What to Do when Caught Outsourcing?

[DannyD]

Has anyone ever been in this situation?

Basically, I charge a lot for freelance work and outsource it to other people

And a client on Upwork caught me trying to outsource a job

I basically copy/pasted a message he sent to me into a job posting on that site (guess he was still looking at other freelancers/maybe looking to hire someone for a similar job)

What should I do lol

 

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[Lex DeVille]

Did you agree to do the work personally? Did you agree not to outsource?

If not, then what's the issue? Is the client upset?

He's paying for a result, not the intricacies of your process.

Unless you agreed to do it personally or not to outsource.

 

[DannyD]

I should have clarified

It is a potential client (not hired yet)

No agreement to do work, let alone do it personally or not

I just don't know how to respond to the message of him asking if it was me that posted a job with more or less the exact wording of our messages

"Yea that's me. I hope you don't mind me outsourcing the job for like 1/10th of the price"

Haha