Re:Why you should never use Upwork
by k__ on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @06:49AM
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I'm from Germany too and as far as I can tell this isn't the truth for every company here. When I find clients/employers behave like that, I warn them and then I quit. This is what everyone should do. If you accept such horrendous conditions it's your fault people begin to think this is "normal".
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You're quite privileged.
Maybe, I don't know.
But, I lived in these conditions the past. One day I said to myself, I don't want this anymore, and quit.
What is preventing you to change your life for the better? :)
As i said in my post, i don't mind having upwork's program send 6 screenshots an hour from my work machine while i'm working, because it keeps me from being hassled by nontechnical clients who're otherwise fine people to work with.
So i guess the only thing keeping me from making things even better than they already are is finding technical clients with Perl work that pay on the level of ~100$/h.
Hm okay, if it works for you. It's just sad that it perpetuates the idea that this kind of stuff is okay.
I had problems with non-technical clients as well. What helped me was calling them 2-5 times a week, depending on how insecure they feel.
That would be utterly horrible to me and i couldn't stand it at all.