UPWORK HAS BECOME SOO BAD THAT I CANT EVEN GET A SINGLE JOB

[sparbrand]

I have been spending so much on Connects lately and have not gotten a job for over a month. This problem started last year but I was able to ride my luck since I have a couple of clients who hired me for a long-term project but right now it is very bad. I get scared of bidding for jobs because I know I will not get it. Please I do not want customer care to talk about my profile. Upwork looks so much like a scam lately and the fact that not getting hired is normal makes it even worse. I am on my last $22 on Upwork and once I finish that  I will be closing my Upwork account for other opportunities. Upwork wants to maximize profit but does not care about its users. 

[celgins]

You're right--Upwork doesn't care about most of its users--especially freelancers.

Upwork has been forthcoming in stating that the plaform has a surplus of freelancers in relation to the number of clients. As a result, Upwork primarily focuses on retaining existing clients and acquiring new ones, and does not focus on acquiring new frelancers and keeping existing freelancers.

We should all adjust accordingly.

[yofazza]

 Upwork primarily focuses on retaining existing clients

The initiation fee triggered quite a few client complaints. The same goes for bot proposals, but Upwork doesn't seem to care. So I don't think it's that simple with that statement of yours.

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Btw, I just read two articles about client testing for bot proposals, one in Twitter, the other in a news section of an AI SaaS. The latter mentioned that over 12% of proposals are bots, which is actually a significant reduction compared to what I've read in other places earlier (including the client forum).

What I actually want to say is, it's fun to see people using the job board as a "testing" ground. For creating news articles. Junk vs junk in the junk. I need to be careful, my connects are too precious 😂

  

[celgins]

The initiation fee triggered quite a few client complaints. The same goes for bot proposals, but Upwork doesn't seem to care. So I don't think it's that simple with that statement of yours.

It's never simple with Upwork.

But Upwork have made this same statement for years. What their statment fails to clarify is that they only care about a limited number of existing clients--not all of them. There is a class of client that Upwork makes no effort to retain and will gladly watch them depart--right alongside most freelancers.

[sparbrand]

Well I disagree with you Upwork needs more freelancers and will lose its credibility if freelancers starts to leave

[feed_my_eyes]

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Well I disagree with you Upwork needs more freelancers and will lose its credibility if freelancers starts to leave

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There are only 800,000 clients on Upwork vs. something like 18 million freelancers. They absolutely do not need more freelancers. What hurts Upwork's credibility most is that when a genuine client with a decent budget posts a job, they get spammed to death by bots and unqualified wannabes.

[celgins]

Like Christine stated, Upwork absolutely does not need more freelancers, and they have been very open about this. High quality freelancers aren't the problem--there are plenty of them here. However, there could be 3 or 4 times as many low-skilled or unqualified freelancers clogging the system which can drown out the quality--the ones that can actually keep Upwork credible.

If anyone wonders why Upwork won't simply remove unwanted or unskilled freelancers from the platform, I believe the answer is simple: monetisation. Why get rid of folks when you can make money off of them? I think Upwork wants unskilled freelancers and low-paying clients to leave, but they won't rush them out the door.

Eventually, some freelancers will get frustrated (i.e., scams, low-quality jobs, or no jobs) and leave, and those who can no longer afford Connects will join them. Upwork knocks out two problems at once: grow revenues while (hopefully) reducing the number of active freelancers. Unfortunately, I don't think the number of freelancers has decreased; rather, it might be holding steady or increasing.

[48f850a0]

Mathematically, it's impossible for every freelancer on Upwork to get jobs.. infact, given the number of freelancers compared to the number of jobs per niche, I would say the people that get jobs on Upwork would only be few and the remaining mass would be simply feeding the system...... If you find out you aren't getting anymore for that long just know what's going on, so it's a matter of keeping fighting or just do the needful. All the best.

[bca93605]

Where else can freelancers go? 
fre***r (or similar)?

[marjan22]

Upwork is Casino for freelancers at the moment !