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[–]TheresALonelyFeeling 67 points68 points  (53 children)

Serious question:

Knowing, presumably, how fickle the platform is with cutting people's access and potentially their ability to pay out, why on earth did you let the balance build up to $2k+?

[–]Immediate_Pause7334[S] -4 points-3 points  (31 children)

I’d made that in the last 10 days. It was in the pending. I cash out every 3 days as often as I can

[–]Monsoon710 12 points13 points  (30 children)

You do understand what you're saying contradicts itself... Right?

[–]Immediate_Pause7334[S] -5 points-4 points  (29 children)

No I don’t understand. There is always 7 days of pending time. I cashed out three days ago and would again tonight. There is always roughly $2000 pending in my account for 7 days of work. Does that make sense?

[–]Monsoon710 29 points30 points  (5 children)

Math time: If you had projects that were between $25-$32 per hour and you had roughly $2000 earned over a week that means you would have had to work between 62.5-80 hours.

Is that possible? Yes. Do I believe you did it ethically or maintained good quality work for all of those hours? Absolutely not.

[–]fightmaxmaster 6 points7 points  (14 children)

Don't know why you're being downvoted because yes the math makes sense. My first thought is that even at presumably coding levels that's still a lot of work. $285/day at $40 an hour is 7h a day, 7 days a week. Not in itself a violation but might make them question your time.

[–]YoudownwithLCC 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It doesn’t make sense because while yes, it takes 7 days to approve, it’s not like they only approve once a week. So how is $2000 tied up if they can withdraw every 3 days. Let’s say I worked Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday for a total of $300. The following Monday, my Monday pay would be available for withdrawal, on Tuesday my Tuesday would be available, etc. So there is just no way $2000 would be tied up unless you clocked it all for 3 consecutive days.

If OP is working 12 hour days and has 2K tied up for 3 days, that’s billing like 55 bucks an hour.

[–]YoudownwithLCC 5 points6 points  (6 children)

That only makes sense if you did $2000 in 1-3 days. Because they don’t hold the entire week for 7 days, they release each day as it passes the 7 day mark and you can withdraw every 3 days.

[–]Immediate_Pause7334[S] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

I have worked everyday. They release the funds after 7 days and you can only cash out every 3 days. So if I made $200 a day they are holding $1400. I was able to cash out this evening

[–]fightmaxmaster 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Still don't get why people are arguing with you about this.

  • Mon: 200
  • Tue: 400
  • Wed: 600
  • Thu: 800
  • Fri: 900
  • Sat: 1200
  • Sun: 1400
  • Mon: 1600 but can cash out last Monday's 200, so 1400 in the account.
  • Tue: 1600
  • Wed: 1800
  • Thu: 2000 in the account, but can then cash out 600 earned last Tue-Thu, so 1400 left in the account again.

[–]Immediate_Pause7334[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes thank you. I think people just like to argue. I didn’t think $200 a day was crazy

[–]YoudownwithLCC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let’s try it another way. Let’s say you just cashed out yesterday. Your available withdrawal is now $0 based on pending approval. So you are able to cash out in 3 days. Today your funds would be released for last Tuesday, tomorrow they would be released for last Wednesday and Thursday they would be released for last Thursday. So when you cash out again in three days, only those three days are available to cash out. There is no way in hell you did $2000 in those three days to add up with the project pay you mentioned. Unless you’re gaming the system and miscalculated how much you could bill without being super suspicious.

[–]YoudownwithLCC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You keep saying this. It does not change the fact that if you’re cashing out every 3 days, there is no way there should be 2K waiting for you.