What are the "Top Worker" Designation and the "All Worker Competition" Rankings?<

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What are the "All Worker Competition" Rankings
and the "Top Worker" Designation?

The "All Worker Competition" rankings show how each worker on vWorker.com compares to their peers. Every worker on the site (who has worked on at least 1 job) is scored using a formula that takes into account their experience, the sizes of jobs they have worked on, the satisfaction of their customers, and their organizational skills (such as filing status reports). Workers are then ranked from 1 to 367,061 (the current # of registered workers on the site). A worker's ranking is indicated on their bids and their profile:

The "Top Worker" designation is an additional honor granted to a very small, elite and special group of workers that are "the best of the best". The stricter qualifications for this award can be found here. The two "Top Worker" designations appear on a worker's bids and profile and look like this:

Ribbon	Description
	Top Worker Certificate: This worker has met all the qualifications to be a "Top Worker".
	Top 10 Worker Large Ribbon: This worker has not only met all the qualifications to be a "Top Worker". but is also ranked as one of the top 10 "Top Workers" on the site.

Answers to Commonly Asked Questions:

What is the formula used to score all workers?

The "All Worker" ranking formula is:

∑	($ of Each Job x Adjusted Rating of Each Job)
- (1000 x Each missed status report)

Click here for an example...

What is the adjusted rating?

The adjusted rating is the original rating given to the worker for a project, but adjusted to a negative number when the worker fails to meet the contract by the deadline agreed upon. It is calculated as follows:

Original Rating	Adjusted Rating
4 - 10	A rating of 4 or more means that the Worker completed project successfully. So the adjusted rating is the same as the original rating...4 - 10.
1 - 3	A rating of 3 or less means that the Worker failed to meet the contract by the deadline agreed upon. So the worker's adjusted rating becomes a negative number as follows: 1 -> -10 2 -> -9 3 -> -8
-3	A rating of -3 means the Worker not only failed to meet the contract by the deadline agreed upon but also denied that specific flaws existed...which were later actually confirmed to exist by Rent a worker. In this case, the adjusted rating is -14.
No rating (bonus)	Bonuses have no rating. In this case, the adjusted rating is the average of all ratings for that worker. If the worker has no ratings, a 9 is given.
No rating (non-bonus)	Either the employer forgot to rate the worker or chose not to rate the worker. In this case, the adjusted rating is the average of all ratings for that worker. If the worker has no ratings, a 9 is given.

Only projects which are 100% completed and are "visible" (per the anti-retaliatory rating precauations in the vWorker.com Rating Viewing Rules) are eligible for scoring.
Click here for an example...

Can a worker ever "make up" for an uncompleted project in their "All Worker Competition" score?

Yes. The scoring system is set up so that a worker who learns from their mistakes can "make up" the decrease in their score. Once they complete one or more future jobs successfully to demonstrate this, the decrease is overcome and neutralized.
Click here for an example...

What does the "Top Worker" indicator mean?

Like the "Top Gun" designation in the movie by the same name, the "Top Worker" designation is assigned to a very small, elite and special group that are "the best of the best". To qualify for this honor, workers must meet the following stringent requirements that require unsurpassed expertise in handling the technical details of their projects as well as providing "over the top" customer service and value to their clients:

	Experienced (Minimum of 3 projects on the site and 5,000 points in the "All Worker Competition")
	Excellent customer satisfaction (Average rating of at least 9-superb)
	Every job completed succesfully (no rating below 4)

"Top Workers" are indicated with the following logo(s) on their bids and profile:

Ribbon	Description
	Top Worker Certificate: This worker has met all the qualifications to be a "Top Worker".
	Top 10 Worker Large Ribbon: This worker has not only met all the qualifications to be a "Top Worker". but is also ranked as one of the top 10 "Top Workers" on the site.

In addition the 10 most highly ranked "Top Workers" are further honored by appearing on the right hand side of every page.

When are the "All Worker Competition" rankings and "Top Worker" designtations updated?

As the calculations for the rankings are time consuming to calculate, the worker rankings do not update as soon as a worker receives a new rating from a employers. Instead, they occur once a day between 12 AM EDT and 2:00 AM EDT.

Can I see a list of all workers by their ranking?

Yes, click here to see that list.

Can you give me an example of how scoring works?

Let's pretend that a hypothetical worker, named John Smith, won a $150 project and did a great job on it and received a 10-excellent. The employer was so happy he sent him a $200 bonus. He then attempted a $300 project but unfortunately failed to complete it. John Smith's "All Worker Competition" score would be:

Job #	$ Amount	Employer Rating	Adjusted Rating	Score
1	$150	10	10	1,500
2	$200	<none>	9	1,800
3	$300	1	-10	-3,000
				-------------
			Total:	300

You can see that to "make up" for the failed $300 project, John will need to complete additional projects succesfully. He can do so immediately with another equally sized $300 project on which he is rated a 10. Or he can complete several smaller projects that together equal $300, while receiving 10's on them, etc..