Upwork

Hired a freelancer who didn't speak much English but project was clearly posted as to what I wanted. Assumed if I had a problem, Upwork would help. Well freelancer completed 10% of the project, 90% NOT COMPLETED. And Upwork didn't provide a refund? Had to file a dispute with PayPal to get money back. Suggest you find help somewhere else as it seems Upwork sides with the dishonest freelancers when there is money to be made!

This platform is one that has gone from being a valuable resource for freelancers and clients to a platform overrun with numerous spam job posts, extremely unfair pricing to freelancers, complete lack of customer support, questionable business practices (holding back invitations to force freelancers to "pay to play," and an overall free for all atmosphere severely lacking in quality control to the detriment of both freelancers and clients.

Unless freelancers and clients wish to be continually frustrated by unfair practices, it's strongly suggested using other resources to find freelance work or, for clients, finding talent..

If I didn't have such strong principles I would have just let them keep my money the mediation process was not worth the abuse I endured at the hands of the con and the one sided devious UpWork employee mediator. Of course upwork doesn't get paid anything if the freelancer doesn't get paid so naturally they will side with the Freelancer, Even after I eventually won my right to a refund I had to again call email and fight to get it returned to my bank account. And still waiting 60 days later.

I have been working on the freelancer platform for more than three years, and UpWork is one of the best platforms that I have a chance to experiment. UpWork did well in attracting the Clients and control the risks for the Client and the freelancers through their policies and algorithms.
The unique thing that I am not totally satisfied with UpWork is that I must take a few time to discover all of their functions.

Upwork is the best marketplace at this time. Having much opportunity for a professional freelancer who has the best skill. One thing is more appreciable which is Upwork payment system is secured and reliable.

Upwork's initial big draw for me was its escrow service. Throughout my long and storied freelance writing career, I've had to deal with clients who tried to burn me by either taking forever to pay or by skipping out on their obligations. Upwork ended this headache. My clients nowadays are required to put into Upwork's escrow system the money they'll owe me. Unless a client has a legitimate, refund-qualifying gripe with my work, Upwork guarantees I'll receive payment (and usually within two weeks).

Of course, I've found other reasons to appreciate and rely on Upwork. The most important of these secondary reasons is Upwork gives me access to some fairly spectacular potential clients. Were it not for Upwork, finding these great prospects would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Also, Upwork made it easy for me to land many of these potentials, nearly all of whom went on to distinguish themselves as truly wonderful clients (you know, the to-die-for kind).

Another important reason I'm an Upwork loyalist is the platform's reliability. It seems like it's never down, so there's no sitting around and cooling my jets.

If you're a freelancer and you want to be successful, Upwork is a must-have. I strongly recommend it.

Upwork has been my trusted platform for finding freelance opportunities and connecting with clients from around the world. The platform's vast network of clients and freelancers, comprehensive job listings, and secure payment system make it easy to find meaningful projects and build a successful freelance career. I appreciate Upwork's commitment to transparency and professionalism, as seen in its dispute resolution process and feedback system, which ensure fair and equitable transactions for both parties. Moreover, the platform's collaboration tools and communication features enhance teamwork and streamline project management. With Upwork, freelancing is not just a job—it's a rewarding and fulfilling career.

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.

Very helpful for freelancers especially this pandemic. Although searching for a client is not easy, I still enjoy working with Upwork.

Upwork has provided reliable and professional source of talent to meet my business needs. For short term and even long term requirements, I have always found amazing talents to work on my processes.

Of course this is no miracle solution. The key is meticulously reviewing and interviewing freelancers to best suit your business principles. It's the same with regular hiring. Upwork just makes it easier and faster.

I would Like to take this opportunity to thank you Upwork for maintaining a high standards which is what's makes them stand out and the only trustworthy freelancing platform.

However, the availability badge option should be reconsidered as it ask for a minimum of 6 connects per week to keep our profile visible which is not good.

With taht being said i am overall happy with Upwork.

Thank and God bless you.

Best Regards,
Tausif Ahmad Khan.

I am on upwork for the last 8+ years as freelancer. Doing a job is good to get regular earnings but could not help you to become rich or get full reward of your hard-work. Upwork is good for skilled and experienced professionals around the world especially from under developed countries to sell their services on good rate remotely and get full reward of their work. If you know what you are doing then you should join upwork and earn some extra money.

Have you noticed? Upwork seems to operate more like a gambling platform than a freelancing site. The increased prices for connects, the need for connects to boost bids or earn the 'Available Now' badge – it feels like freelancers are being taken advantage of at every turn.

Consider this: for every job posted, Upwork can potentially pocket $300-$500 in connects from freelancers, even for projects as low as $50. On top of that, they take a 20% commission from both clients and freelancers, meaning they could be making hundreds from a single $50 job. It's starting to feel less like a fair marketplace and more like a gamble.

I'm skeptical that Upwork will prioritize improving its system for the benefit of middle-class freelancers anytime soon. It seems like more than 20% of freelancers have already migrated to platforms like Fiverr due to these practices.

Upwork, are you willing to address these concerns and make changes that support the freelancing community, or are you solely focused on catering to agency profiles? Clarification would be appreciated." #Upwork

One thing for sure is that you can't fool or can be fooled on this platform. Moreover, working in the right direction may also lead you to earn thousands of dollars.

Created a new account and posted a job. 1 hour later, got an email stating my account was suspended without any reason! After multiple emails, they stated they need some additional information, all of which I already posted on the job. They wanted me to re-type everything to them again! What a waste of my time. Will never use this website again.

This website helps scammers to steal your money, an Indian scammer scammed me and Upwork told me "we can't force him to refund you" can you believe this? What a joke!

Edit: After 4 months, I was able to get all of the money back after I opened a claim with my bank account.
Btw, PayPal didn't help me at all.

It's a very good freelancing website. It's difficult at the beginning (just like every good thing), nonetheless, its services are top notch. Highly recommend!

Introducing to you... the most trustworthy and usable freelancing site. There might many other... but comparing to them... in my opinion Upwork is the best... it's secure... it's look classy... it's perform well.
Love to work with Upwork.

Even I recently started my career on Upwork, I feel that this is right place to successfully reach my goals, such learning new things, have good contacts and of course get paid. Support is great, community is large and if you follow the rules you are totally safe. The only drawback can be a difficult start for new members, so I think that support in the sense of a larger number of connects or a smaller commission would be a great thing. Anyway, a recommendation!

Being a freelancer i tried several platforms but did'nt got success then finally when i started working on upwork i feel so good that its beyond my expectations, their criteria is so good that you never experience scam on this platform because of their policies, and their dispute option is just awesome means even if you frustrate from any client then they will help freelancers to get the reward if they worked well with client. So I highly recommend to all freelancers to use upwork platform for better earnings.

The platform is great, usual friendly and also ensures client and freelancers gets excellent customer service. The only issue is that number of connect required for job application is too high as you have to pay for the connect.

My experience with Upwork is great so far.
Thee weeks ago I started applying activilly to jobs and found a few.

There is a lot of jobs and Upwork has great filters - by price, client reputation, number of freelancer that applied to that job so even new freelancers that don't have reputation on the platform can found a job
And get selected.

I'm planning to continue to work on upwork :)

You get exposed to a lot of harmful behaviour from clients when working through Upwork.
All I get from the site is clients asking for free work. What is utterly disgraceful is they you refuse to take down the job so I can get my connects back when I report it. Basically, on Upwork, I pay to get insulted with requests for free work, and get absolutely no remedy of any sort.

I lost work, time and money.

Upwork, stop turning a blind eye to the free work problem on your site.
The mere fact of asking me to work for free is extremely harmful, abusive behaviour.
I expect more than just being told "Action was taken" when you actually did nothing and I won't get my connects back so I can apply to real opportunities out there. It sucks when you allow pecuniary gain take utmost precedence when reviewing and taking action on clients exhibiting harmful behaviour.