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Upwork has a rating of 2.8 stars from 2,128 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Upwork most frequently mention customer service, credit card and job success. Upwork ranks 3rd among Freelancing sites.
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I have been working as a freelancer on Upwork for close to 5 years now, and I must say the service has been top-notch and professional.
Upwork is the first freelance website I work on and I don't want to run away, it opened new horizons for me, tried to work on different exchanges, but this is where I can work normally and not think about the various little things that are already thought out on the site.
After using this best site for a long time, my translation skills have become very colorful and more professional. Thank you. Upwork.
I'm working via Upwork for two years and fully satisfied with their services. It could be hard to start but then you have access to a huge job market.
My head spins when I try to list the multitude of reasons why UpWork just does not, well, WORK. The most glaring issue of all, though, is that they do little to nothing about clients violating the TOS and will allow a client to walk off with your work without paying for it, even though you fulfilled all the requirements and well... did your job. Some people will tell you that's the risk you take. They're full of bull. When you work independently, you do have the option of suing a client that does not pay for services rendered. You do not get that option with UpWork. And unless a straight-up client talks pornographically to you or something, UpWork will also overlook even the most severe forms of verbal abuse and harassment. They also don't mind one bit if the client demands extra work for free. I cannot believe this business model is even still alive in this kind of format in 2020. Well, I'm turning over a new leaf in my life where I will no longer accept less than I deserve. Sorry, UpWork, but you do not qualify. It's a shame you're missing out on my big contracts because I do those through PayPal... I can't trust you to have my back in a dispute the way I can trust PayPal to.
I am proud to be able to work with upwork. And at Upwork I thank you for giving me the opportunity to work on such a platform.
From 2018 I start my work but luckily find opportunity to going abord for higher study. This time I'm out of marketplace & finally got suspend. Back country 2019 November try to overcome every issue and try to back. Atlast this month gain something this great experience for me as a little freelancer. Hope better doing well in future.
I had a great time working at Upwork, the flexibility, you can work anywhere with a laptop and internet connection. Their website is so detailed and and you can see each any anything related to your work.
You can work here safe and securely.
I have had a great time working at Upwork, the flexibility, you can work anywhere with a laptop and internet connection. There are a lot of jobs which give you a lot of options. The pay and fees are okay depending on the jobs you bid for
Other than other work from home websites with just empty words, this platform indeed gives you work opportunities and guaranteed income. Safe and securely.
UpWork has been providing opportunities since beginning of my entrepreneur journey as a design agency owner.
Upwork is the place to be. I really love working on that platform because of the security and the reliability of their team. No scams, no unpleasant encounters because of the thorough screening of freelancers and clients.
I am using Upwork from one year and since then, I have increased significantly my turnover.
It allows me to expand my business and reach customers that I couldn't get otherwise.
The platform is also really user friendly.
My time on UpWork freelancing as a graphic designer has been nothing short of incredible. It's allowed me to take on a plethora of projects, and expand my creative capacities in more ways than I thought possible. Recently, I was promoted to a Top-Rated freelancer as recognized by UpWork, through my commitment to providing quality service and helping clients achieve their design dreams.
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.
Upwork is a best plateform where only serious people can hire freelancers and can be get hired. Means upwok has good good control over standard.
Getting orders on the website has never been easy. However, securing the first order on working on it efficiently guarantees a successful future with voluminous orders.
I am using Upwork for 8 months as a freelancer and found the following
1.95% of the clients are professional
2. This platform supports freelancer as well as client equally
3. Applying to the job using connects is the best part of it to minimizing the spam and filter out the best freelancer.
The best part about upwork is that they don't just cater to the client, but have a ton of benefits for the freelancer as well! Insights, awards and super helpful job posting emails that get sent weekly. It's a super intuitive platform. Highly recommend.
I'm working with upwork for a couple of months now. Due to my low activity, I have not done much job till now but whatever I did, I am very satisfied with the working environment. Its safe, its easy, its modest and most of all, it's fun.
Answer: They are horrible. Every freelancer I've gotten from Upwork has cost me more to fix the small job they have done. There's absolutely no customer service! I would stay away
Answer: This is not the place to inquire.
Answer: No, just 20% of your job when we talk about fixed price, and same for hourly but after some week it's been 10%
Answer: Go to Settings › Contact Info › Click the Close my account link. If you meet the requirements, click the button to confirm that you want to close your account.
Answer: I am a customer and have had a really horrible experience. Upwork claims a 100% guarantee before you pay anything. That is not true. The process is actually quite horrible. You put money in escrow. You only get your money back after a bad contract if the freelancer agrees to release the money. If the freelancer refuses, you get a bargain offer to still pay them something but still you are paying for a bad job you can't use. Then, if you refuse to bargain over a bad job, you are told that it will cost you an additional $389 to arbitrate with a 3rd party affiliate that the customer (me), the freelancer (scammer) and Upwork (ripoff enabler) has to pay. I took it all the way to arbitration with the end result being that Upwork decided that I was just too uninformed to know their policy and that they would give me a one time only refund of my original amount. What they didn't tell me what that they just gave me a "credit" of my original amount and that was the end. So I am still out the original amount and can't get my money back. This sight is a ripoff. Plain and simple.
Answer: Because of their policy changes which are geared towards the client rather than the freelancer. They have dug their own grave with their policy changes of late.
Answer: Go to Get Paid on PC or Mobile, you will see 3 dots in front of your payment method, tap to select edit/remove to change them. Go to Billing Method on PC under Billing Section and tap three dots to change (edit/remove). Thanks
Answer: Be part and see, dont look at the sold mine reviews people, upwork can bush you to reach.
Answer: I agree with Sam. This place is a scam. They have bad reviews everywhere. Katrina is probably working for them!
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