Upwork cuts off 25% of its staff sighting slower growth and AI productivity gains

Upwork doesn’t need Hayden Brown. She made the platform more expensive and worse. Her whole thing is “more AI,” while clients and freelancers leave, and Connects become a tax. We want more work, not AI experiments. they should find someone who actually runs a marketplace.

She turned upwork into a casino. Where everyone loses. Even top freelancers keep bleeding money, and clients complain about higher fees and worse results.