freelancer.com Get a freelancer, GAF Breach of freelancer agreement, refusing to allow freelancers to withdraw money until after Christmas Internet

Acccording to the agreement between freelancer.com and it's clients, funds are available to withdraw twice weekly. On December 8th 2011, however, freelancer.com placed a hold on freelancer withdraws, stating that there is a hold due to the Christmas season. We will not be given access to our payments until after December 29 to 30th.

First of this is a breach of contract between this site and the freelancers who use it. A company that does not abide by one agreement will not by any means abide by any agreements, bringing me to my deeper concern- that this site has no intentions of releasing funds at all.

My issue is not just that freelancer.com ruined Christmas for many people. It is also that they did so without any notice to anyone. There has also been no explaination for the unannounced changed in funds release dates. Finally, there was obviously NO thought or concern for the people who use this site, when they took this action.

I am outraged that the CEO of this company has been given awards for INTEGRITY of all things. I am also outraged that this site has received the webby awards as well as other well-known accolades. It takes no integrity whatsoever to treat your own clients like they are nobodies. I believe that there is power in numbers, however, and I am not the type of person to just sit idly by and be ripped off.

For the past month or more, I have gotten up early in the morning, worked on my projects, went to work full time at the school where I am employed, then returned home and worked on freelancer projects again until I could barely could keep my eyes open. Why? So that my family would have a Christmas, which you carelessly and needlessly stole from us. I will not forget that, and I will make sure that as many people as will listen to me, will know that you are not a man of integrity and that freelancer.com is not a place that deserves any accolades, awards or patronage.