Upwork announces the launch of Lifted

Upwork (UPWK) announced the launch of Lifted, a wholly owned subsidiary built to serve enterprise clients with a unified solution that combines talent sourcing, contracting, and workforce management. “Our clients have been asking for comprehensive ways to engage the highly skilled talent on Upwork for their full spectrum of contingent workforce needs, beyond independent contractor relationships,” said Hayden Brown, president and CEO of Upwork Inc. “Now we can. Legacy providers have forced businesses to choose between flexibility and compliance, speed and scale, or digital ease and enterprise rigor. With Lifted, these trade-offs are a thing of the past. Customers get unparalleled value from a digitally native, fully flexible contingent work solution that integrates into their existing ecosystems..”