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Upwork keeps deleting my post claiming that its SPAM to try to justify it. The truth is this is ONE post.

NOT SPAM. Just the truth that upwork doesnt want people know about. I am reporting this company to the Better Business Bureau. This is ridiculous.

There are very few legit jobs on this site and they pay the lowest rates I have ever seen, are verbally abusive, and often times find any reason to not pay for the work after it has been completed. And upwork ALWAYS sides with the client. There is no support for us freelancers. The number of scammers who have supposedly been "verified" by upwork is ridiculous.

You need to have a better vetting process for accepting and VERIFYING clients to allow them to use this platform. You are more concerned with satisfying the clients than the freelancers. This is a website for FREELANCERS! You treat your freelancers terrible and on top of that take 20% of the menial earnings that we do receive!

Upwork is nothing more than a portal for scam artists. You need to do more to protect your freelancers from this. I recently had an issue with a client who hired me to do a job and refused to pay me after I had completed it. He made up some lame excuse saying that I did not complete the job, blocked me, and reversed his payment.

The only reason I am posting this publicly is because I tried to resolve this for WEEKS directly with upwork. I provided them several documents showing proof that I did in fact complete the job and that the client acknowledged that I competed the job. I told them that I did not want refund him the money because I wanted to be paid for my time. They took it upon themselves to refund the client the money anyway.

This was a "VERIFIED" client. In addition, after he refused to pay me I suspected this might be a scam. After doing some additional research I repeatedly informed upwork that this in fact was a scam and he was hiring freelancers to do things that were ILLEGAL. I consistently flagged all of his work posts and this guy is still a client on upwork!

Allowed to post jobs and continue scamming people. I am extremely, extremely disappointed and disgusted at this company and the way they allow their freelancers to be taken advantage of. When I tried to file a dispute, I was informed ONLY CLIENTS were allowed to file disputes. You do not take care of your people.

Sure, it's fairly easy to spot the scammers but why should we have to *** through so many of them?? And why are they verified? I am posting this because I don't want anyone else to be taken advantage of. Especially new freelancers who are just joining and don't know any better.

I DO NOT trust this company.

And I encourage you to do your research!!!!!! In my opinion, this whole upwork platform is nothing more than a SCAM

Reason of review: Problems with payment.

Monetary Loss: $80.

Preferred solution: Full refund.

Upwork Cons: Unethical business practices, Constant website issues, Billing policies, Lazy staff.

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