Upwork

The first few months were challenging on UpWork. If you stay focused to any one platform. You'll surely get amazing results and lots of quality clients. I remember a year where I had earned over 25K just working part time. UpWork is amazing.

Anyone reading these reviews will understand that you will be very disappointed using upwork.com.
Since I wrote my original review, things have gotten even worse so I can't imagine how bad it is now.
I only gave 1 star because I had to!

Good luck Upwork... look forward to seeing this disgusting website going down.

Upwork is really good plate form to work from home. But I would rate 5 stars if they could reimburse the connects for which jobs are still vacant. As those can be used for other proposals. The time duration of Job expiry should be less so that we can use our invested connects.

I got lucky. My client and I got "flagged" for "suspicious activity" after I'd made 50$ on two other odd jobs. They locked down my account and spent the last week doing nothing but asking us for screen shots of various things(email, the work, etc.) At one point, they started pasting the stock reply into our Zendesk ticket to keep as satisfied. I've given up.

I'm very glad I didn't get a chance to bill this client the 1,000$ through the platform, because I'll never get the 50$ back that is already in escrow there. Part of the suspension is the inability to withdraw your money. I think that's why they do it.

I've been with upwork since 2009, it was great when it was Odes, but then came the incompetent, low skilled support staff, who did not know their elbow from their ar#e!
Just such and irritating experience to have these people close job posts and waste time for absolute no reason.

I've used upwork now for 2 years and made good money here. I wish their premium service could offer less upwork fees on new contracts, and also a possibility to ad more specialized profiles. Other than that its a great platform to get into freelancing in any type of jobs you're looking for.

Posted a listing for a writer for project paying up to $10,000. Absolutely 100% legit and all screens filled out properly. However, because of imbeciles running this site, my true, authentic posting was declined as a scam. I think they have it wrong - UpWork is the scam. Wasted 20 mins. Describing high-paying job that many writers would jump at. Upwork is obviously an amateurish, nickel and dime operation with no experience or understanding of professional high paying projects. Go to other sites that really know this business.

This is the best platform for freelancer, it's secured and very productive.
I have found myself getting fairly consistent work through Upwork and I'm looking forward to many more years of working with them. Thank you everyone!

Recommended :)

Upwork is best freelancer site i worked with. Project posted by customers are all valid and payment reference also valid when we complete project.
Only one drawback for freelancers that they charge a lot 20%.

UpWork only cares about the money from their clients. Freelancers work is irrelevant to them. They will vouch for the client more than anything, and t hey won't care what the freelancer thinks. An individual is underpaid and overworked. I don't recommend this organization to anyone. In fact, work outside your house if you can.

Upwork recently suspended account without any reason. They told me that there's some violation regarding asking client's payment via paypal or something. But i never did, i asked some for some proof, they din't replied me either.

Moreover, just before getting suspended. I used to move my entire Clients either from other platforms / Facebook / Twitter and real life ones to upwork, so i could make my portfolio. But upwork ruined it at all. This is disgusting and totally unacceptable. I've referred 12 new people to use Upwork but now i am going to aware them with its reality that they're just like hell.

Please stay away from such a company. These are the real scammers.

I have submitted three emails to the Upwork staff regarding an email they sent me that had errors in it on their end. Every. Single. Email. EVERY ONE of them I got an instant email back with the same generic "we can't accept you because there isn't demand for it." Meanwhile, more than 1,600+ jobs are sitting wide open, ready for people who are willing and able to work to get clients projects completed.
What gets me is that they already had the information from me as to what my skill sets were (for which I am evidently being denied) - before I even was required to put in my personal details, such as my workplace, physical address, and phone number. So now, not only does this company have my information - they won't even consider allowing me to apply for jobs with them.
Stay the heck away from this company. Please. I wanted to have faith in this company, but their automatic system is murdering them.

Poor customer service, it sucks, my account has been suspended for multiple proposal, I have a lot of previous jobs and got 5 stars feedback, I did pass all the information to many time to upwork and nothing happened but thanks to my client he still paid me thru paypal.

One would have thought a job marketplace as safe as this would be unachievable, looking at the rate of cyber insecurity, but Upwork boast of such a safe virtual workplace environment.
Its impact to deflate balloon of skyrocketing unemployment is incredibly great.

For me, it has boost my monthly turnover. I can't wait to win more jobs, deliver satisfactorily, earn more badges and turn it from side hustle to main career.

Despite of tough competition and various level of prospective client with different budgets, it's still my online medium to acquire new contracts and keep long-term relationship with my clients. Upwork now focusing on top talent selections which I think increase the platform reputation and will attract reputable companies to hire expert contractors for short/long terms projects.

Although happy with the freelance work, I found their customer service and payment processing to be horrible. While the freelancer and I agreed to a fixed payment of $200 for a simple logo, I was charged far in excess (at one point over $600). You think it's fixed, and then they charge you again. I had no response to emails or phone calls. I feared it was a "shell" company. I finally sent out a tweet and got a response and then had to wait almost 5 days before I could speak to a person (rather than a "bot') who went on about "exchange rates" between Canada and U.S. being the discrepancy. I don't know how any American can insist that exchange rates are 3:1 when they are more like 25-30% lower for Canadian dollar! It took a long time for me to escalate this issue to the next level and although they did credit my account, there was always something missing. I just decided to cut my losses, change my credit card and NEVER use them again. Nightmare.

Upwork is an excellent portal for new and experienced freelancers looking to build their careers. Even if you're interested in taking up part-time gigs, this is a great platform to do so.

It offers a wide range of opportunities in both general and technical fields.

Getting approved can be difficult, but once you're accepted. You can make a decent living with your hard work.

I am a student of IT, and mostly my searches are related to online earning platforms. This site is great for students who want to work for other people from all over the world and share their talent globally.

I have found that Upwork is a complete waste of valuable time as after twice placing a job and ending up with zero freelancers capable of doing the required tasks I gave up. Is there a reliable source for finding freelance web programmer/builders

There can be initial interest in your job posted on Upwork but as is so typical of freelance programmers it seems, their communication skills are often non existent and they subsequently drop off the radar without quoting for the work. How one can deal with this level of ignorance is beyond me as someone trying to start a business and pay out good money for professional help.

The Upwork site is not very unhelpful in my opinion with no facility to draw attention to unprofessional conduct or failures to respond in a coherent and timely manner.

Total waste.

As an full time video editor the most difficult part of my job was to find jobs and land clients, In my 2 year freelance journey I've found upwork to be the best platform for any freelancer out there.

There are better freelancing platforms than Upwork. They will occasionally request a random interview and don't mention they charge service fees upon sign up. Also, there are a lot of online threads about account suspensions out of the blue. This platform is like one of those apps that go bad after an update!

I never thought I could but...

Within 3 days I got my first client and then 4 days later my second.
So the start was great.

Why I rated 4* is that Upwork takes 20% service charge. That's high already but they also make you buy "connects".
You need to buy "connects" to be able to send proposals.
I think this is unnecessary, given the size of their platform.

Not to end on a negative note, it is a great chance to build your portfolio and gain experience.
However, in the long run, I do not know how much of my earned money I want to throw at them.

I recommend it for anyone getting started and side hustling.

I'm a freelancer. Applied for a number of jobs over the past two years. Haven't gotten a single one until recently. The client kept trying to go around the platform but I liked having the backing of Upwork (I thought) in case something went awry. Well, it did as the client's payment method didn't go through when payday hit. So, I worked for two weeks for free. I did online advertising for him and of course his credit card ended up not processing (loser) so I'm stuck with HIS EXPENSES too! Ridiculous. Upwork has been completely worthless helping with this situation. Worthless. Do not waste your time!