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This is what happens when you go public! The pressure to earn more (by hook or crook) also increases in times like these. As the author states, this started happening more only after Upwork got listed on NASDAQ, not earlier when they were still a solid private company.

Just reading some of the jobs on Upwork and freelancer make me wonder how any one gets anything accomplished.

Upwork also seems to be well aware of the huge number of fraudulent contractor accounts.