Upwork

There is NO LOGIC of paying 100$ as a fee for a total 500$ project. Also, they charge another 2.75% processing fee from your client when client pay you. Upwork totally sucks.

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There are many job offers, a lot of tasks, clients from all over the world!
If you want to work with foreign customers, earn more money than at home, and work from anywhere in the world, you at Upwork!

The platform helped me to be able to offer my services to everyone.
For a long time it was my main source of income.
Certain things like problems as customers are normal and I believe that it is not within reach of the platform to solve this since it is something human.
Follow the rules, understand the platform, be a good professional and be successful as a freelancer on that platform

I earned $1000 from my client and all the funds were released. And suddenly upwork wanted to have a chat with me. We had a chat and then I saw that my financial account is limited. All the funds were sent back to the client. Piece of joke. Never work there. They only suck their client's $#*! but never cares for the freelancers who're keeping it running.

Elance is considered by many as one of the most popular online destination to find freelance work or outsource jobs to freelancers from across the globe. I believe that running such a website must be a very difficult task. Employers want to hire the best possible candidates for a job and the job seekers want the best possible price for their work. Elance provides these two parties a platform to develop strong business relationships.

I've tried different freelancing and i got my first client in upwork... until now i only got client there even though im only beginners on freelancing upwork gave me so much opportunity to work from here since the start of the pandemic..

I started upwork almost 5 months back. Started working with a few clients, it made me financially independent, but it gave me a family as well, the clients became my family soon. Thanks for providing such a great platform to work on.

I love Upwork! I'm in my 4th month on this platform it is secured and fast action if you have any concerns about your Upwork account and other concerns. I already a rising talent and clients. It's a great opportunity with Upwork.

Upwork has been to thus date the best freelance website that I have ever been on. Its authentic client base, freelancers have a way to get fast and quality works done. As a freelancer working in accounting and finance, I love upwork.

I have almost 8 years of experience in IT and I created a profile on upwork. I was charging comparatively less as I was new to the freelancing business. After few proposals, the upwork has suspended my account forever stating that the skillset do not match. I have been working with various multinational companies and do not see a point here. The customer service is too bad.

I found some of the best clients in this market place. I think the fee of 20% at the beginning fo the contract is a bit too much but after $500 it becomes 10% which I think ok as they provide one of the best technique to guarantee freelancers money. I never felt that I may not get paid in Upwork. Also, I am not a fan new bidding system I think it make it hard for a new freelancer to join Upwork. Otherwise, I think Upwork is the best freelancing platform out there especially for long term jobs and they have the best environment for the freelancer who knows what they're doing.

Upwork fails to close contracts after a period of inactivity. If you forget to end a contract, then this contract can stay open indefinitely, which can result in what happened in my case. A freelancer fraudulently logged hours for a contract that was open and inactive for over a year. Since Upwork automatically withdraws from clients checking accounts, I was stuck paying for the fraudulent hours. I was scammed out of $700.00. Upwork is as much to blame as the fraudulent freelancer. They should have had safeguards in place to automatically freeze, close, or end contracts after a period of inactivity. All I got from Upwork was an apology and $100.00 credit. Moral of this story... keenly monitor your contracts and always close them because Upwork is riddled with fraudulent freelancers.

I was with Upwork for 9 years and I have no major issues with them. They have help me move up and live a better life compared to those days were I was still working in an office.

Upwork help me both financially and professionally. I learned so much things and variety of skillsets because I have the leeway to do it while I am helping my clients from Upwork.

Thank you Upwork and please continue to serve your purpose.

Upwork is unique in providing work and how to maintain customer assurance for both parties, and this distinguishes it from other sites similar to it in providing this service. I recommend using it to meet any work you want, provided that it ends under independent clients of the highest quality.

I have been on Freelancer for several months, looking for incremental business. Each time that I apply for a job, Freelancer requires that I take an exam, e.g., math, English, etc. All exams requires that I pay a fee. I have been a bookkeeper and tax preparer for over 10 years and decided that this site is not what purports to be. I have since removed myself from this site and would not recommend it to anyone. It's too bad, because the concept is good.

A employer hired me to do a job and then bailed on the project. I was doing decent business until I get hired for a project by what I think was a scammer. I tried to contact this individual for months to no effect. Instead of helping me, Elance suspended my account and then after "their review" say that their decision is final. There are several other freelancer sites that have a much better rating and customer service... use Elance and in the end, they will screw you over too.

This website is absolutely awful. I must admit the way they set it up isn't bad.It is easy to navigate, but holy crap the freelancers on this website are terrible. I have only done one project on this website and it was a disaster. I asked the first guy I hired to make a cartoon Donald Trump. I thought the design was great until I found out he took the image straight off google images. Then I asked to make a cartoon Hillary Clinton and he absolutely butchered that. It took him for times to actually make the revision I asked for then when I asked to add something he wouldn't do it because he said his design looks more professional. So I fired him. Next I hired someone for the same project and it took 4 days to get any kind of update from him. My work was still not complete. 3 days later still no design. And to top things off the website goes down for at least 2-3 days a week... THIS WEBSITE SUCKS!

Here you can really find interesting work and responsible intellectual clients.
To be successful here, you only need to be responsible for your words.
I really like the platform, it provides great opportunities for everyone to develop!

Have not been disappointed on the upwork platform, they are very professional, attentive and you can be assured that client will pay you. Having a contract before starting a job it's an amazing idea, upwork transparency it's on another level. Have never had such a confidence on an online platform like upwork. I found assurity and security and final confidence to work on that platform.

They haven't a clue about business structures outside the US and make you jump through so many hoops for a paltry rate that it really isn't worth the effort. They don't understand that a Limited Company is a legal entity or that all freelancers aren't sole traders.

Hi,
I work as a fractional CMO and COO, supporting clients both with short-term projects and long term engagement. I have been a member of Upwork for several years, leveraging it to identify opportunities. I have made some excellent connections. Upwork is easy to navigate and provides credible info on companies that are looking for help. I highly recommend it to consultants and freelancers.

As a contractor I have lost hundreds of dollars when the freelancer disappeared.

And as a freelancer I did not receive their help in recuperating money from a contractor I worked for.

Sh*t customer service, no safety provided but damn do they ever forget to charge their big commisions? Never!

They blocked files from being downloaded from my freelancer, then totally failed in their attempt to make them available, causing me to miss my deadline. They hide the support chat between time wasting worthless FAQs and a labyrinth of crap. They detracted from the interaction and got paid for it.