Upwork

You could work through UpWork for 10 years and contribute tens of thousands of dollars to their profit and they could lay you off forever in a heartbeat based on their policy (after 10 years) or based on a whim of your employer who falsely reports you. If you built your freelance business solely on UpWork platform YOU ARE SCREWED my friend.

UpWork is just another example of evil corporatism. The fact that they make money out of connecting workers with employers for hard cash does not make them any different from weapons producers or oil companies.

They represent the evil nature of corporatism. They care only about their profit.

Yes, there are people who are trying to scam you here, just like any other freelance site. Yes, there are people who want to pay too low. You don't have to accept those offers. I put it offers with maybe 30 places, only got a couple answers, because I want a good price for my work. The last person who hired me ended up having a lot of work for me. I write questions for him, they take 5-10 minutes a piece, and it pays $5 a question. So, I'm making 30- 60 dollars an hour with this client. He has been very professional, very available, and I haven't had a rejection or a problem with pay. I have a full time job, and this is still easy enough to make an extra ~500 or so a month. Sift through all the bullsh*t and you can find some great work on here.

The way contracts are dealt with is protective of both clients and freelancers. The UI of the site is amazing, as is the forum community. Perhaps the best thing I like about Upwork is its social media presence, which is by far the best among all freelance platforms!

This place designed for freelancer and anyone looks for freelancer to done their project. I have no issue working via this platform and working ethic here is always come first. If you are experienced freelancer looking for real job with trusted payment, Upwork is the place for you.

I have been on Upwork for 3+ years now and all opportunities I've got from the platform were all amazing. Not all of them were 5 stars but everything I got out of the jobs (experience, skills, training, knowledge,...) were priceless. Kudos to Upwork and their amazing staff.

My partner joined up work as freelancer and received 5 starts for every job he did. He applied for multiple jobs and wasn't contracted to all of them so upwork indefinitely suspended his account saying that his skills weren't good enough! What the. That's disgusting, no support for freelancers, my partner is a graphic design student and charged bugger all for jobs he just didn't get contracted to some because he aimed too high, if he knew up work would do this he never would have applied for high skill jobs even though he actually is highly skilled just didn't have enough proof, this website is a disgusting discriminating piece of work! Very angry.

Had 2 -3 yrs work through this site as a photographer, a few big jobs 2000$+ so was quite happy but then had one client who took forever to decide on images and suddenly my account was under review which i had no idea what this meant.
Contacted them and all they could say was the same reply over and over, complete the job and account will be reviewed. So job finished and nothing. So contacted them and within 48 hrs they decided that my account should be closed. No explanation as why they thought that just closed. I have been a pro photographer for over 20 yrs so run a professional business so for them to call my professionalism into doubt really annoys me.at least give the elancer some feedback as why they think this. Happy to take my money when i upgraded my account now complete bastards when i ask wtf they are doing this. Luckily they are less than 1% of my income but it really f**ks me off how they have treated me.

Don't tell anyone but I have been able to score $100/hr, long-term, interesting and very cool gigs from UpWork, from very nice people from the comfort of my own home. Mind you, you need to work hard to go through the listings, but if you're diligent and persistent and you take a little extra time to make a connection, UpWork is an excellent place to get gigs and make money.

I've been working on the Upwork platform for a year and a half and my business has soared. The platform is easy to use, offers many resources such as a time tracker, invoice sheets, and lifetime billing data by client. The customer service team is always polite and resourceful, and I would not have the solid clients I currently have if it wasn't for Upworks vetting process. I have attempted to find other platforms to branch out, but none of the others have the ease of use and clientele. I highly recommend this platform to other freelancers that are masters of their trade.

I am Upwork I have been working for 1.5 years. This site provides all the tools for normal work between a freelancer and a client. The main thing is to use them correctly. I am happy to recommend this site for professionals in their field and for those who want to find these professionals.

Amongst all the platforms my all-time favorite is only and only Upwork. The client and job facility both are awesome here. Very user-friendly and high standard platform. I am proud to be a part of upwork family and this is my only source of income. Upwork fulfilling all my dreams. Thanks :)

I have used Elance before it became Upwork and the quality of providers was much higher. These days as long as someone can pass the basic ready test he is good to go and based on Upwork policys allowed to screw you out of time and money. If you and your contractor agree on terms Upwork does not care and allows them to bill you what they want. So if someone enters hrs you are stuck paying for services which where not delivered. Will be looking for a new platform to hire programming contractors as Upwork is becoming shady. They bill you Monday am, and before you can dispute something they deduct the $$ from your account. Legit companys give you a few days to review and you pay for undisputed amounts. But hey customer service is as bad as the platform itself as it is down multiple times a week

Have been fetching projects through upwork since the time it was odesk. Its a great source, in fact the best one out there, for fetching projects online. Its trustworthy and the process is quite seamless. Great going upwork.

Do not use this company if you pay a freelancer and they do not deliver the product you will not get your money back without going though a ton of red tape and you money is lost. You could lose 10k faster in Vegas with better odds. Stay away. Its a scam...

Odesk was best but Upwork is not so good. Customer support is very bad. Hourly job was completed but they still charged me weekly. I talked with customer support about this issue. But they never return my money.

I really like this platform. Because it is really helpful to grow your business. Anyone who wants to grow his/her business, they can come here. Because they are providing great options and opportunities. Thank you.

I just experienced the biggest nightmare of my life, working with an Upwork vendor. He's a 3D animator by the name of Sergey Petrukevich. He repeatedly tried to blackmail me for more money throughout the job. I kept Upwork in the loop during the project and afterward, asked them to sandbox him for good so he could not attempt to extort anyone else. They PUNISHED ME! Upwork obviously approves of their vendors holding clients to ransom for more money. It now all makes sense. The more a vendor robs a client of additional monies, the more Upwork gets paid. If you value your wallet and your sanity, avoid Upwork like the plague. For me, this was like fending off a rapist, reporting him to the police and then being thrown in prison for assaulting the person who tried to rape me. Yes, it was just about this bad.

I have been using Upwork for over two years, and am a big fan. At that time I signed up for Upwork and Freelancer.com. Initially I got more offers for work from Freelancer with much less work, but then I saw that over half of these offers were from scammers looking to purchase my identity from me. Yikes!

Upwork's internal review and controls don't eliminate spammers, but greatly reduce it. Instead, I have had to fairly compete on an open marketplace for jobs that are posted and coming in all day every day.

Sure, I had to start with lower prices than the market would seem to be, but I worked hard, got good reviews, and started getting more work - and raising my prices. After becoming a Rising Star and then Top Rated, and maintaining a 100% JSS score (with the help of the ability to challenge the rare poor review) I now find Upwork a healthy supplement to my writing business.

I hired a free lancer on upwork, he took $1700 from me and literally did nothing. I wrote a review on upwork to warn other users. Upwork removed my review, instead they posted the free lancer's review on my profile.
I called and asked the reason, and no body had any satisfactory answer.
They have no talent at all to be honest... just be careful...

I started working as a freelancer on this website and got success within a short time. The process is very simple and reliable. I'm choosing this platform for my freelancing career for a long term and I'm hopeful to get as much as success possible.

For months I've been finding the perfect place to sell my skill to the global market and I found the right one "Upwork"

Within Two Months, I have grown to love the platform. It's Interface is functional and aesthetics are beautiful. I would recommend Upwork to as many legit Freelancer here in Nigeria, Africa.

Thank you

It's an amazing work and network platform. In my opinion, the strong points of Upwork, are the effectiveness of results, you really get jobs, you really get paid, it's very easy to get in touch with clients. And it has a very interesting jobs post, well paid. Every day Upwork is getting better and better!

1. They charge 20% as commission from your earnings
2. In order to bid for projects, you need to pay and buy credits or you need to have a paid subscription which will cost you around 15 USD to 25 USD monthly
3. When you try to tranfer the money, they further charge 1 to 2%

Avoid this. I was a top rated freelancer in upwork and realize how they rob the money