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Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Same job posting under different posts. Are connect lost which I used to apply the previous one?

I recently found that the job I applied around on 6-Feb-2023 as in screen shot below and he has not hired anyone as per upwork job post:-

Job post -> **Edited for Community Guidelines**

 

 

The same job as above appeared in the job posting today on 23-Feb as below screenshot.

 

Job post-  link **Edited for Community Guidelines**

 

 

Now point is what happend to my connect for which I have applied to 6-Feb. I am not able to understnad the strategy of this job poster what he is tryign to achieve. Your thoughts??

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Muhammad Junaid's avatar
Muhammad Junaid A Community Member

Same Issue I am facing.

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Sajal,

 

Thank you for your message. Please feel free to use the "Flag as Inappropriate" option throughout the site to report any suspicious activity so that our team can investigate further. If the job violates our TOS, it will be removed and your Connects you used on that proposal will be returned.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Pradeep, I believe the job have been removed from the upwork. However the connects are not being yet refunded. 

 

Moreover, why do you allow client to send invite as well as post job for proposal submission. If client is already sending 10-15 invites by himself there are minimal chances that he will review the proposal submitted. It is a waste of connects by freelancer in bidding for job where client is interested in hiring through invite.

Annie Jane's avatar
Annie Jane B Retired Team Member

Hi Sajal,

 

Thank you for reaching out. Please allow time for the Connects to be refunded. Rest assured that the Connects will automatically be refunded in 24-48 hours.


~ AJ
Upwork
Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Hi Annie, It is not only about this job, I have flagged another job too which was originally posted on 

Wed, Dec 21, 2022. This job got expired and then it again got renewed around 15-Feb-2023.
The important point to note here is that this job is no longer in my queue as active and appearing inarchived jobs. However client has renewed and looking for new proposal & apply link is coming as disable for me.  
 
Now what happen to connect used for applying to proposal. I am aware of this as client had interviewed me for this position so it was previosuly appearing in my active job. However there might be many such case.. Can you suggest?? 
Annie Jane's avatar
Annie Jane B Retired Team Member

Hi Sajal,

 

Could you please send the link to the job post so we can check?


~ AJ
Upwork
Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Expired Job Appearing in my Archived job and more active for me

**Edited for Community Guidelines**

sajal36_1-1677460799595.png

 

 

Renewed Job - 

**Edited for Community Guidelines**

The Apply link is disabled to me as it says you have already applied.

sajal36_0-1677460411808.png

 

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Sajal,

 

I see that you have already applied for the second job on Feb 17th. Check out your Proposals page for more information.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Hi Pradeep, Will you please relook on the problem statement. Job is active and it is appearing in my Archive. Regards Sajal Sharma

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Retired Team Member

Hi Sajal,

 

Yes, the job is active and you have already submitted this proposal for the mentioned job as seen here

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Hi Pradeep,

           It is the same client who posted the job in december and I got interviewed for the position. But client never came back and job expired. Please refer the screen below 

sajal36_0-1677497831371.png

 

Now the same client have again posted the position with changed JD and I did not realised and I reapplied as you shared the screen shot of Feb 17. 

 

Now this is a bigger problem, I have applied to the same client Project manager position 2 times and this time with modified JD.  Please see the clietn details on right panel of jobs. This is a pure scam run by this client otherwise why he will waste connects of the candidates. I even pinged and messaged client for this new job post similar to older one and there was no response. As a candidate we lose double the connect in such scenario.

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Sajal S Community Member

Hi Pradeep,

1. Do you have any update on the reported issue above. Similar job by client and it made me applied 2 times. 1 exepired in archive and other one active. I believe these connects must be reimbursed & mark this as scam.

2. Annie confrimed connect re-imbursement on previous issue in 24 hour. That is also not reflecting in transaction.

 

Regards 

 

Sajal Sharma

Bettye's avatar
Bettye U Community Member

Maybe the client wasn't satisfied with the applicants and decided to try again? I've seen low-paid writing and editing jobs reposted, apparently from clients who want champagne work on a beer budget. 

Sajal's avatar
Sajal S Community Member

Why client will want to have 2 active identical jobs. I do not foresee any reason for the same other than that client has forgot the first job he had posted and recruited none.

Dan's avatar
Dan P Community Member

I have noticed something lately, not sure tough... I have seen client posting the job. After 50+ freelancers apply he sees that the average bidding is under their budget, so the post the job again with lower budget to see how low they would get. Welcome to the jungle.