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      Upwork

      Engaged Employer

      Upwork reviews

      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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      Reviews by job title

      630 reviews
      5.0
      Jul 13, 2015

      Great place to work

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people, free food, good compensation, great CEO. Work at home on Wednesdays. Work is interesting and future looks good. Two offices: Mountain View and San Francisco (and lots of remote employees and contractors). Also, for those people posting reviews to Glassdoor and that use Upwork to find contract jobs, you aren't an Upwork employee! That is like saying you found a contract job in the San Jose Mercury News and you don't like working for the San Jose Mercury News.

      Cons

      Missing some of the perks of larger companies like a gym but so what. You're at a small/medium size company!

      1.0
      Jul 13, 2015

      PM

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexibility, Schedule, Hours, other contractors,

      Cons

      Growing company (elance, elance-odesk and now upwork), people constantly coming and going, doesn't value their employees (treat you like hire "help") Never value your time (meetings are always oushed bac

      5.0
      Jul 6, 2015

      Constantly seeking to improve

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The best part of the company is that it is constantly trying to improve. Whether it's the product or the actual work-place, they are trying everyday to make things better for it's employees and the Freelancers and Clients that use the site. Upwork isn't afraid to take chances and is great about hiring individuals with diverse backgrounds and experience to fill roles that may be unconventional. Extremely flexible with working from home/remote.

      Cons

      The benefits could be better...no 401k matching, perks like other big companies.

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