Patrick P.

Upwork boasts of having TWELVE MILLION freelancers. Impressive. But if you are one of the 12 million, it is insane. How can 12 million freelancers expect to EVER get a job with Upwork? I have been with them for quite a while now, and have spent a lot of money for tokens in which to submit proposals. No matter how much I've tweaked my profile, no matter how much I've gone through their "training", I have yet to land one single gig. Then I got to thinking about it. At 15 cents a shot, and 12 million freelancers bidding on jobs,... that's a potential revenue of almost TWO MILLION DOLLARS for one job listing! And that is only if it cost only one token (they call them "connects"), but they all cost at least two connects, or 30 cents, so that's really around $3.5 million potential revenue off one job listing.
But my question is, What if they are posting FAKE JOB OFFERS? I can't prove it, but they say they award three million jobs to writers each year. That means at least nine million writers NEVER GET A JOB... even though they are spending no telling how much for tokens to bid on jobs! But if you really wanted to boost your revenue, what better way to do it than offering jobs that don't even exist! That way you can lure your freelancers into spending millions upon millions a year for the right to just bid on a job!
Remember, they are a billion dollar company... how in hell can they generate a billion dollars off of three million jobs awarded? THINK ABOUT IT. Especially since most of the jobs pay almost nothing.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!