"Edmund was to proofread a paper written by a non-native speaker for a scientific journal. He delayed the deadline for more than a month. He did not follow to the rules of the journal specified in the job description, arguing that we “have to make it clear that we want to follow the format for the text and we need to send the exact link”. A number of his corrections only led to a distortion of the meaning. The edits contained typos and errors, obvious even to us, who do not speak the language as a native. As a result, we were forced to exclude a number of his edits and close the contact, since we cannot wait longer due to the deadline in the submission of the article."

Freelancer's response

"The client changed the job description in a surreptitious way AFTER I submitted the bid. The new job description substantially widened the scope of the project, unknown to me, and the old job description appeared as a “related job.” The original called for “proof reading” but the job was in reality a re-write to meet journal format and for comprehension, far more freelancer effort. I worked from the job description that I bid and was so surprised to see the added scope weeks later. The 15,000 word manuscript was in bad shape from the beginning and I essentially rewrote under great stress as a way to help the client via devoting 35 hours of work. A part of the manuscript was in Cyrillic and in some cases responses were in Cyrillic as well. This was not at all a proof reading job as what appeared in the original job description. This type of deception should not be part of Upwork. Based on the fixed contract I got $2 per hour or less for my extensive effort. The client was essentially asking for free work from the beginning. In addition, the client held on to my edits for 18 DAYS before responding even though I did regular follow up. Much of the original manuscript was non comprehensible but the client refused to clarify any aspect of their intended meaning. There was no iteration. This leads me to believe the client did not have a consensus on what they intended to write and somehow I was to make sense of their disagreements. From the client’s later comments, this was a government funded project and they got into trouble meeting the deadline, expecting me to save the day at $2 per hour or less. A significant section included new data as an extension to existing data with no mention of the origin or the methodology. This is a step short of fabrication. All of these aspects are far below global academic research standards and certainly not in keeping with American research practice at university level. As an Upwork client, and in the strongest words, I can not recommend this client."

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"Edmund helped me complete several proofing assignments and did a good job."

"I strongly r3ecommend Edmund. He is so great in editing school admission essays. He is very co-operative and he did everything on time. He even worked extra hours and I am highly satisfied with his work."

"Edmund did an excellent editing and formatting of my writing for an academic journal. He was able to take a rather lengthy writing and, without losing meaning, condense it to the guidelines, all while maintaining flow and enhancing readability. He communicated regularly with me, and he finished the job under the deadline. I highly recommend him!"

"Motivated and easy to work with"

"I would recommend Edmund to every user on upwork. He's the most professional, dedicated one that I ever worked with. He deeply cares about his clients. I get his response within 1min. Overall this writer is amazing!"