UPDATE: we’ve successfully completed maintenance and restored the service to normal. Again, apologies for the inconvenience.
oDesk.com will be briefly unavailable while we deal with an unforeseen database problem. In order to perform the work safely, we need all external access to be suspended.
We sincerely apologize for the lack of advance notification – we expect this to be brief (15-30 minutes).
Thanks for your patience.
Posted by John 
