Inactive Jobs for several years

[arfanup]

Hey Gurus,

I have almost 20 Inactive jobs piled up for last 4 years. I have requested clients several time to end contracts but most of them have disappered from upwork and don't reply. All the jobs are with earnings. I want to empty my 'Job In progress' section from these inactive jobs, which I think are affecting my JSS too (but not sure). Please advise either should I end conttacts one sidedly or not. ? 

If not, what should I do?

[django_expert]

I am also facing this issue due to which I lost my rising talent badge.

[jewel2000bd]

Hey Abubakar,

You can end those contracts also if you want to. Click on those projects and you should be able to find the option End Contract.

Thanks,

[JoanneP]

Hi Ahtesham, 

You can close the contract yourself if the clients have been unresponsive to your request. You might want to check this announcement and this help article for more information. 

[martina_plaschka · Accepted solution]

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Ahtesham A wrote:

Hey Gurus,

I have almost 20 Inactive jobs piled up for last 4 years. I have requested clients several time to end contracts but most of them have disappered from upwork and don't reply. All the jobs are with earnings. I want to empty my 'Job In progress' section from these inactive jobs, which I think are affecting my JSS too (but not sure). Please advise either should I end conttacts one sidedly or not. ? 

If not, what should I do?

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It has no effect on your JSS or anything, but I agree the ratio of your jobs in progress to ended contracts looks weird. A potential client might think you are too busy. It will also look weird when you end them, since they might show up as a 20$ contract that took 4 years, not a great look either. 

So in short, it's all about the optics of your profile. End them one at a time, not all of them together, so that they blend in with your current ended contracts, so when a current contract is ended, end one of the old ones yourself.