Fixed price job, with shifts, but no time...

[ikfreelance]

Hello Community,

so I keep seeing these jobs which are clearly hourly jobs and even the shifts are mentioned, however on a fixed price contract and without any duration mentioned...

My questions are:

1- How should I even bid on such a job?

2- Is this normal? Is this allowed?

Here is an example:

 **Edited for Community Guidelines**

Please, enlighten me on this one.

Greetings,

Ivo

[moonraker]

Perhaps the $900 is a fixed salary? I'd hazard a guess it's a monthly salary but it's hard to tell without seeing the client's profile. 

If it's not enough for you, then don't apply. I wouldn't work for that much but, if I did, I would request payment in milestones. No way would I work for a whole month before receiving anything. Although, again, I'm guessing a bit here. 

[ikfreelance]

Hi Jamie,

thanks for the reply. See, that's my point, there is no way of telling what is meant by that.

And since they are looking for "looking for a full-time and a part-time  **Edited for Community Guidelines**" , it is perhaps split between the 2 positions.

And there is no time period mentioned neither...

Greets,

[tlsanders · Accepted solution]

Probably you shouldn't, because usually that type of posting is designed to conceal a very low hourly rate--sometimes so low that it would violate Upwork's $3/hour minimum if posted as an hourly job.

[ikfreelance]

Hey Tiffany,

thanks a lot. You confirmed what I was thinking.

Greets,

Ivo