Feb 11, 2021 11:47:08 AM by Solange B
Hi!
I have been in Upwork for some years now and I would love to be able to 1) Display working (office) hours on my profile 2) Set up an automatic reply for the weekends. My clients of course know what my hours and availability are, but I think this would be super useful with prospects and also would also help scare away people who think we're all desperate and therefore available 24/7.
Would any other freelancer find this useful? Thanks!
Feb 11, 2021 01:24:21 PM by Viacheslav K
Might be useful for some people, but I think more freelancers are working without a fixed schedule. For weekend emails, better hire an assistant. Nothing worse than receiving automated emails.
Feb 11, 2021 08:32:55 PM by Amanda L
Feb 12, 2021 12:57:03 AM Edited Feb 12, 2021 12:59:13 AM by Petra R
Solange B wrote:Set up an automatic reply for the weekends.
You can set up an auto-responder in messages.
Aug 5, 2021 12:06:50 PM by Nikki V
Why can't I find this out of office function? I don;t seem to have any options under messages,
Aug 5, 2021 01:14:59 PM by Andrea G
Hi Nikki,
You should be able to click the gear icon on the top left of your Upwork Messages screen and select "Out-of-Office Responder" in the drop-down menu. Once on the "Out-of-Office Responder" page, toggle the responder on, and set your away message and the start/end dates.
Feb 20, 2021 10:20:40 AM by David L
I would absolutely love it and find it useful in helping to take clients from people who display their status as CLOSED or OUT OF OFFICE.
When you sleep, Im working.
When you're on vacation, Im taking your clients.
Welcome to the Jungle.
I love UpWork and the FreeMarket.
Im open for business 24/7.
Feb 20, 2021 01:02:44 PM by Phyllis G
David L wrote:I would absolutely love it and find it useful in helping to take clients from people who display their status as CLOSED or OUT OF OFFICE.
When you sleep, Im working.
When you're on vacation, Im taking your clients.
Welcome to the Jungle.
I love UpWork and the FreeMarket.
Im open for business 24/7.
Re. prospective clients who require rapid response to their cold call on a weekend, you are welcome to all of them.
May 4, 2021 04:20:13 AM by David L
And this is why I stay busy. I hope people who are complaining about not getting enough jobs on UpWprk find my post here. I hope this helps others understand the mindset it takes to get work on this platform.
Feb 20, 2021 01:07:09 PM by Phyllis G
I would find this useful at times. If they could implement it without breaking something else; and if they could get it done without diverting resources from fixing things that are more important (to me), then it would be great. Otherwise, I'd as soon work around it by simply not responding when I'm not available and then training each client to have appropriate expectations about my availability and responsivness.
Feb 26, 2021 12:19:49 PM by Jamie F
Is it also possible to integrate something like this?
https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/pst-to-thailand-bangkok
Aug 7, 2021 05:43:51 AM by Mikko R