Need Some Advice

[wwtash]

Hi there,

I know that this is probably something that is out of everybody's hands but, I was wondering if I can get advice on what to do about a client on Upwork, that had promised a Long-Term Position, and I haven't heard from them since early March?

Before this long wait, it had happened before with them and I was continuously on their case about work. Now it is as if they have vanished. I am in need of a permanent, long-term job and I was banking on this position, but they haven't closed the job on me yet.

Has anybody been in this position before and what did you do about it? Apart from looking for other work.

[nyonomega0 · Accepted solution]

I checked the contract and the client you're referring to and it looks like they haven't been active on Upwork for quite some time.

There can be many reasons for their inactiveness -

- They left the platform

- They changed their business strategy

- They don't have any work to be done at the moment

- They do not want to work with you

or anything else

I'm sorry, but apart from looking for other work, there isn't much you can do. Waiting for them would be a time-waster, so applying for other opportunities is what you should do.

[wwtash]

Thanks for replying. I will do what you have suggested.🙂

[feed_my_eyes]

Upwork is a freelancing platform that mainly offers one-off gigs, so it's not the best place to look for a permanent, long-term job. Clients hire freelancers so that they can work with them as needed, and so that they won't have the same obligations that they'd have towards an employee. That means they're free to terminate contracts at any time, without warning, and they don't have to provide you with a reliable number of hours per week. It was therefore inappropriate of you to be "continuously on their case about work", and this may have been the reason for their disappearance.

[moonraker]

There is nothing to do about it, other than wait (and look for more work)

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Natasha G wrote:

I was continuously on their case about work.

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This is something you SHOULD NOT do. If they have work to give you, they know where to find you and hassling them is only likely to irritate them.

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Natasha G wrote:

I was banking on this position,

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This is something else that's not a good idea. Never bank on clients to come through for you. They often won't regardless of what they might say.

[feed_my_eyes]

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Jamie F wrote:

Never bank on clients to come through for you. They often won't regardless of what they might say.

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Not only that, but it's actually a common ploy for clients to say that they'll give you long-term work if your price is cheap enough. They are under no obligation there, either.

[bundie702]

"... it's actually a common ploy for clients to say that they'll give you long-term work if your price is cheap enough." 

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I never understood that. It's a totally nonsensical carrot to dangle. Someone made me that offer early on, and I told them the only thing worse than taking one low-paying job would be a steady diet of low-paying work.

Regarding the original question, sometimes clients just disappear without explanation. It happens.