Aug 16, 2023 08:00:28 AM Edited Aug 16, 2023 08:01:59 AM by StanG S
Check out the product release for Marketplace Updates: Changes to Upwork Application Prices, and let us know your thoughts and question in the comments below.
Aug 16, 2023 08:11:01 AM by Rafik T
To be honest, I disagree with a lot of Upwork decisions recently.
When I look at the idea of making paid connects a requirement to apply for jobs, it seems a great idea at first it can reduce random job applications, unqualified freelancers, and give a better opportunity to more serious and people that are the best match for the job.
But when you look to what is happening in the Platform, from fake jobs, to connects battle races, to unresponsive clients.
I am not against upwork making money, it is good for both freelancers and Upwork to stay in business.
But, it must be a platform where freelancers feel appreciated so they can perform at their best.
Jan 3, 2024 09:05:48 AM by Jen D
What other company in the world that isn't a scam makes you pay money to apply for a job? Think about it. Once again, Upwork, looking for revenue, penalizes the freelancers. They keep raising the number of connects required and it is OUT OF CONTROL - 60+ connects sometimes! Why not charge enterprise clients more for the cheap labor and savings on health and other corporate benefits they are raking in using Upwork freelancers. I feel Upwork could be champion for freelancers and the networked organization and instead they nickel and dime us. There are other ways to sort out bad profiles, scamming freelancers, etc. And the connect required do not consistently reflect pay rates. I'd love to see their data on that argument.
Feb 28, 2024 06:45:01 PM by guanwei y
I came to this platform for the first time to look for a job and ended up wasting a lot of connections because I wasn't familiar with the rules
Aug 16, 2023 08:27:30 AM by Dmytro P
Okay, but we are seeing 16 connects jobs since June. Is this just an announcement, or what? I don't understand
Aug 16, 2023 08:55:07 AM Edited Aug 16, 2023 11:10:52 AM by Douglas Michael M
[Comment withdrawn. Apparently I misunderstood.]
Aug 16, 2023 09:34:43 AM by Avery O
Hi Dmytro,
We initially tested the new Connects range in limited categories. The new proposal amounts have now been applied to all categories.
Aug 17, 2023 11:22:23 AM by Abdul Wadood B
Hello, I have seen something today, the jobs are requiring more connects to apply than was required before. Till yesterday the rates were different and quite low, but today I have seen that it is charging 12 - 16 connects to apply for an intermediate-level job with a client's budget of around 100 - 500 USD. Have anyone else faced the same type of issue?
Aug 17, 2023 11:32:11 AM Edited Aug 17, 2023 11:34:51 AM by Mykola A
Is same. I see many jobs from scammers, with budget less than $10. All costs 16 connects.
Lets wait 32 connects for job. Or 320. It will be added soon as i see.
ps Upwirk is a zombie! Platform dead but hungry, need more and more.
Aug 17, 2023 10:48:01 AM by Chijioke U
@Upwork Please if this is a glitch you guys should inform us... How can one apply for a job with almost $2 and might not even get a response or the client might not even hire. tell us if Upwork is now expensive or it's just a glitch🙏🙏
Aug 17, 2023 11:40:10 AM by Mazhar I
This is discouraging, there has to be an upper limit for connects.
Aug 17, 2023 11:47:26 AM by Chijioke U
I'm tired of this, Imagine I haven't applied for any job since yesterday thinking it might be a glitch
Aug 17, 2023 11:49:02 AM by Mykola A
Sorry, but it is real. I checked my feed, found one job for 8 connects (unverified, $5 budget). All other 16.
Aug 17, 2023 11:48:30 AM by Chijioke U
After collecting 10% from my pay, i will still use $2 to apply for a job
Aug 17, 2023 12:49:13 PM by Zabrina H
I just noticed this too starting yesterday! Before yesterday all jobs I saw were between 2 - 8 connects and now every single one is 16! What is happening?!
Aug 17, 2023 01:44:53 PM by Hammed O
Upwork must think they'll always have the market and users won't have alternatives
Aug 17, 2023 01:50:26 PM by Joe B
UW greed. Without warning, UW retroactively doubled the number required for all jobs <16 connects early yesterday morning, including those that were already posted (the search results were showing one number, but it was double that number when you clicked on the title; it looks like they fixed that revealing glitch). Now you can use double the connects for jobs posted by clients who post and then disappear (no hires, interviews or activity) or for scam postings.
First, UW introduced the bidding war to try to get people to buy connects, which apparently didn't generate enough $ because some freelancers refused to play the game. Now it's this (freelancers can't really opt out).
Aug 17, 2023 01:51:06 PM Edited Aug 17, 2023 05:01:31 PM by Arjay M
I posted this in another thread but here is the kind of high quality job you can apply for for only 12 connects! /s
**Edited for Community Guidelines**
Aug 17, 2023 05:37:24 PM by Tiffany S
Have you considered that Upwork may want to steer freelancers away from those jobs?