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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
      4.0
      Sep 28, 2015

      Dynamic, fast growing

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Remote work, latest frameworks and technologies. Freedom to chose your programming stack. Ability to learn from more expirianced team mates

      Cons

      As a developer should be able to react on issues at any time on the manager request. No salary growing

      3.0
      Sep 22, 2015

      Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work from home on Wednesdays Free lunch, and fully-stocked kitchens in both MountainView and SF offices Happy hour Thursdays (SF), Tuesdays (MountainView) Most people are great (there are some truly brilliant people here) Benefits and compensation are fair (for new hires)

      Cons

      Power struggles Backstabbing Politics (that's everywhere, not just Upwork) Some people are terrible* Division between oDesk and Elance sides of the company (but it's on the mend)* Division between MountainView office and SF office *These cons only apply to certain teams.

      4.0
      Sep 17, 2015

      Good company

      Agent
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      working from home allow flexibility. Team members are great to work with!

      Cons

      low pay, internal tools need to be upgraded

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