Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
4
/100
Business
Freelancing marketplace
Founded
28 years ago
1999
Employees
600
Valuation
$1.0 billion
Company type
Public$UPWK
Upwork is a Freelancing marketplace company with 11 job openings. It is currently valued at $1.0 billion as a public company. 600 people work at Upwork. The company was founded in 1999.
Company grid
Employee happiness β
Growth β
π
π’
π
π
Jobs
Open jobs
11
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Data & Analytics
2
(18%)
2.
Engineering (Software)
2
(18%)
3.
Administrative Support
1
(9%)
4.
Artificial Intelligence
1
(9%)
5.
Business Operations & Program Management
1
(9%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
πΊπΈ United States
5
(45%)
2.
π¨π¦ Canada
4
(36%)
3.
π¨π¦ Toronto, Canada
4
(36%)
4.
πΊπΈ San Francisco Bay Area
4
(36%)
5.
π Remote
3
(27%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
AWS
1
(9%)
2.
Anthropic
1
(9%)
3.
Claude
1
(9%)
4.
Cursor
1
(9%)
5.
GPT
1
(9%)
Financials
Revenue
$0.8billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#308
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
1.4%
TrueUp
Rank
#414
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$1.7 million
Revenue per employee
$1.3 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
60%
600+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Worse than 60% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Hayden Brown
57%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
600
Source: Public data
Upwork Org Chart

Rankings and awards

G2 Best Software Companies #40
2026

G2 Best Software Companies #77
2023

TIME100 Most Influential Companies
2022
Layoffs
May 2026 Β· 2 months ago
150 impacted24%
Oct 2024 Β· 2 years ago
168 impacted21%
Policies
Remote work policy
Remote-first
Open jobs that are remote
27% (3 jobs)
H1B sponsorships (2025)
19
TrueUp
Rank
#367
Top posts
History
IPO date
Oct 2, 2018
8 years ago
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