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Texas
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Terrible company
June 15, 2016

I have been with this company for a year and have yet to have been given a job. I have a bachelors in business, I type 70wpm, I am a writer, editor, proofreader, and I am very knowledgeable with technology (one of the best). I added my experience just in case some one has something smart to say about my education.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
Italy
1 review
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I'm an italian young woman, and despise my bachelor's degree and my skills I haven't found a job in my country, expecially during the pandemia. With Upwork, I can work with many clients from all over the world that I would have never met, and I can earn as a freelancer.

Date of experience: December 9, 2020
Bangladesh
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Best Remote Work Space!
January 25, 2022

Working at upwork for last 10 years as a Lead generator. Day by day upwork grew up also I grew up with.
As a full-time remote Lead Generator, I don't need to go to any other marketplace for looking for a job. A lot of clients post their job from whole over the world and we the freelancer providing the best support to them. Without upwork, it wasn't possible and won't be possible. Upwork is transparent for both parties client and freelancer. I'm glad to be a part of upwork.

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Kaushik Farhan

Date of experience: January 24, 2022
GB
1 review
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As a freelancer, I have had relationships with several directories, but I will give a thumps-up to Upwork.
They are the best directory for freelancers.

Date of experience: March 15, 2021
Serbia
1 review
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You have to be bold and persistent to prove yourself and make a success on Upwork! There are numerous job oportunities, and you have to be self-confident enogh to choose to apply to those that best suits your skills. It's fun and profitable.

Date of experience: May 30, 2020
Albania
1 review
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Honestly this is the best website.
I can talk with customers and share thoughts with.
Earning money is never been easy but this website gives you so much oppurtunities and also you can share you experience with others.
Highly recommanded

Date of experience: December 28, 2020
Italy
1 review
10 helpful votes
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A client owes me 100$ for an underpaid work. Upwork bans me after I submit the work and tells me that if the client pays me, they collect 20% as fee. If the client doesnt pay me I can basically screw myself and cry about it. Winners are keepers, loosers are weepers. Not the exact words, but I cant explain the situation any better. Moreover, customer service gets judgmental on their silly rules rather than my earnings from hard work. My client ignores me, and Upwork doesnt give a $#*!. I am trying to haunt them on social media to remidn them of their responsability to do more for ensuring me one last payment pending. Dont wish to work for them anymore, but ensure my payment.

Date of experience: May 20, 2017
Australia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I hired a freelancer on upwork to make an app for me.The freelancer logged manual hours and upwork released the funds to him with out asking me if i received anything in return which i had not.So in turn i lost $600.00 and they are putting the blame on me
WHAT A SCAM SITE IT IS

Date of experience: April 4, 2017
Pakistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Upwork is a very good sitr wich provide equal chance to client and freelancer to make a job with full confidence. As a freelancer we should always do the job with upwork because upwork make us secure.

Date of experience: November 15, 2020
Sri Lanka
1 review
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I have been on Upwork for about 8 years and so far I have gained lot of experience and success I actually could work so far over ******* hours only from hourly contracts and lord of other fixed price projects as well the reason for my success is I have always been honest to the upwork and for the clients that I'm dealing with.
While we are working If we face with any kind of issue we can have chat with the people of upwork any time from the live chat platform untill the issue is being resolved, the people we are chatting with very knowledgeable and friendly.
As a freelance I can strongly recommend upwok.

Date of experience: December 6, 2020
Kenya
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Freelancer Friendly
August 3, 2021

Upwork is a great place to source for professionals. As a lawyer, Upwork avails a platform to serve a global pool of clients who have the opportunity to review my services. They also have an escrow protection for both the clients and the freelancers. You may reach out to me by a simple google search of: Opiyo Ochieng Upwork profile.
Thank you Upwork for the platform.

Date of experience: August 3, 2021
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Very disapointed upset and angry.
I hired a Freelancer to do some research. I provided clear guidelines as to the topic and information needed. Within 2 weeks reviewed the work provided - it was clear the Freelancer had not read the guidelines and the research provided was totally unuseable. They then began to bill for work that was not completed. Half way through the contract the Freelancer changed their name and location two times so the original person I contracted with did not appear to be the current person I was dealing with. Support from Upwork identified that the account and person had been banned even though they had opened up again under another name and location. No refund of funds. The whole set up appeared to be scammy. I have learned my lesson I will not use this platform again

Date of experience: April 20, 2020
Nevada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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I have been a freelancer for a very short time with UPWORK and no where are you able to reach out for assistance as a "Freelancer" to make sure you get paid. I have recently been engaged with two doctors from Washington to solicit and create a sponsorship package for their event in Martha's Vineyard, a "Mindfulness Retreat", Aeva Doomes. I was not paid and they ended contract. They were very hard to work with and very rude, sending threatening emails on time frames, etc. Upwork answered no outreach to assist.

Date of experience: April 27, 2018
India
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Upwork has changed my life for better. Wonders happened when I joined upwork back in 2013 from Elance. Since then, I never looked back as a expert transcriptionist. I built a new home, I have good bank balance and I am planning to buy my second car. During the COVID crisis when the world is struggling, I am sitting at the comfort of my home and earning handsomely. Though its not the same as before, I am optimistic that things will change once the COVID ends. I am also now a Top Rated Plus freelancer. I accomplished a lot so far and it's all because of Upwork. I wish that Upwork continues to succeed for years to come.

Date of experience: August 11, 2020
Poland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Access to area premium is done.
Today I paid with my PM's account for gold memership...
I thinking this is scam but I can say that this site is very good.
Activation was made in few minutes after I paid for it.
Now I makeing my first payout from gold area and it is greatful...

Greetings to you admin

Date of experience: January 28, 2015
Tunisia
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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As a Top Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork, I can say that Upwork allowed me not only to start as a freelancer, to get my first jobs and to learn new skills, but also to work with renowned clients worldwide, with whom I never thought I would work.
I will always be grateful to Upwork for having changed my life!

Date of experience: October 23, 2020
Nigeria
1 review
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Upwork is a great freelancing platform in terms of helping people to reach their goals while working from home, I will recommend this great site for others to benefit and have this great experience.

Date of experience: January 14, 2021
Poland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Great site!
October 31, 2013

Great site!
I recived payment today from this services.
I get gold membership via PM.

Batch transaction:
10/31/2013 13:05
From/To Account: U******* (UpWorkPtr Company)
Amount: *******
Currency: USD
Batch: *******
Memo: payment from eco-investment.biz

Date of experience: October 31, 2013
VE
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Upwork.com provides the best and most complete freelancer platform of all. Great tools and protection for us, freelancers and clients to achieve our goals.

Date of experience: January 19, 2021
India
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Great marker place to work with, no hassle in releasing the payments, once project is assigned, their policies ensure that we are paid timely even when most of clients dont respond when job is done.

Date of experience: November 9, 2015

Overview

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.

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