How effective is Upwork solving the issue of clients asking free work?

[nosvan]

I just got a message from a job I applied to and it basically requested me to translate a bit of work (3 products). A quick glance at the job profile lets me know the client has contacted 40 people. I suspect this client may have taken the bulk, broke it down into small pieces and sent the to a bunch of translators to have free work.  When I told the client that no money=no work, I was told even a single product translation "to verify my quality" was enough. 

This isn't the first time I've seen this, but I wonder how Upwork deals with this kind of situations. For my part, I won't give any client a single translated word unless it's paid. There is no other way for them to acknowledge that our work has value.

Edit: Oh yeah, it's probable I'll receive 10 connects for getting reached out. I have to admit that's a great change. 10/10.

[petra_r]

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Jose Daniel M wrote:

I just got a message from a job I applied to and it basically requested me to translate a bit of work (3 products).

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Simply flag it as inappropriate, select "client is asking for free work" and move on.

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Jose,

Could you share the details with me via PM so that our team can investigate this further and take proper actions? Thank you.