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Upwork to suspend Top Rated freelancers accounts from Eastern Europe

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Re: Upwork to suspend Top Rated freelancers accounts from Eastern Europe

#2
I find the title of this post doesn't match the post content.

The title reads like Upwork has a plan to suspend users that live in Eastern Europe at some point in the future. But the post itself is just about Upwork's lack of transparency about suspending one user.

Re: Upwork to suspend Top Rated freelancers accounts from Eastern Europe

#6
I wonder if there is a geopolitical angle considering all the shit going on in Minsk now. With that said I think it's disgusting for a company like upwork to terminate a user without reason.

Like imagine if you showed up to work one day and without reason you were fired, no warning, nothing, and no recourse on top of that. This isn't suspending a Twitter or Google account, that's bad enough, but this is something that earns people their living.

Re: Upwork to suspend Top Rated freelancers accounts from Eastern Europe

#8

I wonder if there is a geopolitical angle considering all the shit going on in Minsk now. With that said I think it's disgusting for a company like upwork to terminate a user without reason. Like imagine if you showed up to work one day and without reason you were fired, no warning, nothing, and no recourse on top of that. This isn't suspending a Twitter or Google account, that's bad enough, but this is something tha…

Isn’t that “wake up one morning...” ephemeral nature of jobs how most Americans experience work? Do people think “at will” means anyone cares?