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Originally Posted by LaSexorcisto
I'm not sure the last time you've used Upwork, but you can choose between hourly pay or per project pay. If you choose per project you can add milestones and set the amount of incremental payments you want to release as the dev finishes each milestone.
Even with hourly all you need to do is have the dev submit the work to a Git repository everyday so you can track their progress each day.
If someone using Upwork spends money and doesn't get a deliverable, then they should not be in the business of managing developers or projects.
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I use Upwork constantly. I started with Elance in 2004. You can be seasoned and still have things go wrong. Knowing what your recourse is when they do go wrong is important. Knowing that you can't claim for deliverables in this instance is important.
Over the years I've had 2 jobs go wrong on Upwork. One as recently as January of this year. I lost mediation for exactly the reason I stated - you cannot claim for deliverables on hourly jobs because you are not paying for deliverables but paying for time instead. This information comes directly from an Upwork mediator.