Upwork for Freelancers

I’m working on this & it’s great experience here!

when i join this platform as a freelancer, required number of connects to apply jobs were 4 or 6 connects in many cases and sometimes I saw 8 or 16 connects at most. so i could get some jobs with free charged connects. After few months, the number of required connects to apply jobs became 16 or higher connects in most cases. even $5 job requires 16 connects to apply ! that’s insane. i am doubting that the management of upwork controls the rate of connects regardless clients do. I already have stopped working in this platform. Connects rate became higher but projects fee dropped and full of con. Ironically, con men reply to my application, so I could get back my connects at least, it’s better than non-con clients ignoring my application.

This app doesn't support dark mode, which I find disappointing. It makes me not want to use it.

Every update seems to bring new problems, whether it be disabling auto-complete text, glitchy search functions, or displaying notification badges when there are no messages waiting

Trying to find a job on Upwork without connects seems impossible, because whenever you apply and want to get a job, you have to bid higher than everyone else. The bid can be more than 15 connects. BUT they only give you 10 connects/month. You have to buy Pro one, but it’s only 80 connects, it’s not unlimited and ¥2,400/month! Once you get a job, you have to pay to them 20%/hour which is a lot. I don’t know how people can make money from here, it’s ridiculous. OH another one, once you apply a job, the connects won’t come back to you even the employer doesn’t respond.

Job details がタイトルや本文をクリックしても見られなくなって2週間ぐらい経ってます。直して〜

Whenever I try to write messages this app stucks

I didn’t know my availability badge is turned on, and I suddenly lost all of them. Now another month has been started, and I am not getting the connects. I can’t reach anyone without updating to Pro account.

I lost two jobs because my messages didn’t get sent out. I only realized after logging into my laptop and saw that the messages I sent using the app were missing. Then when I used my laptop to send out messages, they appeared as if my client wrote them instead of me. How can such an important feature be lacking so much? Talking to the client is literally what makes or breaks a deal...

よく落ちる。よく凍る。ダメダメすぎ。