They blocked my 10000+ hrs worked account without any issues or even a single massage. It's worst experiences ever gathered in life. Even taking long days to processing payment. Lengthy payment procedure.
Upwork is the worst service I've ever seen for many reasons.
1. Blocking an account for no reason.
2. Poor support, just use predefined answers and don't delve into my problem.
3. Useless support for Facebook posts.
I was working as a freelancer (full stack web developer) and got a rising talent badge and 2 completed job and 1 nearly complete (my contact just ended because my account was locked). I was also a proven freelancer (passport + google entry). So this is $ 60 and $ 140 for a job that got canceled and I can never get my $ 60, is this a scam?
When they block me, I still contact support and receive this message
Hello, Anton! We are sorry to confirm that your account has been permanently blocked. We see that a decision has been made to end our working relationship, and we regret that this has happened. We are committed to maintaining an online workplace that benefits all users. For this reason, we sometimes need to take action against accounts whose behavior could negatively affect other users. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors outside of Upwork. "
For others, I got an automatic reply to my messages
Thank you for writing to us. We will contact you shortly. Please note that messages are replied in the order in which they are received. Thank you for your patience.'
And got no response from upwork Facebook support
I'm pretty sure my account was blocked by mistake and I hope you can service it
I don't recommend it to those who would like to try the upwork, because it's waste of money and time.
I've been on Upwork since 2013. Upwork made my life easier. I shouldn't worry now about how to connect with clients from other countries. Thank you Upwork for giving me the opportunity to connect with my ideal clients. Without you, my life would be way tougher.
Amazing company working on a great mission (creating economic opportunities so people have better lives). They practice what they preach and eat their own dogfood (they have a lot of freelancers working for them directly as well). Great culture & friendly employees. Their new Santa Clara office is beautiful. Lots of brightness, tastefully decorated.
Freelance name Joe who was working on my project hi never finish my project and whatever he was sending to me it was never working, I couldn t open in any simulators. He was always saying that he will fix it but it takes just forever so I canceled the project with him and I ask Upwork for refund. I was chatting with Upwork representative name Lara about refund probably for two weeks. At the end Lara she found the best solution how to get my refund, she asked me to pay $291 for the arbitration filing fee.
No place for freshers or experienced people who don't have marketing skills.
I DID ASK TO WITHDRAW FROM MY ACCOUNT 400$ OF ACCRUED FEES FOR JOBS I MADE THROUGH THE PLATFORM, THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE REQUEST THEY DID BAN MY ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF "IRREGULAR BEHAVIOUR" WITHOUT EVEN SAYING WHAT HAPPENED, TRUTH IS THEY DIDNT WANT TO GIVE ME MY OWN MONEY, GOING TO THE POLICE AND SUING THEM FOR ONLINE FRAUD, SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!! SCAMMERS!!!!
The Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce is proud to have Upwork as a member and appreciate all they do for the community!
I have hired a freelancer at Upwork to proofread my dissertation. The guy was a scammer. He did not provide any single feedback for my paper. All he did (after waiting 4 days) was that he copied my entire text, pasted in another word document, changed the font color of a few words, and sent it back to me. The sad part is Upwork did not do anything about this and both the scammer and Upwork did not return my money. Beware when hiring people in Upwork. It's full of scammers.
Lesson learned. UpWork is as trustworthy as Fiverr.
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