Helpx Arvostelua 

It looks like the people offering jobs on this site are looking for free labourers to use to save money on workers or to cultivate their laziness.Or they are looking for a free native speaker to teach their children a foreign language. This is exploitation of people. If you are aged 40+ and want to go with a partner or children and offer real, usable skills and experience, you won't even get one response from the hosts. (Because they are looking for cheap labourers) If you are a student and agree to be exploited 5h/day or more, maybe you will find something. Some offers of hosts are embarrassing (you must have numerous technical and valuable skills ) and you get in return a place to sleep in a dormitory room. In Poland, Ukrainians were exploited in this undignified way at the beginning of the war. I will still try to look for an honest host but I am rather worried that I have wasted $20 on a subscription. Money is not an issue here, I would pay even 200 USD if the service worked properly and really served to make contacts and not to support the exploitation of people . I was hoping to make some interesting contacts and clearly this place does not serve that.

Several times I have described in great detail who I am, what I can do, what skills I have and I have received absolutely no response, nothing! If such a host had a minimum of cultural behaviour he would reply with at least one sentence , this is not happening. A sad picture in which the exploitation of others flourishes.

HelpX funktioniert bei mir seit ca. 1,5 Jahren ganz hervorragend. Die Seite ist übersichtlicher und günstiger als Workaway, weniger überladen und weniger überfüllt mit "Helfern". Gut, letztes kann auch ein Nachteil sein, wenn man Reisepartner sucht, aber erfahrungsgemäß antworten diese sowieso nicht.
Im Bezug auf Familien, die eine Unterkunft anbieten, antworten auch bei HelpX einige nicht oder erst nach Wochen; trotzdem konnte ich schon drei Mal in Schweden, zwei Mal in Spanien und ein Mal in Portugal sehr gute Erfahrungen machen. Mein HelpX Profil spricht für sich, ist vollständig und hat top Bewertungen. Wer regelmäßig auf der Seite aktiv ist, bekommt völlig ohne Bewerbungen zu schreiben Angebote von "hosts" (Familien, die Hilfe suchen) aus den im Profil angegebenen Ländern. Bei Workaway ist das nicht möglich, bei HelpX offenbar kein Problem.
Nebenbei bemerkt ist HelpX auch das Original, während Workaway nur eine schlechte kommerzielle Kopie ist. Dort zahlt man viel, und der Support ist miserabel und löscht ohne jede Begründung.

Lije all the rest a modern form of slavery many are wealthy ppl who just dont want to pay for labour. Many are professionals volunteers and hosts demand are inappropriate. They dont provide proof of their ID to vomu teets or who they are. They can not demand or ask for refs in professional work life as there is no such requirement as a vomu teer and would be in breach of other rights and often contracts. If they wa f to pay fine but if not they seem to fail to u understand the concept.

I have been a Helpx member since January 2017 and have only had great experiences. We hosted people from all over the world at our semi-off grid permaculture bush retreat. I have recommended Helpx to several friends who also had great experiences.

Lu Chenglin, a literature lecturer from 曁南大学, arrived at our farm on 22ed JUNE 2023 as Chenglin's wife and son reside in Sydney NSW, which arrangement was seemingly very odd from the beginning.

While Chenglin did satisfactory work at the farm, which was non-technical, we found him a disappointment because Chenglin was least interested in environmental issues or sustainable farming at all. He also does not believe that the global climatic crisis taking place is driven by humans. All he was interested in was being glued to his iPhone/laptop using our Wi-Fi for free. In his first inquiry message, Lu Chenglin said he felt akin to the way of life here at the farm as our host profile illustrated the view of "Small is Beautiful" written by E.F. Schumacher. In his view, "small is beautiful" is to appreciate every small gift from the natural world, small living that fits the Human Size, or the absence of a convenient way of life in cities. However, Chenglin's understanding of "Small is Beautiful" was halfbaked and superficial and he had never read Schumacher's literature thus, his interpretation of "Small is Beautiful" was only his primitive one and limited to his subjective views about life in China which has considerably low-quality living. In his review, he sounded sarcastic about how small our farmhouse was, how small and inconvenient the village location and facilities, or lack thereof. Yet, in essence, those are the very things our farm believes something to be appreciated about.

I have been a HelpX host for quite a few years, got excellent reviews, and am also on WWOOF with countless positive reviews.

In 2017 I hosted Terric, an Oath Keeper (they organized the 1/6/21 insurrection at the US Capitol) and an alcoholic who screamed at me on his first day and then REFUSED to leave because he had no money!

I had to get him local jobs and was so glad when he finally left.

He left me a horrible review, I left a factual review for him. Then Terric left ANOTHER review and I contacted HelpX -- how many reviews can this delusional alcoholic leave?

HelpX then deleted the two reviews he left for me and my review of him.

I'm so sorry for other hosts who could not be warned about Terric.

HelpX is NOT a good place for work exchange. It's scary to see how bad reviews are removed, jeopardizing the safety of hosts and volunteers alike.

For reasons unknown to me, my profile was UNapproved last year. Several emails to HelpX got NO response.

Seems like the site is dead, don't waste your money.

I have been a host with Helpx for nearly 12 years and although they were never good at communicating with hosts the system worked reasonably well. However, since the end of December 23 my account has been listed as pending approval and I have sent endless messages to them to ask why this is and have not had one response. Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have an actual address or real contact details where they can be contacted direct.

SCAM! STAY AWAY! THIEVES!

12+ years as host! 80+ positive reviews! No negative! Lost it all because I gave feedback to their help desk about how their platform caused all inconvenience as messages weren't being delivered!

Cut off without explanation or reason!

Lost contact with so many good friends I made through their terrible platform.

Platform was always terrible but it was the cheapest so everyone made do.

I know of many guests that stayed with me that were later scammed by helpx.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!

HelpX may not be perfect but unlike Workaway.info, it is fair to both sides, hosts, and volunteers.

Workaway has been brutal to us as hosts in a first-off recent incident. We have always been highly ranked on both networks plus have a long history in excellent service delivery, not least getting all our former holiday properties to No1 under the original Stayz system (pre-AirBnB), incl highly competitive markets such as Byron Bay, Noosa, Kingscliff, and Straddie.

Yet, here with Workaway, we get one bad mob that badmouths us and Workaway.info gives them all the privilege to do so while denying us any right of response. In fact, not even notify us when the reviews went in, nor investigate the case. Nothing, nada!

Zero fairness, and zero understanding of what proper procedures are, soooo, hosts, be warned!

Never thought that would ever happen, but it did!

We have nothing to hide, we got top ranks everywhere, yet we are still vulnerable to unfair attacks, and even a single event can kill your hosting endeavors.

So, by that, we endorse the non-perfect HelpX, where we have over 75 all positive reviews over a bully, eg Workaway.info, that despite endless tries have shown us nothing but the cold shoulder on fairness. Unfortunately dealt with someone by the name of John, no idea what his exact position nor geographic location is.

They are simply not interested in a level playing field.

And that was a rude wake-up call to us!

We invite hosts to vote with their feet and support networks that do understand what a level playing field entails, such as the imperfect HelpX.

Plus we invite Workaway.info to get real... and fair! Something they have clearly shown in our case not to be!

I've been a host on Helpx for 15 years and never had a problem. Anyone writing bad reviews on here is from Workaway. They won't even let you mention your membership with helpx on their site and will do anything to make people see helpx in a negative light.
Rob Prince started Helpx when there was nothing like it online and Workaway stole his idea.
I've made lifelong friends from hosting helpers on Helpx and have visited many of them abroad.

As someone searching for a job over months in whole Latin America it was nearly impossible.
The ads are so old and are unfortunately not updated. They should delete the people who were last active 10 years ago.

Maybe if you are just looking for the USA it works. Latin America definitely not.

As a host, I've applied, left 3,4 messages, waited 3 weeks (claims 3 days' reply). Nothing. If rejected, at least minimally, tell me. I'd change review if I at least had a reply w/a good reason.

As a host with HelpX since 2011, never had a single issue with them. It works just fine for both hosts and helpers, so long as both have the right attitude. From a host's point of view, important to understand that it's not an employer/worker relationship - it's a fair exchange of resources.

My experience with HelpX has been that they have not been helpful to me when I have had a real problem. They do not support the host. I have used them but because of this I use WORKAWAY.INFO almost exclusively.

I have been a host for more than 10 years now. Time to say "thank you" to everybody that made this happen. It is a "no-frills"-website, basic. At this date the login-procedure is not working well, hopefully they fix it as it is annoying.

I have had many helpx helpers over a period of many years, while I was running an animal and olive farm in South Australia (until October 2017), and I have always had only the very best experiences with the young people who stayed with us. Most of them were French and between 25-35 years old, and I stayed in contact with many of them and watched their further journeys via Facebook long after they left. Now back in Europe and going towards retirement, I consider becoming a Helpx volunteer myself when I start travelling. I am currently a TrustedHousesitter which is similarly rewarding (free accommodation in return for house and pet sitting while the owners are away), but Helpx additionally provides you two-legged company, interesting work experiences and the adventure of trying local homemade cuisine!

My problems with helpx customer care started with my third membership renewal that being a host. This dates back one month now and I am still waiting for the approval. Helpx being known to be over the top prestigious neglects the following standards of good practise;
+ clear and easy to find contact information (haehae; there is no fixed abode address provided, an indicator of paranoya)
+ personalized and mailed response messages to user enquiries
+ selectively chosen hosts or lack of provision of explanatory statement for declination of hosting profile approval
+ refund if approval is not granted (detracted)

Basically, helpx having become the showcase for Modern Slavery Act implementations into micro farm businesses strategies. This typical British cast mentality helper = worker and host = landlord is providing satisfying evidence after 2plus previous and consecutive membership periods in wipeboy and shithead go throughs until to the end, that a return of investment to the helper in terms of a recognition of achievements after successful completion of his and her journeyman's travels as an underdog is not constituent of the makers membership board mission and his and her choice of hosts. I hope this is clear even to those Englishmen that teach English to foreign helpxers on their premises; the lead (equilibrium) of Modern Slavery Act translation in its most positive and recommendable terms and the abuse of Modern Slavery Act Information by maximum utilization of its premonished greyzones is unbalanced towards servitude,it tips towards its own opposite by greed. Whereas a plentitude of host appear very educated in the academic, humanistic and Chistian tradition, utilising an axiom of choice that's arbitrarily approving some few favourized host whilst neglecting other with comparable potential and skills (such as me?!), spotlights the boards ambition with incredibility. Such British casts are trained down at early age and such is part of my profession, correspondingly, not satisfied with the progress at the finalization phase (-->)

This is not the last word and the reader remains encouraged to add his experiences and the volunteering platform provider his and her response to this challenge for course correction.
I do tick the box 'Let Helpx know about your review.'

Many thanks
Oliver

This organisation is extremely unprofessional. I worked as a helper and a host tried to exploit and abuse me, which I reported to them and they did not even react to my notification. It appears that none of the hosts are vetted, so needless to say there are many that do not abide by the rules and exploit foreign travelers. HelpX does not care, because if they did, they would not get the membership fees from the hosts anymore.

My impression is that they are very unprofessional and that website is run by a crook, who just wants to collect membership fees.
STAY AWAY and DO NOT ENTRUST YOUR NAME OR MONEY TO THIS SCAM WEBSITE.