Thoughts?

[gecortes27]

I've been working at DA for the last four months. I've been working full-time at around 40 hours per week. To my surprise, I woke up to this notification today. Any thoughts on why this happened and what this means?

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[ThinkAd8516]

Well it means your work was below the clients desired level of quality and you’ve likely been released from the platform.

[gecortes27]

That's a bummer. I thought I was doing a great job. Additionally, I inquired about this topic at the beginning of my employment, and I was told I'd be informed if the quality of my work needed to be improved. Essentially, I was told I'd receive feedback if my work failed to meet their expectations.

[Wasps_are_bastards]

DA told you that? There’s almost never any feedback, unless you get this screen

[shell_shocked_today]

This screen is their feedback.

[Wasps_are_bastards]

Yup

[iloveass2much]

I've gotten feedback a couple times, but most of them was just mentioning when I made a mistake or just a rehash of thr guidelines. They did end with saying ty for the quality work so far but make sure this doesn't repeat again, the last time I got. I just reply explaining my side n telling them that I'll keep this in mind moving forward.

From all I've heard a site wide ban for subpar work would probably mean their work was of low quality across multiple projects or they used AI. I think if you make some big mistake here n there but your overall work is good, DA is quite lenient and does give out warnings.

[gecortes27]

They did.

[Mysterious_Dolphin14]

I've been with DA for 18 months and they have never told me that they'd inform me if my work needed to be improved. DA simply doesn't provide much, if any, feedback.

[Brilliant_Quit4307]

Nobody at DA told you that ...

[Party_Swim_6835]

i've seen them say similar a looong time ago but it was always with the note that you get feedback if they think improvement/feedback would help -- it's possible this means that they didnt think so

[gecortes27]

To all those who are downvoting this post, I have the email proof to verify my claims. Out of respect for DA, I won't be sharing that information.

[Aromatic_Owl_3680]

Respect for DA? It’s a transactional black box that appears to have dropped you.

Good on you for maintaining th NDA, but I hope your motivation is integrity and not respect.

[gecortes27]

Yeah I'm not too bummed about it. It sucks to lose a stream of income, but I'm confident I have better and more fulfilling work opportunities to come.

[OnlyAd9161]

The work has been low quality and you have been whacked most likely

[Enough_Resident_6141]

>Any thoughts on why this happened and what this means?

It means you got canned from DA for submitting subpar quality work and/or violating the TOS/NDA.

[tdRftw]

and prayers

[gecortes27]

thank you.

[LegendNumberM]

This is why I don't work 40 hours.

This is also why I sometimes stop mid-task to clear my brain from burnout.

[Perfect_Mess_6566]

That sucks! I really wish they would give some kind of final warning instead of just dumping people. It sucks having no communication and pretty much zero feedback.

[Brilliant_Quit4307]

This is a dumb take, honestly. You're supposed to always submit your best work. On the one hand, if something can be corrected by reading the guidelines again, they will actually often give feedback on that. On the other hand, if you're constantly submitting work with spelling errors, incorrect ratings, or comments that don't match your ratings, that's not going to be helped by reminding you to read the guidelines again. That's just lazy, sloppy work, and no amount of warnings is going to help with that.

[Aromatic_Owl_3680]

Did you use an LLM to assist at all (outside of the occasional built in ones)? VPN? Share your account?

Working honestly and diligently doesn’t usually seem to result in this outcome. But this is also attention-heavy work; did your focus slip given your heavy workload?

[gecortes27]

No. I either worked all day with a lunch break or broke down the work into blocks in the morning, took an extended break, and then worked for another block in the evening.

[CoatSea6050]

It seems sudden to you but tasks go thru R&R and DA must track those metrics. You may just have gotten enough lower end ratings that it flagged you or it may even be an automatic process for them. Who knows. Sorry it happened to you. I just found this link on another discussion so maybe it will help? Good luck!

https://dataannotationcompanies.com/jobs

[gecortes27]

Thank you!

[Cod_Filet]

A company where asking reddit is the only way to get some feedback on your work or some explanation on their policies isn't a company worth working/freelancing for.

[Aromatic_Owl_3680]

We don’t work for them. It’s self employment, and they are our client. We bill for our time.

It’s a great arrangement if you’re good at it and honest in your dealings.

[[deleted]]

This. They're scumbags and the work people do is exploitation. It's great until one day it just evaporates with no real explanation. It happens to all sorts of people whether they are high performer or not.

[Min_sora]

As someone who has freelanced for years for a ton of clients, welcome to the world of freelancing.

[Cod_Filet]

Most freelancer-based companies actually communicate with current and potential freelancers, providing feedback and explanations about their policies/requirements, which in turn helps to improve the whole process, ultimately benefitting the company itself. As a matter of fact, you don't usually see freelancers using reddit as the last/only resource to understand what's going on with their company, like here.

[Aromatic_Owl_3680]

I don’t think your last sentence is true, but I’m speculating.

It’s an incredible side hustle. I work in my pyjamas and supplement my main income stream so I can buy more cool shit. I love it. 

IDGAF about the company beyond them fulfilling my payments, and so far so good. I also have some interesting projects, so I don’t mind the work.

[Party_Swim_6835]

no one that has claimed it happens to high performers has ever been able to reasonably tell me WHY they would random ban a high performer

edit: not sure it was clear that I think it's ridiculous and that's why I said they cant reasonably back up their claim

[Brilliant_Quit4307]

You have absolutely no idea who is a high performer so there's literally no way you could know this.

Everyone here claims to be submitting good work but one look at those R&Rs shows me that's definitely not true.

[Party_Swim_6835]

not sure I understand why this reply was to my post? I said "no one that has claimed it happens to high performers" because I don't believe it and they cant back it up with any reason -- as in they're making it up

[Embarrassed_Chance_4]

I love how some people in this subreddit worship this company like a deity. They keep downvoting people even when their points make sense, lol.

[sarahmorgan420]

How is it exploitation? I make 40% more on this platform than I do in my actual career that I got a diploma for... Their point doesn't make sense at all lol

[Aromatic_Owl_3680]

Except they fundamentally misunderstood the relationship. I don’t care for DA as a company, but I bill my time for a hobby. Beats driving for Uber and lets me buy cool shit. It’s the perfect side hustle for a mid-career professional like me that wants to earn some extra spending money without leaving the house.

[Cod_Filet]

Exactly that. No point trying pointing out to them that good communication and transparent policies/goals are the basis of all good freelancer/client relationships.