Payment Delay

[jaybraccini]

Hey guys, I am new at UpWork. Nice to meet you all!

I have been invited to the platform by my current employer, and I am dealing with milestoned payments. My employer funded and approved the first milestone, but still, I won't have it available for withdrawal for 5 more days. Why is this? I don't understand, as my employer is already paying a fee, it is not clear to me why I have to wait for withdrawal. I don't feel it is a fair thing. 

Could some of you explain this to me?

Thank you ver much in advance.

[AleksandarD]

Hi Jay,

Thanks for reaching out to us and welcome to Upwork! When your client releases a milestone or final payment on a fixed-price job, it immediately shows as pending on your financial account. Pending payments become available for you to withdraw after the standard five-day security period. You can check out this help article for more information on this.

Thank you.