LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.upwork.com&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;211064098-Log-Time-with-the-Desktop-App" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.upwork.com&#x2F;hc&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;211064098-Log-T...</a><p>&gt; It’s easy to bill your time using the Upwork desktop app. ...<p>&gt; When you have logging turned on, the app takes random screen captures six times per hour—once per 10-minute billing segment. Anything visible on your screen will display in your Work Diary, but you have the option, in Settings, to choose whether the screen captures your entire desktop or only the active screen.<p>Are people aware UpWork encourages monitoring freelancers like this? I would never work for a platform that promotes this or want to subject someone to being monitored like this.<p>Can you really not ask the client questions before submitting a proposal either?<p>Is all this just taking advantage of freelancers who don&#x27;t know how to market themselves, or am I missing something?<p>For all the freelance projects I&#x27;ve found myself, some detailed discussion was required beforehand to check what the client really needs, and I aim for terms that don&#x27;t lead to being micromanaged (like fixed price projects based on results not time) so I can&#x27;t see the appeal.