Freelancer is the best when it comes to running a small agency and getting as many jobs as you can, and gathering international experience and reviews. It is also quite good for earning small, extra money on the side when you have additional free time for doing smaller time-scoped projects.
Scenarios where I found them appropriate: 1. Short turnaround time for hiring in the engineering team, to free up their bandwidth for more critical tasks 2. Having a diverse set of developers onboard (higher variety of tech stacks) 3. Experienced developers skilled in their tech stacks 4. Flexibility of hiring developers for project based engagements Scenarios where they are not well suited: 1. Unfavorable for addressing issues in person, since collaborations happen virtually only
Complex interface: tracking your freelancer's work status is harder than it should be. Tracking sometimes does not work as it should.
Mobile app is laggy and sometimes glitchy so personally I prefer to use the web-based platform (inconvenient for someone who is traveling on business trips a lot).
It is hard to find quality talent for simple tasks (translation). It is easy to find talent for technical tasks though (iOS app developers for example).
Of the freelance hubs I am listed on, more than a few, I haven't been as successful on Freelancer.com. Freelancer.com, I think, could use some more development and better customer service. It does separate itself with its competency tests, but I'm not sure this is enough. Still, I check out the project lists from time to time and keep my profile up to date, just in case
Honestly, As I stated, Turing was a total waste of my and my company's time. We cannot employ outside of the US or Canada, even though an agency like this. If they were upfront about what they truly are, and overseas employment agency, I would have never signed up for it.
