Oct 29, 2020 01:16:36 PM by Eric H
I thought that once Upwork rolled out the paid connects that connects would be refunded when a job was no-hire.
I have multiple jobs in my history with no hires and I've never seen a connect refund.
Am I missing something?
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Oct 29, 2020 01:44:59 PM by Jennifer R
Eric H wrote:I thought that once Upwork rolled out the paid connects that connects would be refunded when a job was no-hire.
I have multiple jobs in my history with no hires and I've never seen a connect refund.
Am I missing something?
Yes:
Returned Connects
Connects may be returned under the following circumstances:
Note: Withdrawing your proposal will not return your Connects.
Oct 29, 2020 01:44:59 PM by Jennifer R
Eric H wrote:I thought that once Upwork rolled out the paid connects that connects would be refunded when a job was no-hire.
I have multiple jobs in my history with no hires and I've never seen a connect refund.
Am I missing something?
Yes:
Returned Connects
Connects may be returned under the following circumstances:
Note: Withdrawing your proposal will not return your Connects.
Oct 29, 2020 02:07:33 PM by Eric H
Thanks for the reply. Do we know what the logic is behind the refund of connects not applying to expired job job posts? That's what it looks like all of mine are.
If a client doesn't bother to hire, why would they bother to close the job?
Seems kinda shady of Upwork to take money from freelancers for what might be "fake" jobs where clients might just be trying to get prices. And how do we know an AI isn't creating these jobs so Upwork can get $0.30-$0.90 from all the applicants? Those pennies would add up fast. Very disappointed.
Oct 29, 2020 05:51:39 PM by Amanda L
Eric H wrote:Thanks for the reply. Do we know what the logic is behind the refund of connects not applying to expired job job posts? That's what it looks like all of mine are.
If a client doesn't bother to hire, why would they bother to close the job?
Seems kinda shady of Upwork to take money from freelancers for what might be "fake" jobs where clients might just be trying to get prices. And how do we know an AI isn't creating these jobs so Upwork can get $0.30-$0.90 from all the applicants? Those pennies would add up fast. Very disappointed.
There is plenty of logic behind it, and it's been discussed ad nauseum on this forum. If you are interested search the topic of connects on here and you'll see many, many conversations about it.
Oct 29, 2020 08:50:32 PM Edited Oct 29, 2020 09:16:22 PM by Petra R
Eric H wrote:And how do we know an AI isn't creating these jobs so Upwork can get $0.30-$0.90 from all the applicants?
Seriously? Even in 2020, which will likely go down as the year of the dumbest conspiracy theories, this one ranks somewhere alongside the flat earth theory.