Upwork Job Quality Grader

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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• May 17, 2026
  description

  Analyze Upwork job posts with clear badges and scoring to spot high-value clients fast.
  
  How to use:
  1. Open an Upwork job post.
  2. Close it.
  3. See score + badges overlay.
  
  Green Flags
  - 🏅 Gold standard: Hire Rate > 70%, Spend > $10,000, Rating > 4.8 (+1)
  - 🔥 Fresh off the oven: Posted < 1 hour (+1)
  - 🐋 Whale client: Total Spent > $10k OR Avg Spend/Job > $1,000 (+1)
  - 🌍 Tier 1 country: US, CA, UK, AU, DE, CH, SE, DK, NO, NL, SG, NZ (+1)
  - 🚀 Elite hire rate: Hire Rate ≥ 90% (+1)
  - 🤝 Sociable: Interview ratio > 35%, Hire Rate ≥ 80%, Rating ≥ 4.8 (+1)
  - 🏗️ Team builder: Hires/Jobs Posted > 1.5 (info)
  - 👶 New client: Jobs Posted = 0 (info)
  - 🚀 Boost it!: Provisional score ≥ 85 and Proposals ≥ 10 (suggestion)
  
  Red Flags
  - 👀 Window shopper: Hire Rate < 65% with > 3 Jobs Posted (-1)
  - 💀 Dead post: 2+ days old, 0 interviewing, 50+ proposals (-1)
  - 🎭 Complot: 20+ proposals, 1 interview, 0 invites (-1)
  - ⏳ Time Waster: Interview ratio > 40% and Hire Rate 35%–50% (-1)
  - ☠️ Data Harvesting: ≤1 hire, interview ratio > 35%, Hire Rate < 25%, account < 6 months (-1)
  - 📰 Serial Poster: Jobs Posted ≥ 5 and hires/jobs < 30% (-1)
  - 🤡 Perpetual Posting: Job open > 7 days (-1)
  - 📉 Cheapskate: Avg Hourly < $15 OR Avg Spend/Job < $100 (-1)
  - 🎣 Spammer: Invites Sent > 15 (-1)
  - 🛑 Crowded room: Interviewing > 7 (-1)
  - 👻 Ghost job: Last Viewed > 48h (kill switch: score = 0)
  - ☢️ Toxic client: Rating < 4.0 OR very low review count (1–2) (strong risk badge)
  
  New Risk/Quality Badges
  - 👁️ Ojo: weak/unstable review-history signal (non-toxic path)
  - 🚫 Off-platform request: asks to move chat outside Upwork
  - 💸 External payment risk: asks for crypto/gift card/wire/outside payment
  - 🧪 Free work request: asks for unpaid test/sample work
  - 🎯 Too good to be true: unusually high pay + weak client history
  - 🧩 Scope Monster: too many roles in one post; high scope creep risk
  - 🧠 Free Consultant: asks for deep strategy before hire; unpaid work risk
  - 🫥 Silent History: active profile with very little visible feedback
  - ⚖️ Budget Mismatch: expert-level ask with weak budget
  - ✅ Clear Brief: clear deliverables + timeline
  - 🧱 Milestone Friendly: accepts phased/milestone-based execution
  - 💬 Professional Tone: specific, clear, professional job communication

  Spot the best Upwork clients instantly 🚀
  
  Get a simple score + visual badges on every Upwork job post so you can quickly identify serious clients, avoid red flags, and focus only on opportunities worth your time.
  
  How it works:
  
  1. Open any Upwork job post
  2. Close the popup
  3. Instantly see the score + client insights overlay
  
  ✨ What you'll see:
  
  * High-quality client indicators
  * Warning signs and risky posts
  * Budget & hiring quality signals
  * Proposal competition insights
  * Helpful suggestions before applying
  
  Save time, avoid bad clients, and apply smarter — not harder.

• May 17, 2026
  host_permissions

  https://www.upwork.com/*

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• Apr 29, 2026
  description

  Analyze Upwork's Job Offer and explain you the Offer with Badges and Scoring. 
   
  How to use it:
  
  1- Open an Upwork's Job Offer
  2- Close it. 
  
  Green Flags  
  
  🏅 Gold standard 
    - Condición: Hire Rate > 70% AND Spend > $10,000 AND Rating > 4.8.  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: Cliente élite, paga bien, contrata seguro y es amable.
  
  - 🔥 Fresh off the oven  
    - Condición: Posted < 1 hour.  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: Recién publicado. Alta probabilidad de ser visto si aplicas YA.
  
  - 🐋 Whale client
    - Condición: TotalSpent > $10k **OR** Avg Spend per Job > $1,000.  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: Proyectos grandes y bien pagados.
  
  - 🌍 Tier 1  
    - Condición: País en lista Tier 1 (US, CA, UK, AU, DE, CH, SE, DK, NO, NL, SG, NZ).  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: País con demanda y buen pago.
  
  - 🚀 Elite hire rate  
    - Condición: Hire Rate ≥ 90%.  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: Casi siempre contrata. No perderás connects.
  
  - 🤝 Sociable  
    - Condición: Entrevista >35%, Hire Rate ≥ 80%, Rating ≥ 4.8.  
    - Bonus: +1.  
    - Significado: Responde y contrata; alta señal de cliente confiable.
  
   Nota: el porcentaje de entrevista se calcula como `interviewing / (proposals + invitesSent − unansweredInvites)` si el denominador es > 0.
  
  - 🏗️ Team builder  
    - Condición: Hires/JobsPosted > 1.5.  
    - Bonus: 0 pts (solo informativo, ahora con emoji).  
    - Significado: Contrata varios por publicación. Buen backlog.
  
  - 👶 New client  
    - Condición: JobsPosted == 0 (si pasa kill switches).  
    - Bonus: 0 pts (solo informativo, ahora con emoji).  
    - Significado: Cliente nuevo; beneficio de la duda.
  
  - 🚀 Boost it! 
    - Condición: Score provisional (Base + Bonus − Penalty) ≥ 85 **y** Proposals ≥ 10.  
    - Bonus: 0 pts (sugerencia visual).  
    - Significado: Cliente bueno pero con competencia; conviene pagar boost.
  
  Red Flags  
  
  - 👀 Window shopper  
    - Condición: Hire Rate < 65% (con > 3 jobs posted).  
    - Penalización: -1. Ghosting = peor pérdida de tiempo.
  
  - 💀 Dead post
    - Condición: ≥2 días, 0 interviewing, 50+ proposals.  
    - Penalización: -1. Post viejo y saturado.
  
  - 🎭 Complot  
    - Condición: 20+ proposals, 1 interview, 0 invites.  
    - Penalización: -1. Posible favorito preseleccionado; alerta moderada.
  
  - ⏳ Time Waster  
    - Condición: Entrevista >40% y Hire Rate entre 35% y 50% (se evalúa después de Data Harvesting).  
    - Penalización: -1. Habla con muchos, contrata a pocos.
  
  - ☠️ Data Harvesting  
    - Condición: 1 hire o menos, entrevista >35%, hire rate <25%, cuenta < 6 meses (prioridad sobre Time Waster).  
    - Penalización: -1. Patrón de recolección de datos o estafa/bot.
  
    > Nota: el porcentaje de entrevista usa la misma fórmula ajustada por invites y unanswered.
  
  - 💀 Perial Poster  
    - Condición: `jobsPosted >= 5` y `hireRateByJobs < 30%` (hires/jobs).  
    - Penalización: -1. Publica mucho y casi no contrata.
  
  - 🤡 Perpetual Posting  
    - Condición: Job abierto > 7 días (postedAt > 7d).  
    - Penalización: -1. Poca urgencia; probablemente solo mirando.
  
  - 📉 Cheapskate  
    - Condición: Avg Hourly Paid < $15 **OR** Avg Spend per Job < $100.  
    - Penalización: -1. Paga poco, pero paga.
  
  - 🎣 Spammer
    - Condición: Invites Sent > 15.  
    - Penalización: -1. Pesca de arrastre; baja señal.
  
  - 🛑 Crowded room  
    - Condición: Interviewing > 7.  
    - Penalización: -1. Competencia alta; llegas tarde.
  
  - 👻 Ghost job  
    - Condición: Last Viewed > 48 hours (2 días).  
    - Kill-switch: score = 0. Abandonado.
  
  - ☢️ Toxic client  
    - Condición: Rating < 4.5.  
    - Penalización: 0 pts (solo badge). Señal fuerte de mala experiencia.

  Analyze Upwork job posts with clear badges and scoring to spot high-value clients fast.
  
  How to use:
  1. Open an Upwork job post.
  2. Close it.
  3. See score + badges overlay.
  
  Green Flags
  - 🏅 Gold standard: Hire Rate > 70%, Spend > $10,000, Rating > 4.8 (+1)
  - 🔥 Fresh off the oven: Posted < 1 hour (+1)
  - 🐋 Whale client: Total Spent > $10k OR Avg Spend/Job > $1,000 (+1)
  - 🌍 Tier 1 country: US, CA, UK, AU, DE, CH, SE, DK, NO, NL, SG, NZ (+1)
  - 🚀 Elite hire rate: Hire Rate ≥ 90% (+1)
  - 🤝 Sociable: Interview ratio > 35%, Hire Rate ≥ 80%, Rating ≥ 4.8 (+1)
  - 🏗️ Team builder: Hires/Jobs Posted > 1.5 (info)
  - 👶 New client: Jobs Posted = 0 (info)
  - 🚀 Boost it!: Provisional score ≥ 85 and Proposals ≥ 10 (suggestion)
  
  Red Flags
  - 👀 Window shopper: Hire Rate < 65% with > 3 Jobs Posted (-1)
  - 💀 Dead post: 2+ days old, 0 interviewing, 50+ proposals (-1)
  - 🎭 Complot: 20+ proposals, 1 interview, 0 invites (-1)
  - ⏳ Time Waster: Interview ratio > 40% and Hire Rate 35%–50% (-1)
  - ☠️ Data Harvesting: ≤1 hire, interview ratio > 35%, Hire Rate < 25%, account < 6 months (-1)
  - 📰 Serial Poster: Jobs Posted ≥ 5 and hires/jobs < 30% (-1)
  - 🤡 Perpetual Posting: Job open > 7 days (-1)
  - 📉 Cheapskate: Avg Hourly < $15 OR Avg Spend/Job < $100 (-1)
  - 🎣 Spammer: Invites Sent > 15 (-1)
  - 🛑 Crowded room: Interviewing > 7 (-1)
  - 👻 Ghost job: Last Viewed > 48h (kill switch: score = 0)
  - ☢️ Toxic client: Rating < 4.0 OR very low review count (1–2) (strong risk badge)
  
  New Risk/Quality Badges
  - 👁️ Ojo: weak/unstable review-history signal (non-toxic path)
  - 🚫 Off-platform request: asks to move chat outside Upwork
  - 💸 External payment risk: asks for crypto/gift card/wire/outside payment
  - 🧪 Free work request: asks for unpaid test/sample work
  - 🎯 Too good to be true: unusually high pay + weak client history
  - 🧩 Scope Monster: too many roles in one post; high scope creep risk
  - 🧠 Free Consultant: asks for deep strategy before hire; unpaid work risk
  - 🫥 Silent History: active profile with very little visible feedback
  - ⚖️ Budget Mismatch: expert-level ask with weak budget
  - ✅ Clear Brief: clear deliverables + timeline
  - 🧱 Milestone Friendly: accepts phased/milestone-based execution
  - 💬 Professional Tone: specific, clear, professional job communication

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