People here are blaming this guy for not thinking Freelancer.com will take care of him like he is an employee. I think the platform, freelancer.com, is trying t

People here are blaming this guy for not thinking Freelancer.com will take care of him like he is an employee. I think the platform, freelancer.com, is trying to play both sides of the issue. Their advertising, marketing and brand are "we are here to help you!" and to take away the potential headaches and challenges that freelancers without the platform have. Yet, really, they are not there to mitigate the risk they claim. They don't give a shit about you or your income. They only want people to use the platform. It's a power imbalance. The company has thousands and thousands of people using their service, so one person is such a small % of their business, they don't give a shit. For small businesses, in a small town or community, your reputation is what your business is, so you will work really hard to ensure it is good. Large companies with a huge web presence and the resources to protect it, don't care about you. If you post a bad review, they will find a way to get 100 people to post positive ones. It's largely about resources, the large company has WAY more than you as an individual. They only care about their competition. It's sad, but that's the state of our system, from health care companies to insurance companies to telecoms to banks, you are at the mercy of these large corporations as a customer. Unless you have a personal networth large enough to fix these problems, it's a basically insolvable problem. I recently had a disagreement with my car insurance company about an accident. They ruled against me, which I disagreed with. My only recourse would be to hire a lawyer and take them to court. They knew it would be WAY more effort than it was worth for me. My only option was to switch companies, which I did, but it doesn't really matter since the new company could do the same to me just as easily.