The platform is a great way to find clients and projects that need my skill as a professional.
The constant upgrades to the platform also keep us motivated to make better portfolios and find better jobs
I'm trying to find a lawyer and they asked for all type of private information for me to even do so. Then they suspended me after sending offers to lawyers. So basically they stole my private information and unethically suspended me
Upwork is the place to be. I really love working on that platform because of the security and the reliability of their team. No scams, no unpleasant encounters because of the thorough screening of freelancers and clients.
It brings workers and employers together in a suitable environment. You can see jobs that are in demand in the world, and you can do business in a worldwide competitive environment. Thus, you can see your limits as well as where you need to improve.
I am a freelancer on Upwork since it was Elance/oDesk 2014 year.
The main problem on the platform can be only in the first days after registration. Hard to find a few first projects and receive first positive feedbacks. After you receive the "Rising Talent" badge you can apply much more successfully on more and more projects. But of course, you have always search for new projects, even if you currently have some. That is the main rule for all freelance platforms.
If you are a client and searching for High-quality freelancers for your projects there are many tools to find the person you need.
One-time, or long-term projects.
High-rate or low-rate freelancers.
Any budget projects and freelancers are available only on Upwork.
So please welcome.
I have made great connections on Upwork! I have been able to get a full-time job after working with a client on Upwork and I have had mostly great luck with the clients I have worked with. As a brand-new freelancer, Upwork has provided me with a great client base to start working with.
I always wanted to be my own boss. So I was looking for something that can help me to build my career. I found Upwork and found my fortune. I was able to build a strong profile on Upwork through my work and my dedication. Now I'm a top-rated 'Admin support specialist' and working with various foreign clients successfully through Upwork. I'm a full-time freelancer on Upwork. So Upwork is a part of my life :)
I used Upwork for a month and they just suspend my account with 0 explanation. During the suspension, Upwork took all the money I earned from clients and gave no reason why I was suspended. Then they required me to upload my personal information (ID and bank statement) for further verification. After submitting required documents, Upwork just decided to ban my account and again with no explanation.
As I mentioned on the title, Upwork changed my life. I was a normal office worker, working from 8am to 6pm every single day. But since I joined to Upwork, I feel confident to leave my normal job to a full-time remote worker. Upwork made remote work became way much easier and safer for freelancer like me. I loved it!
I have created my profile on this may. I have also an agency, so i applied for a job and yesterday i have completed a job for motion graphic by 2 days and where i got payed well and appreciation by client. Upwork is a platform of great opportunity. I just loved upwork. Well hoping for more opportunities from upwork platform.
Thanks
I will absolutely not be using UpWork again after the terrible experience I had. The client who had clearly scammed me and refused to pay for the work I had finished well before the deadline was credited back his money (he had only deposited $0.01 into escrow because he clearly knew he would be scamming the freelancer) after I filed a dispute with UpWork. They claimed the dispute was closed because each of us was credited the amount in escrow and I don't think my review of him is showing up now to warn others that he is a scammer! UpWork has no problem with allowing others to be cheated out of their labor after knowing full well what he did to me (and probably others). This is unconscionable, I am absolutely disgusted with this site. Please don't fall for their shady practices!
Using Upwork has allowed me to build an amazing writing career and build a business brand. I strongly recommend using Upwork to help build your business and career as a freelancer or hire freelancers.
I worked at Upwork very hard and so I had good work history.
By the way one of my clients had problem at his bank account and so my Upwork account was closed by this problem.
I cannot work at Upwork anymore.
I think that it's not my false and that is client's problem.
The Upwork is very very very $#*!.
Over the last few months Upwork has been my go-to platform to find work. Yes, Upwork is expensive, it is sometimes difficult to find quality jobs with trustworthy clients on the platform and there are always people outside of the US who will underbid me on projects.
But once you understand the system, once you build a clientele, once you learn to identify great clients before you submit proposals, and when you can show clients that your value is based on the quality of your work, not your cost, then Upwork is one of the best sites in the market to find good projects.
I have recommended Upwork to numerous other freelancers since the start of Covid, it is the one site where I can consistently find great projects and where clients are not requesting that I lower my rates. There are many things that Upwork can improve, but the fact that they deposit money in my bank account weekly and I can focus on work and not invoicing and collections keeps me coming back.
Offers nothing special to freelancers and doubles their fees. Does nothing to support small freelancers or prevent its freelancers from being scammed. Don't post your bad reviews on their forums, they just delete them.
This Freelancing website is one of the best. They work hard to make the business run. Recently the provide the below
1- Free connects, 2- Video conference via Zoom, from time to time they encourage us to make some interviews with some of their buyers, and musch more.
Upwork is the most reliable and professional platform for the clients and freelancer.
Keep up the good work. And I love the way upwork keep branding its clients and freelancers.
This platform.is heaven. For freelancers.
Well, how should I start... i am so much happy now due to ability to work from anywhere. As i was not at all happy while working in city, but upwork allowed me to get 3times more salary than i was getting in company with 100times less stress. So now i enjoy my work, and can command good money for my service. Thankyou Upwork!
I am a member and I requested to submit my proposal but it doesn't allow me to send it so I sent 6 emails to customer support and I have no response. A couple of od days later, Upwork wants me to pay my renewal membership fee because I am almost expired. I guess I need to pay the money so I can submit my proposal.
Freelancer promised everything and did nothing, and I mean NOTHING, but took the escrow money, almost $1000. So I disputed it. Elance didn't even read the dispute, told me to pay $133 to some other website to dispute it? WTF? When I contacted Elance they said "Elance is not a legal decision-making entity and therefore cannot investigate the facts or judge who is right or wrong. Elance cannot decide how funds should be divided between the parties." WHAT THE F? What good is using elance if they can't refund money? Isn't that the entire point of using elance, that if the freelancer does nothing i can dispute it and get a refund? I might as well just hire anyone online and not even use elance, refund policy is the same.
Answer: They are horrible. Every freelancer I've gotten from Upwork has cost me more to fix the small job they have done. There's absolutely no customer service! I would stay away
Answer: This is not the place to inquire.
Answer: No, just 20% of your job when we talk about fixed price, and same for hourly but after some week it's been 10%
Answer: Go to Settings › Contact Info › Click the Close my account link. If you meet the requirements, click the button to confirm that you want to close your account.
Answer: I am a customer and have had a really horrible experience. Upwork claims a 100% guarantee before you pay anything. That is not true. The process is actually quite horrible. You put money in escrow. You only get your money back after a bad contract if the freelancer agrees to release the money. If the freelancer refuses, you get a bargain offer to still pay them something but still you are paying for a bad job you can't use. Then, if you refuse to bargain over a bad job, you are told that it will cost you an additional $389 to arbitrate with a 3rd party affiliate that the customer (me), the freelancer (scammer) and Upwork (ripoff enabler) has to pay. I took it all the way to arbitration with the end result being that Upwork decided that I was just too uninformed to know their policy and that they would give me a one time only refund of my original amount. What they didn't tell me what that they just gave me a "credit" of my original amount and that was the end. So I am still out the original amount and can't get my money back. This sight is a ripoff. Plain and simple.
Answer: Because of their policy changes which are geared towards the client rather than the freelancer. They have dug their own grave with their policy changes of late.
Answer: Go to Get Paid on PC or Mobile, you will see 3 dots in front of your payment method, tap to select edit/remove to change them. Go to Billing Method on PC under Billing Section and tap three dots to change (edit/remove). Thanks
Answer: Be part and see, dont look at the sold mine reviews people, upwork can bush you to reach.
Answer: I agree with Sam. This place is a scam. They have bad reviews everywhere. Katrina is probably working for them!
Upwork has a rating of 2.3 stars from 2,123 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Upwork most frequently mention customer service, credit card and job success. Upwork ranks 7th among Freelancing sites.