No activity on return to Upwork

[5ef8bf6c]

I was using Upwork quite successfully two years ago but have found it a waste of time and money since I've returned. 

Previously, clients would more often than not contact me for work, but not now and I've had no response on proposals I have made. 

I worry if the increased gamification and bidding means you now need to spend big to get anywhere and I think I'm too proud to jump on that merry-go-round and will look for a traditional contract or job instead (and the higher earnings that come with it). 

Indeed, I don't recall having to pay to make proposals before, Upwork simply took its commission when the work came in.

Thoughts?

[marjan22]

We all loved Upwork before last CEO came, the days when alll freelancers can get jobs. 

But thoose days are long gone, and, Upwork is now Casino and yes you might win on short run, but nobody won Casino long term.

Now Upwork target group are freelancers money , they dont care for clients and hiring,and quality jobs or quality freelancers,and, that is why we see, fake jobs, repeting jobs, and everything that they can think of, like, Profile boosts, proposals booosts, offers from AI, Adobe, buy this buy that etc.

They now understand that only way to make money is to take the freelancers money not clients money, becuse freelancers are the ones who holds the cash at the end of the working day, not clients.

Now Upwork is sending notification if client seen your proposal and that should be highlight of freelancer day for his money, not getting job. Just awful.

Upwork will be deaf and dumb and  never take action against itself. Upwork maybe will increase coonects for  aplying to 32 if freelancers are desperate for job and continue paying.

Only if freelancers stop paying or Boycot until changes are made, only then Upwork will think this again. As long as freelancers paying and not saying anything, this madness willl continue. Or new platform come to play. Until then freelancers are doomed in never ending circle of working for connects and without profit.

Spend money on connects and get nothing in return, its not sustainable strategy, neither for Upwork, neither for freelancers, and its just a matter of time till it colapse completly, and in my view, only thing for complete colapse, is just if new platform on the market, and  downfall of Upwork will be over night.

[crart]

Dead place already where only scammers and UW profit. Basically, both mean the same.

[kooshesh]

5 posts on this in the last few days including my own experiences. wow. 

[5ef8bf6c]

Thanks. Previously I'd found some good clients, although often small, and lacking sufficient funds to do what they wanted to do. 

Downward from there is probably not where I want to be heading, so I'll leave myself open to work, but if no one ever finds me on here, I'll know it is dead end.