ProZ.com, Inc.Reviews of proz.com

I've heard many times that ProZ.com is good for beginners, however I can't say this is true. At least not for me. When I had a profile I couldn't apply to jobs because I: a) wasn't paying membership b) didn't have certain years of experience. Not paying membership had another disadvantage: I couldn't look up information about agencies I wanted to message privately. Although this isn't big of a deal because I can always google them, it's still stupid... I don't see how beginners can find work there if the majority of posts are for members only and for people with a lot of experience.

The site is filled with stuff to the point of being overwhelming. I signed up and paid membership for the year on April 28 and then, after reading the reviews (too late), I wanted out. I managed to find a telephone number, which the voicemail says it's full. Then, I tried the "chat" and it didn't work because it kept taking me to the same page after "verifying my email". I, somehow, wrote a message in customer assistance saying that I want to cancel my membership and my money (portion) refunded, but nobody responds. I will keep myself to the American Translators Association. They are very serious and professional.

It literally does nothing for the translator. The site filled with scammers, job postings with no moderation so most of it is people asking for selfies to train their AI. Then there are people who wants you to work for FREE, or *almost* for free, the false advertisements, the so-called trustworthy companies trying to talk you into giving them a free "translation test" of giant proportions.. There are once in a while more solid looking ads and they tend to be only for the overpriced membership, which makes me doubt their authenticity. Their ratings also are untrustworthy as I (and many others, I've seen) had terrible experiences with companies with 5 stars blueboard rating - but wildest is that they don't even show you the reviews if you're not a paid member. Overall, terribly moderated, they just want you to get membership so maybe you'll stay in for the sunk-cost, the fact we resort to it is a sad reflection of what this business has become because of people with no standards who thinks you'll deign to work like some sort of slave and the ones feeding them with google translate.

Impossible to get in touch with a support staff. My account has not moved since 24 March - no offers whatsoever.

Extremely untrustworthy with lying outsourcers who aren't professionals but scammers. Proz facilitates scammers by letting them not pay you when they find your work low quality. So outsourcers like Daniel Shamebo take advantage of that. He lies that you're impersonation of sworn translator and rushes you without paying a fee and even paying at all. When you've done the best and made time to work on the project for him(you also have other better paying jobs to work on) he complaints without reason that your translation doesn't match when it's correct and you have checked everything double. So you delivered service and get paid nothing. This is unjust; nothing is paid when nothing is done but when something is done you should at least be paid something. Nowhere in the world you hire someone and not pay that. But at proz.com that's what happens. DONT WORK WITH/DO BUSINESS PROZ.COM; THEY'RE RULES DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND WILL YOU WORK TEN PLILUS HOURS FOR NOTHING FOR SCAMMERS WHO TAKE YOUR HARD WORK AND JUST SAY THE QUALITY IS LOW SO TO NOT HAVE TO PAY. MEANWHILE THEY OF COURSE USE EVERY BIT OF YOUR HARD WORK WHICH IS OF "LOW QUALITY" TO THEM.

Excellent platform for freelancers. Staff is always friendly and ready to help. Nothing short of an awesome!

It's hard enough to be a freelance translator, but ProZ takes advantage of you. You can't find a job unless you pay for a membership. There is NO control by the site whatsoever, so the companies trying to hire you are often not offering better than minimum wage. After you paid ProZ to get a job, that's what you get?! Direct applications are the only way to get a job. At least you won't be robbed of your money.

I got a business account there and I got scammed by someone pretending to be a member of the BlueBoard companies in the platform. We submitted 5 projects for them but they suddenly disappeared after the second reminder of the invoice. I sent all evidence to a ProZ team member but they were unresponsive. I contacted the mother company and they said I was scammed big time. I am not sure how to get my money and the freelancers' money who worked for me on such projects to get their money back.