Sep 25, 2021 06:43:35 PM by Hana I
Solved! Go to Solution.
Sep 26, 2021 04:26:46 AM by Martina P
Hana I wrote:Hi Preston,
Thank you for your reply.
Having read through your message, it seems like I have not been 'hired' yet either. The job is still under the active proposals section and is not yet in My Jobs. Should I contact the client regarding this?
No, don't do that. Thank your lucky stars that spared you from a very bad experience. Don't do any work, never contact them again.
Sep 25, 2021 08:20:22 PM by Preston H
Hana:
You have already been hired.
You know this because when you look here:
Upwork -> My Jobs -> My Jobs
...You can see the job listing.
When you click on the job listing, you are able to see that $25 is funded in escrow.
$25 appears in the "Work in progress" box when you go here:
Upwork -> Reports -> Overview
re: "...what advice you’d offer from here?"
It looks like everything is fine for you to proceed.
Write the articles. Submit them to the client using the client's prescribed method. And click the green "Submit work for payment" button while also attaching a zip archive containing the article files.
Sep 26, 2021 04:23:30 AM by Hana I
Hi Preston,
Thank you for your reply.
Having read through your message, it seems like I have not been 'hired' yet either. The job is still under the active proposals section and is not yet in My Jobs. Should I contact the client regarding this?
Sep 26, 2021 04:26:46 AM by Martina P
Hana I wrote:Hi Preston,
Thank you for your reply.
Having read through your message, it seems like I have not been 'hired' yet either. The job is still under the active proposals section and is not yet in My Jobs. Should I contact the client regarding this?
No, don't do that. Thank your lucky stars that spared you from a very bad experience. Don't do any work, never contact them again.
Sep 25, 2021 10:41:43 PM Edited Sep 25, 2021 11:08:05 PM by Christine A
Sep 25, 2021 11:29:59 PM by Nichola L
Adding to what Christine has said, the client is also violating Upwork's terms of service by offering to give a five-star review in lieu of payment.
If you are now locked into this job, then write your articles, make sure you get paid for them, and then close the contract. I think you may be in for a bumpy ride on this one, so come back here if you have a problem with it.
Sep 26, 2021 04:28:31 AM by Hana I
Hi Christine,
Thank you for your reply. I've since seen that the proposal has remained in active proposals but is not yet listed under My Jobs. Do you think it's best for me to leave this job altogether until they officially 'hire' me so to speak?
I do apologise for the naivety of my questions; as I've said, I'm very new to this.
I appreciate you taking out the time to advise me on this mattter.
Sep 26, 2021 04:58:04 AM by Christine A
Hana I wrote:Hi Christine,
Thank you for your reply. I've since seen that the proposal has remained in active proposals but is not yet listed under My Jobs. Do you think it's best for me to leave this job altogether until they officially 'hire' me so to speak?
I do apologise for the naivety of my questions; as I've said, I'm very new to this.
I appreciate you taking out the time to advise me on this mattter.
If you haven't been hired via Upwork - signing up on somebody's website doesn't count - then no, you can't work for them. It's also against the terms of service for you and a client to exchange contact information prior to having an official contract in place, and if you agreed to be paid off of Upwork, you could have had your account permanently banned (not to mention that the client wouldn't have been able to leave you any review, so all of your underpaid work would have been in vain). I'd walk away from this one if I were you; there'll be other projects and other clients.
Sep 26, 2021 05:06:00 AM by Hana I
Sep 26, 2021 12:09:44 AM Edited Sep 26, 2021 12:12:41 AM by Martina P
There is nothing off about this except you got yourself a dirt cheap client, and that often leads to a bad experience. No serious client will promise good feedback up front, because they can't evaluate the work yet. It's a sign of somebody who only cares about getting cheap work, and not much else. Do your best, write the articles, and bow out gracefully as soon as you possibly can. Don't accept more work from this client after the first batch. If you believe the client is unhappy about this, don't end the contract right away.
Edit: also consider your future career in medicine. Your upwork work history will be there forever, and public. Only accept jobs that look good to a potential future employer.
Sep 26, 2021 09:02:11 AM by Robert Y
Luckiest escape I've ever seen. If the client had hired you, you could have been facing weeks or months of drudgery, under constant threat of a bad review if you didn't do more work. And there's a good chance you'd never have been paid - that's the most likely reason the client contacted you off Upwork and made no contract on the site. Upwork's main function is providing protection against that kind of thing.