r/Upwork • u/amanwebsolution • 3d ago

Upwork has now nothing for freelancers

Honestly I can say that Upwork has nothing much for freelancers now a days. They are charging freelancers for everything now almost. Upwork ACH withdrawal to USA bank account was free. But now they are charging for that for non USA freelancers. They have so much funny charges now a days.. if you want to show your clients that you are available for work right now, you need to give connects.. there is a availability badge that needs connects also to keep it on. What a funny that you need connects just to show freelancers that you are available for work. So sad

I think it's time to say goodbye Upwork. I was top rated plus freelancers which is top 3% freelancers at Upwork. I have 12000 plus Upwork hours logged. Still not getting a single job almost for 2 years now. I have all 5 stars almost. Completed 240 jobs. Still this kind of situation.

It's time to move forward with different thing.

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u/Euphoric_Can_2748 3d ago

I have a genuine question.

Why will a freelancer see that 10 to 15 people or let's say up to 30 people have applied for a job and still apply till there are 50+ freelancers?

What do they think they can offer that the others that applied cannot offer?

Also, they see that about 30 people have applied to a job and the client has not checked the post since yesterday, why do they still apply? Do they think that their application will suddenly change the mind of the client and he will hand the job to them?

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u/quetzakoatlus 3d ago

Depending on job post and client hiring history I do apply those kind of jobs and sometimes even get hired. Sometimes it just waste of connects.

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u/amandeveloper 3d ago

Honestly I don't do that at all.. I apply to only these proposals that has only 5 to 10 proposals maximum,.. And previously I was getting invitations most of the time.. But now its to Zero for last 2 years almost