Feb 16, 2020 12:44:30 PM by Osama K
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Feb 17, 2020 12:07:34 AM by Christine A
Feb 16, 2020 12:55:41 PM by Will L
Osama,
If a potential client told me they wouldn't pay me until their project is complete I would tell them that is unacceptable.
For a fixed price project, even if they agreed to fund all of escrow upfront it is too easy for a shady client to just disappear after they get what they want from a freelancer and never release escrow.
For an hourly project, the paid-everything-at-the-end arrangement would require that you submit manual hours for payment. Within the Upwork system there is no means of enforcing payment by a client when a freelancer submits manual hours.
Upwork must always be paid by the client before Upwork passes that money (minus Upwork's fees) to you. Any payment scheme that takes Upwork out of that loop is a violation of Upwork's terms of service.
Feb 16, 2020 01:07:10 PM by Osama K
Feb 16, 2020 12:57:21 PM Edited Feb 16, 2020 12:59:17 PM by Preston H
re: "we will not be doing any payments untill the whole project is complete"
???
What on Earth are you talking about?
Whoever heard of such a thing?
You should be getting paid at least weekly, if not more frequently.
Do you think the team manager for the Broncos waits to get paid until his team wins the Super Bowl? Do you think the manager of that restaurant near your home waits until the mission of the restaurant "is complete" before getting paid?
Feb 16, 2020 01:01:29 PM by Osama K
Feb 16, 2020 01:05:08 PM by Preston H
Okay.
If you feel like you have been paid up front, then that makes more sense.
But I still think it is poor management to have people working on my project who are not getting paid regularly.
Feb 16, 2020 01:13:04 PM by Osama K
Feb 17, 2020 01:05:49 AM by Petra R
Osama K wrote:
I just didn't wanted to have an inactive contract that will effect my JSS when I know there won't be any payments for 2 month...
If you received payment under the contract it doesn't matter if it sits there idle for months.
Contracts where oney has been paid do not hurt the JSS when they are open for a while or even a long while...
Feb 16, 2020 01:49:15 PM by Osama K
I tried it 2-3 times and it worked now, I guess it works without an active contract ...
Thanks anyways everybody.
Feb 17, 2020 12:07:34 AM by Christine A
Feb 17, 2020 12:22:29 AM by Tonya P
Christine A wrote:
You could have had the client set up a contract, gotten your upfront payment, then had him fund the escrow account for the remainder. It would not have negatively impacted your JSS to have left the contract open for two months, as long as some money had been paid.
Agreed. OP has paid attention to too many JSS rumors and ended up making things complicated.
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