Stay away. It is terrible as an employee. The first research job I took went fine.The client was satisfied with my work, and paid me. The second one... is still on going and the woman has been stalling for over a month in paying. I didn't get the milestone from her, and the site basically told me to keep emailing her and be patient. They charged me $16 dollars when I took the job, and despite numerous complaints to them, they have only emailed her, and told me to be patient. I finally received a response from her a week ago that she had not looked at my work, and would get back to me that night. She did not.
Freelancer is a scam. They have not offered to refund my fee, and she is still operating on the site. There is no move to suspend her, or penalize her and what seems to be others who use the name in her account. I informed the site of this and got no response. She has several good reviews, but some refer to her as a male, and use a couple of different names than the one given me.
Hi Stephanie, my name is Marcus and I'm from Freelancer.com. I regret to hear about the experience you had with your second employer. I understand how frustrating it can be, waiting for the employer's payment. I wish to look into this and review what has happened to the project. Please send me an email with your username to marcusc@freelancer.com. Also, please include the username of your employer so I can further review your complaint. Thank you and I hope to hear from you soon.