In case anyone's forgotten, there was also that story where Upwork cut off a freelancer with no explanation, and falsely told the client they had to upgrade, on

In case anyone's forgotten, there was also that story where Upwork cut off a freelancer with no explanation, and falsely told the client they had to upgrade, on the pretense that Upwork had to comply with the California law about contractor status. (Which is indeed an issue with CA's contractor laws, but in no way requires them to ghost you or you to use their payroll service.) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18415367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18415367