clients wasting credits of freelancers by posting same job post again and again without hiring

[kchawda]

Client who has posted this job is posting the same job time and again. This client has posted 710 job post while spending just around $ 1k+ with 23 active hires. Doesn't these stats of client look fishy?

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Moreover, if you look at the open job history for the client, he/she has been posting same job again and again wasting the credits of freelancers without hiring.

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Applying for job of this client costs 4 credits to freelancers. Will be interesting to know what community gurus have to say for such clients who keep posting same jobs in errant manners and wasting the credits of freelancers? So does upwork as a platform have responsibility to regulate such errant clients or again freelancers will be advised to be cautious from such clients while upwork keep earning through credits of freelancers through such SCAM job posts?

Regards

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Krunal,

Thank you for reporting this. Our team will investigate the client further and if any violations are found, proper actions will be taken. 

[kchawda]

@Goran,

What is your investigation has found out so far about client? Is upwork going to take appropriate action? If so, what action you are taking? Kindly share the details so that I can remain in knowhow about how serious upwork is about protecting the interests of freelancers.

Regards

[petra_r]

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Krunal C wrote:

What is your investigation has found out so far about client? Is upwork going to take appropriate action? If so, what action you are taking? Kindly share the details 

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Upwork will not tell you anything whatsoever beyond "If any abuse has been discovered, appropriate action will betaken"

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Krunal C wrote:

 I can remain in knowhow about how serious upwork is about protecting the interests of freelancers.

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You can protect yourself by reading carefully and looking at the client stats that Upwork clearly displays on every job post.

It's hardly rocket science: Don't like the client's hiring stats? Don't bid. Problem solved.

[7ba9aa11]

They never do anything.  How many credits have gone to scam posts I never get back...  This site is **bleep**.  There are FREE remote work boards all over the 'net these days, check them out.

[petra_r]

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Krunal C wrote:

Client who has posted this job is posting the same job time and again. This client has posted 710 job post while spending just around $ 1k+ 

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Why don't freelancers look at the hire rate and simply use their common sense and decide NOT to apply if a client's history does not appeal to them?

Upwork gives freelancers the tools to decide if something is worth applying for or not.

[kchawda]

So as expected onus is on Freelancer only. Well, I have seen the same ad many times so I could figure out about such SCAM but not all freelancer will have such knowledge and will waste their credits while applying for the job.

All the regulations are meant only for freelancers and clients go scot free for their errant behavior. Atleast create a level playing field for both freelancers and client. Currently this balance is heavily tilted in favor of client only.

[jr-translation]

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Krunal C wrote:

Client who has posted this job is posting the same job time and again. This client has posted 710 job post while spending just around $ 1k+ with 23 active hires. Doesn't these stats of client look fishy?

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Moreover, if you look at the open job history for the client, he/she has been posting same job again and again wasting the credits of freelancers without hiring.

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Applying for job of this client costs 4 credits to freelancers. Will be interesting to know what community gurus have to say for such clients who keep posting same jobs in errant manners and wasting the credits of freelancers? So does upwork as a platform have responsibility to regulate such errant clients or again freelancers will be advised to be cautious from such clients while upwork keep earning through credits of freelancers through such SCAM job posts?

I ignore these clients. You probably identified the relevant information yourself: "This client has posted 710 job post while spending just around $ 1k+ with 23 active hires." So why would you apply?
They do not "waste" connects only our time, until you learn to skip past these jobs.

Freelancers that feel the need to re-apply for these jobs should reconsider their business concept.

[petra_r]

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Krunal C wrote:

Not all freelancer will have such knowledge and will waste their credits while applying for the job.

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If people are not sufficiently competent to read the readily available information Upwork shows them, they are not sufficiently competent to operate an online freelancing business.

[moonraker]

Freelancing is just like any other business in that you need to have certain smarts about you in order to survive. Those who don't have these smarts (like the obvious insight to not apply to jobs with low hire rates) are likely to struggle. That's not Upwork's fault. 

It's sh*tty, but that's the way it is. It's also the same way in pretty much any other industry if you are managing yourself.