I received negative feedback, which seems unfair to me.
A year ago, I started learning to find a job on Upwork, but no one was willing to hire me because I was a newcomer. I kept submitting my resume for a month. Finally, I found a life-saving straw. I won a job with a fixed price of $5.
I thought it is an easy task but I was wrong. In the very beginning, the client had two requests:
- writing an academic report on a provided code;
- writing a code that solves another problem.
In order to prove my skills, I decided to write the report for free as a sample. The finished report is posted below.
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After I uploaded the finished report to the client, he hired me and I was happy.
With happiness inside me, I started working on the second problem. I thought that I finally can earn something at Upwork though the price is $5. However, when I finished the code, the client said he was a poor student from Pakistan and didn't have enough money to make a living.
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I have not realized that he was trying to ask me to work for free. I just simply believe that he does has financial difficulties for real. After learning how difficult his condition was, my heart broke. Then the client asked for a third request:
- writing another academic report on the code I just finished.
Moreover, the client stated that the price was $5 for the 2nd and 3rd requests in total. With a compassionate heart, I completed the 3rd request and sent the academic report to the client.
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When I fantasized that I could finally get my $5, the client refused to pay me unless I take on another job from him. The new job was complex and contained 4 sub-problems.
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The client set the price as $10 for the new job due to his poor financial condition. To get my $5 back, I had no choice but to take the new job. After I finished 3/4 of the new job, he agreed to release that $5.
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Finally, with great happiness and a slight sense of guilt, I received my first $5 at Upwork. I was happy because I receive my first earning. And I felt guilty because I charged a poor Pakistani student $5. I began to be curious about my client, this poor student. But I realized that I was fooled by my client.
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The client has posted so many jobs, and he doesn't seem like a poor student in need of help. With 130 jobs posted, he only spent $289 in total, which is roughly $2 per job. To be honest, this is very suspicious. Perhaps, this client obtained sympathy by lying and then hired workers at a low price. In this case, I messaged him,
" If you are truly a poor student, maybe you need to study hard to improve your financial situation; if you are not, please try to not utilize the sympathy of others to make money. Either way, I will not work for you any longer. "
The client kept messaging me, which made me frustrated. I've already finished 3/4 of the job for free. Then, I decided to end the contrast with this client and blocked his messages, then left positive feedback.
I wished all the best for this client, but he gave me negative feedback.
He was right, I was unprofessional indeed. This experience is a painful but beneficial lesson for me.
Now here comes the question: how to delete negative feedback if I am not Top Rated?
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