> The Upwork marketplace is no different than any other source of people that may be looking for remote jobs. The trouble is that people will typically do thei

> The Upwork marketplace is no different than any other source of people that may be looking for remote jobs. The trouble is that people will typically do their reference checking on UpWork, which incentivizes people to leave positive reviews on it, just like Uber and AirBnb do. It does tend to require real names and you can often find information about people elsewhere, but a lot of people don't. So if you try to do a more thorough check, the candidate may not be expecting it.