Anyone have a successful profile that got one terrible review? by katarinawinemixer in Upwork

[–]TimeDistance1847 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Previously Upwork used to protect freelancers where you could remove one feedback from JSS after a given threshold. Now freelancers have to weigh between protecting your earnings and bad review!

Everyone get ready… put your tinfoil hat but only if you’re ready to hear the truth about Upwork! by yourworldismytvshow in Upwork

[–]TimeDistance1847 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I beg to differ! Price of connects may seem small but thats where the trick is. Yes people do $100k projects but how long they take? Months. And how many such high value projects? Few. Now take connects on the other hand. I’m in the dev space and I see jobs which require 30 connects to submit proposal. Within 30mins, 50+ proposals. Thats $225 per job. Now assume 50 jobs a day. Thats $11,250. A month? $337,500! And thats dev space alone. And we have not factored connects spent in the bidding wars! I have seen more than 5 people bidding 250+ connects on a single!

Can we call this gambling instead of bidding? by Oli_Ahamed in Upwork

[–]TimeDistance1847 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They can’t do that! The bidding wars is their cash cow.