, writers,
translators, marketers,
personal assistants
and numerous other types of
workers. Our new name reflects that and reminds employers
that they can find all kinds of talent here.
I want to
thank our loyal employers
and workers for being a part of
our growth.
Back in 2001 we were just a small startup of two employees,
working from an extra room in my house.
Today in 2010, we've upsized offices twice, been in hundreds of
business journals and newspaper, and have
become three time INC 5000 winners (fastest growing private
company in the U.S.).
Thank you for being a part of our success!
Ian Ippolito
CEO of
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Answers to common questions about the name change
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5) Doesn't the name "worker" tell buyers that I am some sort of
menial/manual laborer or am subservient?
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The name of the company is based on the business term "virtual worker", which has a
definition:
a person who accomplishes their tasks over the internet rather than coming
into an office. Only intellectual labor can be delivered over the internet.
Manual labor (ditch digging, janitorial services etc) cannot be delivered
that way.
However, even if a person does not know this word and only knows the word "worker", that
also does not necessarily mean a person who does menial jobs. According to Google ("search on
'definition:worker'"),
the term has two very different meanings:
- One who works at a particular occupation or activity: an office worker.
- One who does manual or industrial labor.
To make it clear that workers on the site are in the primary category and not the secondary one,
the site's logo (which accompanies the name) shows the "v" in a very un-manual labor like
italic font. The worker is also shown with their hands extended in the
air. This is not a pose that someone of the latter definition would assume and makes it
100% clear.
Finally, every worker on the site is still protected with the same payment
guarantees that they were before the name change. So even if for some reason an
employer thought they were hiring subservient laborers, they would not be
able to do this.
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