Hiding real name

e6614781 · ‎11-07-2019

How can I prevent the people I hire or interact with here from knowing my real name?

I need to hire people on some new projects that are controversial (unlike my usual work) and am doing what I can to remain anonymous, using a pseudonym, etc, but the policies here seem to suggest I cannot keep those I hire from learning who I am. Why is that and what can I do about this? I don't even like asking this question in a public forum but have little choice - you know, because Upwork refuses to let you email them. Obnoxious.

Thanks.

prestonhunter · ‎11-07-2019

Clients are not required to use their real names when they create accounts.

You can use a company name.

An assistant can hire freelancers for you on your behalf.

There are many options.

petra_r · ‎11-07-2019

Randy E wrote:
How can I prevent the people I hire or interact with here from knowing my real name?
I need to hire people on some new projects that are controversial (unlike my usual work) and am doing what I can to remain anonymous, using a pseudonym, etc,

If the project is so controversial that you are worried about having your name associated with it, maybe it is not a project you want to be involved with and get freelancers (whose real names will be associated with it) involved at all?

e6614781 · ‎11-08-2019

What makes you think I need to mention the names of the freelancers who worked on it?

versailles · ‎11-08-2019

Okay now I so much want to know what these projects are about! 🙃

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"Where darkness shines like dazzling light" —William Ashbless

e6614781 · ‎11-08-2019

Let's just say it's policitcal commentary and in our country right now, such things are bound to upset a lot of people, even if it's just the truth.

prestonhunter · ‎11-08-2019

Randy: that is fair. And true.

I would challenge people to think of one thing that is NOT capable of making some people upset these days.

Anyway, as far as the mechanics of using Upwork, there are a lot of ways to retain anonymity.

Remember that project titles/contract title will be posted in the freelancer's profile pages, but job descriptions will not be.

So instead of titling a job posting "Write 500 word blog post about candidate Kane McRenvile", you could use a more non-descript title such as "Write 500 word blog post about candidate."

You can even post jobs under a certain title, and then once you find the freelancers for the job, abandon the original job posting entirely and create and Upwork contract using a different title altogether.

And again, there are many ways to hire freelancers without having your name in the mix. On most of the last dozen contracts I completed I was hired by one person. He hired me and arranged everything. But he is NOT the owner of the company. That company's owner's name is nowhere evident in anything I do on Upwork. Not publicly and not internally revealed to me through our contracts.

g_vasilevski · ‎11-08-2019

Hi Randy,

One of our team members will reach out to you via ticket as soon as possible and assist you further. Thank you.

~ Goran

petra_r · ‎11-09-2019

Randy E wrote:
Let's just say it's policitcal commentary and in our country right now, such things are bound to upset a lot of people, even if it's just the truth.

Point totally taken.

zannataeni · ‎11-29-2021

Sounds like something I would love to be involved in!! Haha