Re: permanent positions

moffatt-teresa · ‎02-12-2021

What if the client wants you permanently? Do you have to get paid through UpWork forever?

lysis10 · ‎02-12-2021

You are new. You need to be careful about scams. If this was some poorly worded "interview" off Upwork promising $50/hour and a check to get started, it's a scam.

petra_r · ‎02-12-2021

Teresa M wrote:
What if the client wants you permanently? Do you have to get paid through UpWork forever?

Only for the first 2 years and please listen to Jennifer.... Also do not, under any circumstances, have an interview outside of Upwork.

BojanS · ‎02-12-2021

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I was not able to locate the conversation you're referring to. Could you please click on my name and send me a PM with more information about the project you're referring to? I'll check that for you and advise you accordingly.

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prestonhunter · ‎02-12-2021

This has happened to me.

By the time I have worked for a client for 2 years, I have earned enough so that Upwork's fee is only 5%.

At that point, I really have no interest in changing things, and I just continue to work through Upwork.

Upwork's rules do NOT require me to continue working through the platform after 2 years with the same client. But I find working through Upwork to be convenient and I find the arrangement advantageous. So I have never actually transitioned an Upwork client OFF of Upwork, even after working for 2 or more years.

But the basic answer to the original poster's question ("Do you have to get paid through Upwork forever?") is: no.

petra_r · ‎02-12-2021

Preston H wrote:
So I have never actually transitioned an Upwork client OFF of Upwork, even after working for 2 or more years.

Same here. Can't see the point