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      3.8

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (630 total reviews)
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      Hayden Brown

      57% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      Upwork has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 630 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Upwork employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      630 reviews
      2.0
      Jul 6, 2016

      Great benefit, but not so great management

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      They have pretty good benefit for their employees.

      Cons

      After the merge, the company is going down.

      5.0
      Jun 23, 2016

      Creating real social value worldwide

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Upwork is a company that provides a significant value to people seeking to work and hire worldwide. Being a part of this transformation of where and how work gets done is extremely rewarding. This inherently creates a strong sense of work-life-balance since location and daily hours are very flexible. The team is strong and works well together with a common goal of improving the ability for the freelancers and clients on the platform to improve their lives.

      Cons

      The company is going through some growing pains as a result of its success. This has resulted in some changes in technology and team members to end up in the strongest position going-forward. To aid in this, the company has been investing heavily in infrastructure and an a culture that empowers individuals throughout the organization.

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      Upwork Response
      9y
      Thanks so much for the great feedback. Agree we need to keep focusing on infrastructure and empowering our incredible employees! Please always feel welcome to come to me with other suggestions as well! Thanks again!
      5.0
      Jun 14, 2016

      Analyst

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Collaborative work culture; very data driven; good benefits; buzz is quite fun; pet friendly work environment; company size is still small enough for a great ideal of upward mobility;

      Cons

      Less of a brand name compared to fb and uber; mountain view office is too quiet; too many unnecessary meetings

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