The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
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The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
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Re: The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
#2The few people I know personally (as in, real life) who use these platforms do nothing but complain about them (while continuing to make a living with them). It reminds me of eBay and PayPal back in the day - the platforms had great value for users, but the sheer number of variables that could go wrong meant there were always complaints.
Re: The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
#3The few people I know personally (as in, real life) who use these platforms do nothing but complain about them (while continuing to make a living with them). It reminds me of eBay and PayPal back in the day - the platforms had great value for users, but the sheer number of variables that could go wrong meant there were always complaints.
Well, I was recommending Upwork to nearly every developer I know. Plus founded a russian slack conference about freelancing through Upwork.
I love it. It helped me so much to bootstrap my freelance career.
In the same time things described in the post made a lot of good freelancer leave the platform. B/c it's an easier way to cope with it's mechanical support.
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#4I don't know what your terms/conditions are with upwork, but if you've been with the same place 14 months, couldn't you cut out the middle man there? Would there be anything stopping you from going back if you need to find a new gig?
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#5I don't know what your terms/conditions are with upwork, but if you've been with the same place 14 months, couldn't you cut out the middle man there? Would there be anything stopping you from going back if you need to find a new gig?
That is against their TOS.
Upwork encourages you to do all messaging on the platform, and scans your messages for hints that you are trying to move work off the platform. If so, they give you temporary bans or other punishments.
I'm not saying that no one does this, but Upwork are vigilant about it.
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#6In my experience, Craigslist has much a much more valuable asset than Upwork to my freelance career
Re: The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
#7I don't know what your terms/conditions are with upwork, but if you've been with the same place 14 months, couldn't you cut out the middle man there? Would there be anything stopping you from going back if you need to find a new gig?
That is against their TOS. Upwork encourages you to do all messaging on the platform, and scans your messages for hints that you are trying to move work off the platform. If so, they give you temporary bans or other punishments. I'm not saying that no one does this, but Upwork are vigilant about it.
That seems akin to a dating site that bans users for discussing marriage...
Re: The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
#8I don't know what your terms/conditions are with upwork, but if you've been with the same place 14 months, couldn't you cut out the middle man there? Would there be anything stopping you from going back if you need to find a new gig?
That is against their TOS. Upwork encourages you to do all messaging on the platform, and scans your messages for hints that you are trying to move work off the platform. If so, they give you temporary bans or other punishments. I'm not saying that no one does this, but Upwork are vigilant about it.
That sounds like a terrible environment to lock yourself into, but it also seems pretty ineffective. If I was temporarily banned for hinting that I was going to leave the Upwork platform, that would be a trigger to leave it even more quickly.
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#9In my experience, Craigslist has much a much more valuable asset than Upwork to my freelance career
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Re: The way Upwork treats loyal freelancers
#10In my experience, Craigslist has much a much more valuable asset than Upwork to my freelance career
Was you by any chance living in USA at the time?