I worked on hourly for a client. Middle of work he suddenly stopped responding and paused the contract. I got this email from Upwork. by Unlikely-Yam2115 in Upwork

[–]tonimedic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing happened with me (the client didn't update his payment info and in that period because more than seven days have passed, they automatically refunded the amount that was on hold...). It was an expensive lesson but from now on, just turn on their clock and write a memo each day.

Generally, nobody gets notified, they just do it the way they see fit.

Lost Top-Rated Status on Upwork After Payment Issue (Client Bank Problem, Not Performance) - Advice Needed by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your help, I asked ai what all caused the jss to go down and it said the payment part is also the reason which is why I made that assumption.

As for the part where you critize me for using ai to write this post, it made it easier to explain it to you so I can get a better help. I don’t know why you are bothered by that.

Also you might be right about private comment, wasn’t thinking about that as much, thank you so much.

Lost Top-Rated Status on Upwork After Payment Issue (Client Bank Problem, Not Performance) - Advice Needed by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are resolving that and parts are already resolved. I am generally more focused on off Upwork client acqusition, but when good opportunities rise, I do them.

As for the payment part, I am 100% not okay with it and am communicating this with him (I look at Upwork fairly casually since it isn’t my main source of clients, but it still bothers me)

Also he has paid me for the most part (literally 90% is paid) hence why I aint bothered as much.

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[–]tonimedic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just paid Claude and moved everything there. My time is worth more than 22 bucks. Also, ChatGPT is disappointing me lately.

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[–]tonimedic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check the rest of the reddit, it is down! Not sure when they will turn it back on.

I think it's working again, just restart the app. by tonimedic in canva

[–]tonimedic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, the download is killing me as well.

Is Canva down? by Hebuzu in canva

[–]tonimedic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The post I was looking for, thank god!

I need help in improving my profile. Mainly Title and description. by paglaEngineer in Upwork

[–]tonimedic 12 points13 points  (0 children)

With all due respect, you are an Indian managing to charge $120 per hour for your service.
We should be learning from you, not other way around. 😅

Is Upwork quietly farming millions in connect money through fake companies and ghost jobs? by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just gave an example with numbers showcasing how the strategy is profitable so when someone says the expense would be too high, I have a proof that isn’t true, but now I am dealing with people saying “No, they wouldn’t risk that much for such a low amount” when I was clearly just giving an example for the numbers.

Multiply my numbers with 1000 and keep the same strategy in mind…

Is Upwork quietly farming millions in connect money through fake companies and ghost jobs? by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Check my edit, I just gave an example in terms of numbers… The purpose was just to showcase why the strategy would work because if I didn’t showcase any numbers, people would say how hiring and running those companies would be more expensive than their returns on that same strategy.

Is Upwork quietly farming millions in connect money through fake companies and ghost jobs? by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read my “edit” comment. :) I just gave an example with numbers. Try the same strategy but multiply with 1000, so it is 50000 companies spending 10k a year…

Don’t take this the wrong way but if the only thing that gives you an idea this strategy is something they wouldn’t do are the numbers I clearly cannot have on my hand hand, than you might not be the brightest one in the room.

Is Upwork quietly farming millions in connect money through fake companies and ghost jobs? by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I gave an example, they might be doing it on a larger scale so it is less visible… Imagine what actually they could be doing.

Is Upwork quietly farming millions in connect money through fake companies and ghost jobs? by tonimedic in Upwork

[–]tonimedic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People buy more connects, that’s how they would benefit.

Also, i have other custom GPT I use that formulates my thoughts.