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      Upwork

      Engaged Employer

      Upwork reviews

      3.8

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (633 total reviews)
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      Hayden Brown

      55% approve of CEO

      43% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Upwork has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 633 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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      633 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 15, 2017

      Representative

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great place to work for a time

      Cons

      Management need to change or take supervisory courses

      5.0
      Jun 15, 2017

      Great Social Mission, Good Corporate Culture

      Marketing intern
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Upwork has a good social mission and a fun and energetic corporate culture. Good open door policy by taking away personal offices. You can work right next to the CEO. Fun events, free lunch every day, Wed is work from home. Everyone is working for the same goal, so there is a lot of cross functioning.

      Cons

      Internships did not lead to full time positions, so that was disappointing because I loved working there.

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      Upwork Response
      8y
      Thanks for your feedback! We very much want our internships to be a route to full time roles. Let's keep in touch as you finish school (assuming you returned for another year or two....if not let me know!).
      5.0
      Feb 5, 2017

      Smart, Diverse Team, Meaningful Mission

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with a bright, internationally diverse team (both corporate employees (1/3 of total headcount) and freelancers (2/3)) who are driven by a clear and inspiring company mission to change the way the world works and create professional opportunity for millions.

      Cons

      Eating our own dogfood (working with a partially distributed team) can be challenging. Lots of technical debt from legacy platforms, Elance and oDesk, that will take years to resolve.

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