Asking for free work

[mattbrown29]

I had a potential client ask me blatantly for free work to win the contract. I notified Upwork, but a few days later; the client reached out to me and told me I didn’t get the job. Basically, Upwork did nothing. 

I saw this from a portion of another recent job request: “You may submit a design before being interviewed to secure the job. If we love the design you get the job.” Will Upwork do anything about this, or will this be ignored? I flagged it but my guess is that my flag will be ignored. 

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Matt,

Could you please send me a PM(click on my name) with the job posting link so that I can check this further? Thank you.

[mattbrown29]

For some reason, Upwork isn’t allowing me to private message you. Perhaps if you could private message me?