Upwork

I am a working professional designer and thought I could earn some extra money from Upwork. The clients are generally terrible at communication. Countless people have accepted my proposals, wasted my time with back-and-forth emails, etc. Only to disappear and never be heard from again. In addition to the low quality clientele, the site is over saturated with mediocre, untrained awful freelancers. Upwork is garbage and I will never waste my time with them again.

Upwork is the best Freelancing platform to work as an individual freelancer or agency. It takes care about all the things like payment assurance, quality work and every side things which a freelancer or a client needs and makes us to focus only on work for faster success

Upwork is ruining their own brand.

Experienced, skilled freelancers are giving up on Upwork, it is an inferior freelancing platform and the company is very difficult to work. It has turned into a sweatshop, low wage joke!
Example: Hiring clients looking for the most experienced freelancers from US and paying them an average of $6.72 an hour.
Most people would conclude that Upwork is the worst freelancing platform. They are driving their reputation and brand down the drain.

For serious professional freelancers it is a negative to be associated with Upwork. Freelancers and serious hiring clients - go elsewhere. Don't waste your time.

Living in a third world country is hard, very hard. And your only way to be able to make the most out of your talents and skills is to think and work location independent and that's where Upwork provides that platform.

With Upwork, I can not only earn the world standard in what my skills are worth but also I can gain relevant experience that puts me way above professionally in how far my skills can get me in my country. Its a very good invention for today's world. Definitely recommend

I have used a few freelancing websites and can state unequivocally that my experience has demonstrated that Upwork is the best freelancer website for my specialization. One of the major benefits found on Upwork that is sadly lacking on other sites is the ability to purchase unlimited bids. When building a business, freelancing or otherwise, the key is to reach out to as many potential clients as possible in the shortest amount of time. Unlike most other freelancing sites, Upwork does not restrict the number of projects you can bid on.

I really love to work on Upwork and I would recommend every person who wants to start a freelancing carrier he/she should join Upwork. Upwork provides a great platform to start earning side by side of your job or studies. The payment method of Upwork is supercool, they charge very low amount when you are transferring the payment earned into your bank account.

So talking about the darker side, there is huge problem of connects in Upwork as if you have just started working on Upwork it is possible that you may get out of connects very soon. Although they charge very less of buying the connects but as a freelancer sometimes I don't earn money for a long period, so it becomes difficult to buy them.

Absolutely happy to work on this site. Interesting job, payment protection. Everything is convenient and understandable. Easily find a job in that area that interests me. If you have questions, the support team responds quickly. A great option to make money without leaving your home. And it's a good place to find great professionals for your project.

Just stay away from UpWork. The worst platform for freelancers.
They use a score system that makes your feedback stars completely useless. I have 5 jobs completed successfully with 5 stars each and my success score is 60%. Many clients refuse to work with me because they ask: Why is your score that low?
I talked to UpWork support team about my score and is like talking to a automated script. They keep sending me pre-made answers and links.
Just stay away from it. You will regret investing time in making good reviews. Is just a waste of time

This site could be good, but the majority of the jobs are junk and the amount of money they charge is way too much for the service they provide. Most jobs that are not, do my homework are people looking for someone in third world countries that will do their job for them. I have had some nice low paying jobs editing and proofing for non-native English speakers. So I proof someone's blog for 10 dollars and receive 8 dollars. Not so great. 100 becomes 80 and so on. Most of my freelance work now comes from word of mouth, Craigslist and other places. Then I get a notice my account will be suspended if I am not more active on their site? Doesn't freelance mean you work when you want? I did not sign any contract with them.

Upwork isn't worth it. I did work for a fixed rate of $100 and then only $40 was "paid" and never went into my account because Upwork pays nothing for work under $100. If you are a bright writer desperate for work don't take this route. Imagine that you get a nasty smell reading this review, as if something in your fridge smelled wrong. Get it, like I didn't get it, because I love to write. Something is wrong with the site, the feeling you get when you're lied to.

The interface is such a smooth experience.
Whole website is designed to make it easy for the freelancers to get projects.
Fair way in handling money related issues.
Great place to find all kinds of works.

Upwork has provided me a platform to find and secure projects and roles within my area of expertise. For the past 18 months I have successfully worked and earned on UpWork with a variety of clients. In fact, just yesterday I launched my own freelancing business due to the success I have had. I truly cannot say enough about the ease of use and the quality contracts I have worked on.

I have found Upwork to be a very good online workspace. It has a very good platform and it provides a range of tools and resources to work efficiently and conveniently. Additionally, the community is very diverse with dynamic and active support forums, in case you face any issues.

The only suggestion I have at the moment is perhaps increase number of connects for a new account and decrease processing time of the payments or the % of the fee for growing accounts.

I'm really enjoying my time here. Highly recommended!

Jarrett Cedric Yap helped me out regarding my issues I was facing on Upwork and I must say that he explained me everything in details. And told me all the step to follow. I really appreciate the work he is doing. And due to his help, I am rising talent on Upwork. Thanks a lot.