What's up with Upwork? Connects for everything and no results? Is it still the same?
I've been a long time upwork freelancer and still have profile in good standing. I left upwork a year back after applying like 60-80 jobs over a period of 2-4 months, with ZERO responses. Out of all the jobs I had applied, 90% did not hire ANYONE. So connects and money just when down the drain on a non-serious client who just put out something to check the market or something else.
If you've clear goal in mind, you will almost always find someone, so no hire with 50+ proposals is lack of intent. On Upwork side, they've no mechanism to curtail this kind of clients while freelancers still end up paying for every apply. The least upwork can do it refund the connects when NO ONE is hired. Client must interview at least 3-5 candidates and provide reason to reject each. If there are no effort from client side, they did not deserve freelancers time and money which should be refunded.
Upwork has become Russian roulette where house always wins.
Whats the status now? Still the same or some acknowledge and reforms from Upwork?