regarding personal info

[22c370d3]

a client is asking me to provide my email id to schedule meeting should i give to him? contract haven't started yet .

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Ashish,

Please keep in mind that communicating outside of Upwork before an official contract is formed is not allowed. 

You and your client/s can use our feature Schedule a Meeting directly on Upwork. Linking a calendar to your Upwork account is recommended, but not required. Thank you.

[22c370d3]

should i report him?

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Ashish,

Our team will review this further and will take proper actions. Thank you for flagging this.

[masud669]

Hi Ashish,

No need to report him. Just tell your honorable client, we can do meet here using the Zoom meeting feature. You will get this option on the message page.

Thanks.

[gilbert-phyllis]

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Ashish K wrote:

should i report him?

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There is no need to report him unless he pressures you to break the rule. Many clients are oblivious to the requirement to keep communication on the platform until a contract is in place. Just politely let him know it's required. After that, if he continues to push, then he either is trying to lure you off the platform for a scam or he's simply a jerk that you probably prefer to avoid working with.

[pgiambalvo]

Nyet! Never communicate outside of Upwork until a contract has been set up. Read the ToS and adhere to it to protect yourself and other freelancers from the scammers that are rampant here.