Not worthy of getting started - Anonymous employee Upwork Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It gives you a sort of freedom and flexibility. As long as you are professional, you can always find stuff to do. But these are applicable only if you are a junior

Cons

In fact you are wasting your time as long as you are not working for a company with ambitions, decent management and well-organized workflow.

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