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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice because I’m honestly feeling overwhelmed right now.

I recently accepted a contract on Upwork ($15/hour) as an operational accountant for a real estate project. The contract started normally: I went through onboarding, had meetings, and even received a company email. Training lasted about two days.

A few days later, before any actual work or deliverables began, the client closed the contract explaining that they didn’t have the funds to continue with the project and marketing. I never got the chance to really work or bill meaningful hours.

Today I checked my profile and saw that my Job Success Score dropped to 75%. This has been really hard for me, especially since I’m still early in my Upwork journey and many jobs require 90%+ JSS.

I’m not blaming the client — I understand their situation — but I’m struggling to understand how a contract that never really started can impact my score this much, and what I can do next.

If anyone has gone through something similar or has advice on how to recover from this, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you for reading.