Upwork

I was interviewed on Skype by a person who got my contact from Upwork. He said he was from a company whose logo is HIPP- Hallmark IELTS Prep Program. He claimed he would give me a job with his website. Subsequently he asked if I knew someone who "make hjim happy for a week for $500 and then sent a msg from*******304 with a picture of a BJ and it said $500.
Does Upwork review job offers? Why does it not have a way to let the company(upwork) know that there are aholes out there who are doing this kind of thing.
This was very insulting and has completely turned me off of the website and made me question all online jobs.
I would give zero stars if I could.

I had heard that the customer service on this site was terrible, and really just unnecessarily rude, but for some reason I had to see if for myself. I started a profile, and wasn't really prepared to do it all in one sitting - I wanted to spend a couple days perfecting it. The first night after creating the profile (and before even attempting to get any gigs) I get this long drawn out and really just cold and rude email detailing all the UPWORK POLICIES I was violating with my unfinished profile - really? I haven't even finished it yet! Needless to say I deleted the account - I can't even imagine what's its like trying to handle a problem with these people. Also - didn't receive any sort of "sad to see you go" email or any attempt to figure out why I canceled. They were just like SEE YA

Terrible customer service. No Support line, takes days to respond to inquires even when in the middle of multiple contracts. A terrible experience all around.

On Upwork i feel more relax as compared other freelancing platforms. You will find only professional and long term clients on this website. Thanks Upwork

-It cost roughly £7.50 to apply for a semi popular job (20-50 people applied)
-You have to pay to say you are available for the job (despite having just applied for the job) This price can go up or down depending on "demand."
-The £12 membership only gives you 80 connects for the month. If you bid for a semi popular job you half your connects, whilst having to spend 20-30% of them on saying that you are available for the month.
-On top of this they take 20% of earnings, you also loose out each time over transfer costs.
-I'm pretty sure the clients don't know they take 20% and so continue to low ball you.
-In the automatic Upwork contract you have to give over your files (the files you work on) which is absurd and should be down to you.
-Very little response from Upwork if you need help/ when the community is angry. So many people spoke out about the connects system and they SHUT DOWN those forums. (Example of someone complaining below)

As you can imagine when applying for jobs you apply to multiple, and it simply isn't doable with Upwork. It costs and arm and a leg to apply to two-three jobs with the next person quickly outbidding you so you stand no chance. Joke of a website who don't care about the freelancers who make their site work. I would be fine the 20% off my earnings if they got rid of the connects.

Upwork is one of the best Freelancer.com website and can get good business from there, I love to work with this and yes i would recommend to the CEO and Managing Director that Kindly please take look about the fake project issue, and also there are some improvement is important about the the project fee which is 20% you can less that fee like less then 300 USD 30% and more then 500 USD for 15% and then 750 USD 10% like that.
And also without verified project cant post project.
Small suggestion for you!

You need to be very careful about choosing freelancers. The quality might be pretty inconsistent. Also I had a situation when the freelances just went MIA and I ended up wasting a lot of time.

Upwork is a blessing for freelancers. It actually works. Tons of professional jobs are posted on the site. A wonderful market. Dedicated, expert support is available around the clock! Super!

This website is a beneficial source of leads. Of course, not all projects are interesting, and some project budgets are meager, but we can say that it brings some revenues.

I used to think that I am what I am and theres no need for me to strive more because what for when I am already earning offline.

But then my friend keeps teling me about upwork so I decided to try. I realize that there is a great world outside the wall I have made. I decided to try. When I was not serious about it my profile was disapproved. Thats when I realised that upwork is not a joke and I should not B e a mediocre.

Upwork also taught me to know my worth and not just acceot paid trials or what soever. They are protective of us.

Upwork helps me to strive excellence because its what we give to clients.

It is user friendly too and really helpful especially in these times of pandemic. And oh, when youre in Upwork you are well taken care of.

Thanks Upwork.

Upwork is one of the best platform that I have used ever. I always found very Nice client to work with them in my spare time.

I will recommend to all of you use the amazing platform.

I have had an account on upwork since they were odesk. I did many projects under odesk and if you can actually find a good company that is willing to pay, as opposed to preferring someone from the Philippines that works for a dollar an hour or a penny a word, then that would be the single thing that is good about upwork. If I would have known how much it has changed, I never would have worked through them again. On a $600 check, they take $120 in FEES! I will never do another contract through upwork. You do all the work, and they get 20% of your money. They wonder why people meet outside on Skype or something and then become a contractor outside of the network, just in case they don't know why yet, it's your crazy, outrageous, government-like fees! They literally take 20% of your money until you make over $600, and then they take 10% of your money! This is not including taxes or anything else. Trust me, use upwork for the contacts, and then ask the employer for a separate agreement outside of them. Although you take a minimal risk in the person not paying, just do only a certain amount of work upfront that you can afford to lose to make sure that they are upstanding. That's the only way to make sure you can eat everyday... because Upwork doesn't care if you do.