Should I be getting my connects back if the job I applied for has been closed or expired?

[a6428715]

Hi, 

Recently I have been noticing that the clients who have more than 90% hire rate have been neglecting the jobs they have posted and don't even bother interviewing the freelancers. I feel like they only search for ideas to the solution to their problem in the proposals submitted and discard the job posted without even interviewing one single freelancer. 

And I happened to apply for a number of such jobs. I feel so stupid 😞

However, I keep getting notifications that the jobs have been closed or expired but I don't get any connects back for some of them.

[petra_r · Accepted solution]

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Nilima N wrote:

However, I keep getting notifications that the jobs have been closed or expired but I don't get any connects back for some of them.

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You get connects back if the client proactively closed the job post,

You don't get them back if the job post expires due to inactivity.

[a6428715]

Oh, okay. 

It's just so sad that Upwork is so neglective towards this matter. It's not really the freelancers' fault that the client is inactive.

I really hope Upwork does something to encourage the clients to be more responsible for the jobs they have posted.

Thank you for your fast response though. I really appreciate it. 🙂