This is a win for all parties involved. Less time wasted for clients and freelancers when an applicant isn't a fit for the needs of the position.
> Quote:
> Here’s how it’ll work:
> New clients who prefer the flexibility of hiring freelancers in any location will have the option to set their hiring preference accordingly, and it will work for them just like it does today.
> New clients who prefer to hire within their country will have the option of setting their freelancer search and job post visibility to freelancers in the U.S. only, with the ability to refine their search further by time zone or state. And, only freelancers with a U.S. location in their profile settings (verified by bank account or other means) will see these job posts and be able to submit proposals. Keep in mind if a client changes their mind or chooses to invite a freelancer outside of the U.S., they can do so at any time.
This sort of selection was already happening on the platform but as a manual process by the person hiring. UpWork just added support to prevent non-US users from applying to jobs specified as US only.
Edit: formatting is hard.
To ignore the psychology of the ux and it effect on the decision making process is naive.
US freelancers may be better off. Non US freelancers will certainly not be.
