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Re:Upwork Freelancers Who Want Guaranteed Pay Have to Opt in... by theshadowknows on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:34AM (#17713889)
I’ve had a company owe me about $14,000 for....15 years now. I’m guessing it won’t be coming in anytime soon! Back when I was younger and naive about such things it would have been nice for a larger organization to have my back.
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Re:Upwork Freelancers Who Want Guaranteed Pay Have to Opt in... by teh_klev on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @06:52AM (#17714747)
No, I think the reality would be that you'd have never allowed that client to run up $14k. You'd have had a payment plan in place so that at each milestone you'd get paid. If they stop paying, you would down tools.

You don't need a big brother watching your every working hour. There's happy mediums, this Upwork spy thing certainly isn't it.

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Re:Upwork Freelancers Who Want Guaranteed Pay Have to Opt in... by theshadowknows on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:45AM (#17733677)
That’s a really good point. I was young and just sort of “trusted” people and clients to do the right thing.
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