Does anyone have experience using upwork?

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It’s a race to the bottom.

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Love Upwork! The only people who think it’s a “race to the bottom” are people who don’t know how to be successful on the platform, so they feel the need to badmouth it. (There is one person on here that posted a lot of false information, solid proof they don’t have a clue how the site actually works! Don’t listen to naysayers.

I’ve helped at least ten people get started on the site and all of them have done well.

You don’t compete with people willing to work for slave wages. You set your rate - hourly rate or flat rate - and can search within those parameters. There’s a writer whose rate is $250/hr. and she’s gotten enough assignments to earn over $1M on the site.

I think Upwork is one of the easiest places to find well-paid freelance work. There are talented people killing it on the site. My graphic designer friend only uses the site part-time - about 30-40% of her freelance - and has made over $600K in five years - hardly a race to the bottom! 🤣

I used it on a part- time basis for many years and never had a problem finding well-paying work and fantastic clients. In fact, 90% came to me and asked me to bid on their job or just sent me a contract!
I haven’t even been active on the site in two years and JUST got a email request from a client to work on their project.

You get paid weekly for hourly assignments and flat rate work is usually paid 10 days from invoice submission. And there’s a pay guarantee. Clients can’t stiff you.

You should check it out. If you want any tips on getting started, please feel free to DM me.

use Upwork / Fiverr if you want to work for pennies and love 🚩 red flag clients

I did back in 2022 and at the height of it I successfully landed 3 jobs there. I just got laid off and went back on to see how it was and its gotten significantly worse. I can't get anything and all the jobs are paying 5 dollars for 500 dollars worth of work. crazy

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