PeoplePerHour.com - www.peopleperhour.com Reviews
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PeoplePerHour.com is an online community of professional freelancers you can outsource work to as and when you need it. Hire reputable freelancers to, get the right people for your job, paying only for the work that gets done. PeoplePerHour.com has tens of thousands of freelancers you can outsource to making it UK’s number one freelance site. PeoplePerHour.com is a flexible, cost saving alternative to finding skilled professionals across the globe.
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Latest Reviews
★★☆☆☆
“Treat freelancers like dirtbfavour those who offer...”
Written on: 20/05/2013
Awful. Have been on site for 3 years. Built up a great reputation then 1 client who didn't know how to review properly gave me a 1 star rating accidentally and PPh won't help the client to remove this, so it's dragged my score right down. I spent a long time setting up unique and professional hourlies and these have all been copied by less experienced freelancers trying to undercut me with their sub standard service thus completely devaluing what I have to offer. (and then clients omplain... (read more)
★★★★★
“great website !”
Written on: 18/05/2013
I Found great freelance for logo/design job, all perfect, simple to use and friendly message interface. I would definitely use the website again for my next project. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Waste of money”
Written on: 05/05/2013
I rejected an invoice for a service which I considered to be of inadequate quality. PeoplePerHour paid the invoice from my escrow account anyway, without consulting me. I won't be using this website again. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“PeoplePerHour: professional spammers”
Written on: 03/05/2013 by AllaninNewport (1 review written)
Ostensibly a find yourself freelance work or pitch for work site. Originally a good set up but now a nuisance spamming organisation. it is hard enough to find work as a self-employed creative, but hopeless via PeoplePerHour unless you can offer to do things for a pittance. Impossible to stop their constant e-mails. One to avoid! (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“I have tried PeoplePerHour, for several months. It...”
Written on: 30/04/2013
I have tried PeoplePerHour, for several months. It looked promising at first, but I gradually began to feel that it wasn't really there to serve the users of the site. It was there so that the site owners could exploit us... Little things like not being able to delete 'hourlies', like Bank Account details being visible rather than asterisked out and no facility to remove bank details them were sending me the wrong messages. Wherever you looked on the site, it didn't really seem to be... (read more)
★★★★★
“Great way to start you job”
Written on: 25/04/2013
After working as a freelancer on Ukrainian and Russian websites, I came to pph.com and I am really pleased with the service so far. Hot 10 jobs the very first week and 8 positive reviews. Two more on their way, I believe. Earned 300$ so far. The service is very well organized and all my funds seems to be protected. Have no problems with this service so far, same as few of my friends. Would recommend to every freelancer who is going to start they way as an independent contractor. Odesk and... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Biased behavior”
Written on: 24/04/2013 by angrypeng
I had a very bad experience with PPH. One of the top sellers was acting against the PPH T&C and refused to correct his deliverable free of charge. PPH didn't respond to my requests for help in time and I ended up spending thousands without getting my job done. PPH support team deleted my bad reviews and allowed the seller to change his positive review to negative. Overall please do not be fooled by the good looking platform, this is not a reliable way of doing business (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Do not work for Phillip Buffett at Uber Intelligence ”
Written on: 23/04/2013 by donotworkforPhillipBuffett
I like the website "people per hour" itself, however I just had a very bad experience with the buyer called Phillip Buffett works at Uber Intelligence in London. He seems trustful as his review on the website is good but be careful, because he never paid!! At the beginning, he refuses to pay deposit as this is his "COMPANY POLICY". I really should not start working at this point, but I trusted the review on the web. After I submit the work, which he said he is satisfied with, he stop... (read more)
Scammedlilme's Response to donotworkforPhillipBuffett's Review
Written on: 18/05/2013
This guy took £5k off me. I called the police but they don't want to know. I also met him via PPH
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★☆☆☆☆
“Rubbish Artists”
Written on: 15/03/2013
Where to start. Been using them on and off to 6 months. Got about 8 jobs in my first few months (nothing to write home about I know), but compared to the poor quality low paying jobs on the site, I didn't bid on many. Suddenly, I notice although i am bidding on jobs (and have over 30 outstanding) I hear nothing back, they don't get cancelled and I now find I am not appearing in search results. I have contacted them a few times, heard nothing. I have been sent endorsements (new... (read more)
★★☆☆☆
“Made to feel useless”
Written on: 04/03/2013
After studying my skill at Uni and having plenty of years worth of experience after that, I set up as a freelancer and used People Per Hour as an additional way to get my name out there. Sadly, I had nothing but hassle from the buyers that worked with me, nothing at all like my regular clients, who were rude, abrupt and did not give me the relevant information to allow me to complete the jobs properly. After a lot of hard work, badly communicated correspondance and a measly pay (after the... (read more)
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★☆☆☆☆
“Shockingly bad platform”
Written on: 02/03/2013 by OwenCarter
When i joined nearly 2 years ago it was ok (nothing more). It is now just a complete farce. The commission fees are now astronomical considering what an awful, shoddy service PPH provide. They are always going on about how much the listen to users, whilst literally destroying what was once a half decent platform. Hourlies are the most ridiculous addition (because everyone wants to impulse by freelance workers?!). the payment system is terrible, the job postings range from slave labour... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“All window dressing”
Written on: 25/02/2013
You'll probably find a lot of positive blog posts about People Per Hour at the moment because the company is currently offering rewards to members for each positive blog post they publish. Clever, eh? So bear in mind, the glowing reviews you read might not be genuine. PPH used to be a good site for professional freelancers. In mid 2012 it reinvented itself and introduced a new service called Hourlies, specifically directed at hobbyists, amateurs and part-timers as a way to sell their... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Use Elance.com instead.”
Written on: 15/01/2013 by EricOnPPH (2 reviews written)
I have been a contractor on PPH and always received four-five stars. Always satisfied the client. But to protect myself, I only took jobs with 100% pre paid funds in the PPH escrow system. So you’d think that escrow means that you’ll get paid if you complete the work right? Well not on PPH. On Elance.com, if you do the work, and the customer is satisfied, and the funds are in escrow, you do get paid. Again, not on PeoplePerHour.com. After I completed the job, and After the buyer gave... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Use Elance.com instead.”
Written on: 15/01/2013 by EricOnPPH (2 reviews written)
I have been a contractor on PPH and always received four-five stars. Always satisfied the client. But to protect myself, I only took jobs with 100% pre paid funds in the PPH escrow system. So you’d think that escrow means that you’ll get paid if you complete the work right? Well not on PPH. On Elance.com, if you do the work, and the customer is satisfied, and the funds are in escrow, you do get paid. Again, not on PeoplePerHour.com. After I completed the job, and After the buyer gave... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Avoid paying into escrow”
Written on: 04/01/2013
I have just had a freelancer who could not do the work. The performance to get my escrow funds released to pay a second freelancer don't bear repeating. Never again. (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“DANGEROUS AND BAD TO KNOW”
Written on: 22/11/2012 by itsmept (2 reviews written)
I could tell you at least five first hand horror stories about PPH. But just one: As an architect, I commissioned a measured survey of a house from someone with 5 stars and good reviews. I gave him one myself, before actually checking his work on site. It was totally made-up and or incompetent. Windows so tall that they went above ceiling levels, drains running uphill, etc etc. Worse than useless, because the costs of undoing and re-doing all the work based on his stuff. I re-wrote the... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“PPH are horrible ”
Written on: 16/11/2012 by Penelope_123 (1 review written)
If I could give 0 stars I would. Their job postings are scraping the bottom of the barrel more and more. Most jobs get canceled, and the other big issue is advertisers want you to do a project for free, basically, and advertise for £6 an hour or £50 for 50 hours work. Slave Labor! I stopped using the website once PPH stopped paying me promptly when they have the audacity to charge me a small fortune of commission. The other issue is, you complete a task according to the clients brief,... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“I have been a member for several years and find that...”
Written on: 14/11/2012
I have been a member for several years and find that the website is full of clients expecting freelancers to work for way below the minimum wage for a "professional" product. examples a guy wants career and cv advice, all goes well we're going to meet to kick the project off....then changes to say he will only pay when he gets a job (oh AND he needs a visa too) and calls this negotiating More examples of ath c**p to come The projects I apply for tend not to exist (c80-90%) They try... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Providers - BE WARE!! An arrogant, unprofessional platform”
Written on: 07/10/2012 by marie.i (1 review written)
Wish there was an option of giving zero stars as a rating of 1/5 is a very very generous one. I am a professional Wordpress Web Developer working since 11 years. I decided to join this peopleperhour recently. Within a month I had a 100% rating and 7 glowing reviews from clients and of course had paid a huge share of my earnings to peopleperhour. I once left the UK to visit my home country. Peopleperhour called my home & my family member not well versed in English could not answer the phone... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Heads in the sand - PPH is a truly awful platform”
Written on: 05/10/2012
I joined PPH a year ago. I have plenty of freelance experience and good references outside of PPH, and after spending ages setting up a good profile, portfolio, and bringing in (legitimate) reviews from other clients, I was starting to set myself up as a successful freelancer. PPH had monthly subscription fees which accommodated for those establishing themselves. Anyway, it was pretty bad from the off, but then PPH decided to hike prices, remove all references for work outside PPH, remove... (read more)
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★★★☆☆
“Two points of View”
Written on: 18/09/2012
I have recently posted up a request for work to be done on PPH. Now I did not specify a price nor a time frame for the work. I will not say what my request was as it is still pending final decision. However having posted my request I quickly received some replies and was amazed at the difference in prices being quoted. These ranged from £25.00 up to £800.00. From a couple of hours to weeks. Having looked at the reviews many from freelancers about PPH think they need to see it from a client... (read more)
No1Important's Comment
Written on: 19/03/2013
Well that's really the point isn't it, if you are a UK freelancer, pph holds absolutely zero value because you can't compete on price with someone from India, even though your quality is likely to be better (not in all instances but in the main it will be).
So I spent a month on pph 2-3 years ago, bidding for work and realising it was complete waste of time, like you everyone would just go with the lowest bidding. Are you happy to build a website and host it for a year for £99, I know someone that is.
PPH a complete waste of time unless you work in a poor country and can get work from someone in the UK/America paying you what in the developed work is peanuts.
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Stuk's Comment
Written on: 11/04/2013
You are the kind of person I hate to see using PPH. There are some quality UK workers who will produce fantastic work competing against penny-an-hour Indians. PPH has been a great platform through which to increase my client base, but it really is spoilt by the people who think 10p/hr is an acceptable rate.
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★☆☆☆☆
“Payment never comes - Freelancers BEWARE!”
Written on: 29/08/2012
When I first started out with PPH, I didn't really know what I was doing but I managed to score a great deal with a Client and earned some good money. I got charged a fee of 10% and all in all, it was a relatively good experience. However, in the passing months, everything has changed! PPH have INCREASED their fees to a WHOPPING 15% PLUS VAT!!!!!! That is scandalous, in my opinion. However, in order to sweeten the blow though, they lure you into a false sense of security saying that if you... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“PPH is not good for clients”
Written on: 26/06/2012
Everything designed for freelancers favour at PPH. You can't block them, spam them or simply don't let them bid or leave messages via Clarification Board specially when they think the price is too low! PPH is not a good place for Clients /Buyers so i don't recommend. (read more)
Reviewer6666's Comment
Written on: 26/07/2012
Why are you complaining that you can't spam them? You shouldn't spam people. If you can't then that is good.
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★★★★☆
“I have recently been using PPH to complete some work...”
Written on: 27/04/2012 by rupal2 (87 reviews written)
I have recently been using PPH to complete some work for me. Initially it did take some time to get people to bid for my work. As I am new to the service, I didn't really know what to do. Eventually I got the hand of it, and got a large number of people working for me. It is true that some people will add work to be completed for a poor rate, however it is up to the worker, whether or not they are willing to work for this amount, so you really can't complain. I've had many people satisfied... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Slave Labour”
Written on: 05/04/2012
The website is full of clients expecting freelancers to work for way below the minimum wage for a "professional" product. Unless you're starting out in the self-employed business where you might be prepared to work for peanuts, I'd stay well clear of this site. There is nothing postive to say about people per hour. Their fees are ridiculously high (15%) for doing absolutely nothing. Don't believe any of the high ratings on this site, they probably work for people per hour! (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Keep well clear”
Written on: 02/04/2012 by jaytee53 (1 review written)
Stay well clear of PPH, they are going nowhere. Having been a freelancer with them for a few months and won a couple of contracts I found them to be extremely inefficient and very poorly organised. I have been taken off the site on two occasions without so much as a by your leave, no explanation, nothing!! It appears that as soon as you request money from the client everything grinds to a halt, irrespective of the fact that the client had deposited funds. There are much better freelance... (read more)
★★☆☆☆
“Great opportunities, but needs many changes.”
Written on: 20/07/2011 by azrin (1 review written)
Having compare PPH with others like oDesk and ELance, PPH offers the better playing field for contractors worldwide. Though it does not have a proper time tracking software or demand an upfront payment, the escrow minimum puts many projects to a back burner. Their fees are high too, which currently works to 15% for many and lack of credits means you can't bid for jobs. At the end of the day, it's the employer that pays and dictates the terms, not them, and many I see have circumvented... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“Very frustrating”
Written on: 01/06/2011 by RedDragonCreativeStudios
The site is plagued by amateur, cheapskate job postings, and clients that expect the job to be completed way below the minimum wage level. PPH also has a woefully inadequate upload and storage system for your portfolio. PPH constantly allows potential clients to post jobs with one or two word descriptions which is very annoying and leaves you having to chase for more details which gets very tedious after the first couple of dozen times. I have personally along with main other providers... (read more)
Marie.i's Response to RedDragonCreativeStudios's Review
Written on: 07/10/2012
I agree with you that peopleperhour is plagued by amateur, cheapskate job postings.... But I would like to add that it is also plagued by amateur, cheapskate staff who they call 'ninjas' The propleperhour ninjas don't know the word sorry exists, they can block providers without bothering to send an email notification.The rude ninja is probably the owner of the company or thinks that way. He blocked me 'for security reasons' when I was travelling out of the country without informing them!
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★☆☆☆☆
“Not all that great”
Written on: 31/05/2011
From a Contractors POV this site is useless. Full of non-serious buyers, who's budget is £100 for a "youtube clone" Nearly all of the projects I have bid on have been cancelled (no provider chosen), with no explanation If PPH were to charge buyers £5 or £10 per job posting, which was then credited towards the final payment, this would stop. I've no experience in the quality of work delivered from other PPH contractors, as the "winning" bids are often so low, to deliver anything of any... (read more)
Wilts18's Comment
Written on: 16/03/2012
totally agree - my experience is the same. Some of the quotations are so low - its impossible that any quality will be delivered even if it is from India!
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★☆☆☆☆
“Bottom of the Barrel.com”
Written on: 31/05/2011 by SteveJ (1 review written)
I've been on the site for 18 months, registered for CAD work and Lighting Design. In all that time I haven't seen one decent job or a realistic budget. In fairness "jobs" do get posted every few days but they are always of the same type. Clients who have no idea what a project brief is but have half an idea that it "won't take long" and that freelancers will do a week's work for half a day's pay. Now PPH can do something about this but it would involve some effort on their part. They could... (read more)
Ascdesignservices's Response to SteveJ's Review
Written on: 31/05/2011
Yes, I signed up to PPH to try and win similar work. I find it very suspicious indeed how many positive reviews there are on here.
Look closely and you will see the site layout is very similar to PPH.. just a coincidence or something more sinister perhaps?
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★★★★★
“Geat attitude”
Written on: 31/05/2011 by jasonbarnard (1 review written)
People per hour are the best freelancing site I have used. When I started, I signed up for 5 - PPH is the only one I use now. They muster great communication with the community, which is appreciated as it has a positive effect on the work I pull in. Recommended (read more)
★★★☆☆
“Too many projects that don't pay... enough”
Written on: 31/05/2011
The idea itself is great. Connecting people with individuals/organisations that are offering work. In fact I think it works very well for many people. My own experiences haven't been great unfortunately as I've only taken on 1 job over the last couple of years. Ive seem too many projects where the people offering the work want a lot of work for a ridiculous amount of money or peanuts as I like to call it. I've been invited to bid for some projects but it simply hasn't been worth my while.... (read more)
★☆☆☆☆
“The Walter Mitty World of People Per Hour”
Written on: 31/05/2011
OK, I admit, I had ONE good job out of People Per Hour. But that was cancelled out by the HUNDREDS of bids sent to all sorts of mysterious (so called) 'clients' who demand to see all manner of details about you - as well as demanding loads of free samples - while keeping their identities entirely secret. And then there are the fantasists. I bid for one job to write a business plan. I have no idea who the client was, because the site allows them to hid behind a cloak of anonimity. Though I... (read more)
Stevej's Comment
Written on: 31/05/2011
This describes PPH perfectly, clients who want it yesterday and want to pay peanuts for weeks worth of work. I have yet to see a real decent job on there. I have a feeling PPH may regret joining this review site.
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★★★★☆
“Brilliant site”
Written on: 31/05/2011
The PeoplePerHour website is brilliant - easy to use, easy to bid for work, easy to set up a profile and manage your portfolio. At present there is not a great deal of choice on jobs to bit for - however as the number of users increases I'm sure the amount of jobs available will increase. I would recommend PPH to all freelancers in design and other areas - it's very simple to place a bid, and the website does a great job of communicating direct to your inbox or mobile phone so that you... (read more)
★★★★★
“Excellent Oragnization and Great Support of Freelancer...”
Written on: 31/05/2011 by glengiuffre (1 review written)
I have now used a number of freelancing sites and PPH is far and away the best. Their customer service is responsive with truly helpful answers when questions arise and the overall organization of the site makes working with them a pleasure. I've no been on both sides of the equation as both a client and a freelancer and even a simple process like being able to fun my job postings with earning from my PPH work for other clients was made simple. I do get the feeling that clients on this... (read more)
★★★★☆
“At last - a job site that takes freelancing seriously!”
Written on: 31/05/2011 by DerekT (1 review written)
It's a rare thing indeed to find a freelancing site like this that consistently offers a fair rate for writers. You can also feedback on whether the rate offered is realistic, whether you actually bid on that project or not. A minimum of 50% of your bid price is paid in by the client once a bid is accepted and you have the opportunity to attach a CV and provide references. The watchword of the site is transparency. You can choose to have standard membership for free or a paid for enhanced... (read more)
★★★★☆
“good website for freelancers and small IT companies ”
Written on: 31/05/2011
I found this website as very good and very easy to use , the only thing i dnt like is high project fees that also from developers or freelancers, pph should work think on it as we already do cheap work and save lots of money of our clients then why pph shd charge such a high 10% fees from us ( freelancers). Other websites like elance, odesk have changed this pattern over a period of time and that has helped freelancers alot . But in terms of other things this is very good market place . (read more)
★★★★★
“I'm glad I found PeoplePerHour.com a few months ago. I...”
Written on: 06/05/2011 by loopbg (1 review written)
I'm glad I found PeoplePerHour.com a few months ago. I registered as a freelance graphic designer just to give it a try, created my profile and placed a few bids, when 2 hours later I already got 2 projects started.
Now I'm using the website both to find job both to find job for myself and to outsource work to other specialists which helps me to provide more services to my clients.
I'm really impressed from the PeoplePerHour.com team, which have created such a good website, with very safe...
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★★★★★
“I've been a member of PPH for a while now. I'm a...”
Written on: 06/05/2011 by JoePritchard (1 review written)
I've been a member of PPH for a while now. I'm a freelance web / software developer, and have to say that I was wary at first as the usual thing that happens on boards like this is that jobs are placed on the board with unrealistic expectations of price and delivery time from clients. Well, I have to say that whilst there are a few people with unrealistic expectations, the majority of people placing jobs seem to be aware of the sort of price they can expect to pay, and the whole process... (read more)
★★★★★
“Well I've just recently joined PPH as a freelance...”
Written on: 05/05/2011 by David Gavin (1 review written)
Well I've just recently joined PPH as a freelance voiceover talent.
I honestly wasn't expecting any quick results, but I ended up getting my first project through their website quicker than any of the other top 4 freelance sites that I work through.
The project went very well. The client was wonderful to work with - very quick with response time and payment!
It looks like some fruitful days ahead with People Per Hour... I'm happy to be on board!
David Gavin
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Northlondoner's Response to donotworkforPhillipBuffett's Review
Written on: 02/05/2013
Phillip Buffet made us do many days of work and then did not pay us. We had many emails saying things along the lines of 'the cheque is in the post'. This guy is not to be trusted.