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    Found 331 reviews

    3.7
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    51%
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    Freelancer CEO Matt Barrie
    Matt Barrie
    122 Ratings
    Pros

    • "it is the best place to find freelance work" (in 41 reviews)

    • "Work from home and there is no boss" (in 26 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Fake clients can create project and steal freelancers' effort time" (in 23 reviews)

    • "I had to gripe to customer service to get refunded project fees that I was charged for accepting a project that was a scam" (in 18 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Review"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at Freelancer

      Pros

      Felxibility, management, interesting job opportunities, clients

      Cons

      Lack of stability, lack of security, lack of helath benefits

      Advice to Management

      None

      Freelancer2018-11-08

    2. "Logistics"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Shipper/Receiver in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Freelancer full-time for more than 4 years

      Pros

      Good people to work with and they are a hard working bunch.

      Cons

      No benefits and no vacation days.

      Advice to Management

      Health insurance and vacations days are a must.

      Freelancer2019-03-27
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    3. "great company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Freelancer full-time for more than 4 years

      Pros

      awesome co-workers, great PTO, awesome people

      Cons

      long hours, hard work, great

      Freelancer2019-02-05

    4. "Project Manager"

      StarStarStarStarStar
        Former Employee - Architect in New York, NY

        I worked at Freelancer full-time for more than 2 years

        Pros

        work from home and squedules

        Cons

        to much hours and low salarie

        Freelancer2019-01-22
      • Helpful (1)

        "Good benefits and atmosphere but a little slow to adapt new technology"

        StarStarStarStarStar
        • Work/Life Balance
        • Culture & Values
        • Career Opportunities
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Senior Management
        Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
        Recommends
        Neutral Outlook
        No opinion of CEO

        I worked at Freelancer full-time

        Pros

        Good benefits (free food, which is rare for a Philippine company)

        Cons

        Is still using an old version of PHP while I was there.

        Freelancer2018-10-26

      • "It was Great"

        StarStarStarStarStar
        • Work/Life Balance
        • Culture & Values
        • Career Opportunities
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Senior Management
        Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

        I worked at Freelancer

        Pros

        The people were nice, the atmosphere diverse

        Cons

        The hours could be long

        Freelancer2018-10-06

      • "Its okay"

        StarStarStarStarStar
        • Work/Life Balance
        • Culture & Values
        • Career Opportunities
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Senior Management
        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

        I have been working at Freelancer part-time

        Pros

        Work on own schedule and own time

        Cons

        Hard to communicate with clients / secure jobs

        Freelancer2018-08-21

      • "industrial designer"

        StarStarStarStarStar
        • Work/Life Balance
        • Culture & Values
        • Career Opportunities
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Senior Management
        Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
        Recommends
        Positive Outlook
        No opinion of CEO

        I have been working at Freelancer

        Pros

        Highly qualified and innovative work force

        Cons

        Poor benefit , lack of follow up, missed commitments and no travel expense reimbursement

        Freelancer2018-06-14

      • "Flexibility"

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        • Work/Life Balance
        • Culture & Values
        • Career Opportunities
        • Compensation and Benefits
        • Senior Management
        Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
        Recommends

        I worked at Freelancer for more than a year

        Pros

        Flexible schedule, Dependability good hours

        Cons

        Not many hours scheduled for work

        Advice to Management

        Well done

        Freelancer2018-05-09

      • "Tester"

        StarStarStarStarStar
          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

          I have been working at Freelancer full-time

          Pros

          Schedule is very flexible to work.

          Cons

          Project to project, and no benefits covered.

          Advice to Management

          Less bids

          Freelancer2018-04-20
        Found 331 reviews