This is in addition to the % fees they also charge the buyer. As a very long time user of Upwork since before the days of oDesk and Elance, don't understand th

This is in addition to the % fees they also charge the buyer. As a very long time user of Upwork since before the days of oDesk and Elance, don't understand the greed here. They used to at least offer discounts on the rate when you had over $10K billings with a client. This just increases prices across the board as contractors will raise their rates to account for the fees. Silly as it gives their users motivation to give competitors a look, as well as a competitor to rise that doesn't want to be as greedy with the now common Airbnb style of charging all sides fees. Surely they got jealous of all the 20-30% fees relatively new services like Uber, GrubHub, Fulfilled by Amazon charges and figure they should get in the game as compared to their legacy thinking... Wish they'd provide additional value and services for additional revenue, rather than continue to squeeze both sides of the transaction.