“Even if [flexible talent] is not the content expert on a course, nearly every course has been touched by one.”
“The cost savings are great, but the real value [of flexible talent] is getting distributed expertise.”
“It’s so important to be able to find the people and skills we need, when we need them—and Upwork helps us do that.”
“We can hire engineers who code in different languages than we write internally. Our Pro is one of the best hires we've made.”
“If you have very specific requirements, you can find the right person on Upwork.”
“I’m not aware of any other platform that’s as customizable as Upwork.”
“Nearly every department in the company has at least one or two freelancers found on Upwork.”
“Upwork evaluates the work description, the talent, and does the worker classification for us so we don’t have to worry about it—that was a really great feature in terms of getting legal buy-in.”
“If we have any issue, my first thought is to go to Upwork and find talent who can help us think it through Upwork opened the door, and made it possible.”
“Upwork is great for crowdsourcing ideas without letting budgets get out of hand, especially when you don’t know where to start, you want to try something new, or you want to get fresh ideas to take something to the next level.”
“Upwork is a great forum to trial talent at no risk and with great speed. Having the flexibility to invite someone to a job and get a response within minutes or hours is really important.”
“We can go to Upwork for exactly what we need, no matter what the scope requires. It has changed the way we get work done every day.”
“Using Upwork is a matter of effectiveness and efficiency. It’s all about being smarter on how we manage our time.”
“Our experience with the freelance economy and Upwork has given us the basis for continual production in the future and even larger scaling of our team and department within Microsoft.”
“One of the biggest advantages of utilizing freelancers is finding a great variety of talent with different skills. And bringing on new talent quickly as our needs change."