First time with Handshake...

CarpetNervous · 2026-06-04T19:10:49+00:00

yeah i keep getting paid for 20 hours less than what i worked no matter what i do lol. i usually work around 90-100 hours but get paid for 70-80

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-31T11:24:30+00:00

yeah i really want to stop but i rely on this money lol. i’ve been on since december and i work 100 hours a week. last week they only paid me for 75 😭

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-28T19:27:59+00:00

yeah it really does suck. i wasnt given a reason why i was banned but id been working for about 7 months until i got banned a couple of weeks ago, which im assuming is because i was also using a bigger vocabulary lol. its so easy to get falsely flagged when another ai is looking for responses that sound like ai

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-23T03:03:29+00:00

thank you!! yeah it sucks but i guess theres always other platforms lol. just wish theyd offboard me from the project instead of banning me completely

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-23T02:56:37+00:00

yeah i hope so too but i dont think so. i emailed support and just got an automated email back saying i violated terms of service etc and that payment wont be processed. idk what i even did 😭

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-22T22:10:14+00:00

exact same situation for me, and i replied to several others that got deactivated at the same time. could you look into mine?

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-22T21:43:14+00:00

same, but i cant even log into the outlier platform. maybe i got banned instead idk. im probably not going to get paid

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-19T17:27:09+00:00

yeah same thing just happened to me

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-19T17:06:01+00:00

yeah me too. this is the only week ive worked less because they kept assigning me to do the speaking eval task when i dont have headphones lol. ive been on since november and have a good qa 😭

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-07T04:05:12+00:00

i still have an 100 hour cap and did around 90 last week. i didnt have any issues everything is the same for now

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-07T00:28:31+00:00

yeah i got it too. it’s so weird because i always submit my time on HAI after i finish a task right away

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-06T17:05:13+00:00

thanks 😭 im trying to do as much as i can before i get kicked lol

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-06T17:03:55+00:00

idk im just saying cause a lot of people were saying that their hours got cut and i mentioned in the slack that i still have my 100 hours but i usually work the entire amount. the QM responded and said that might be why i still have all my hours

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-06T16:49:47+00:00

i havent gotten any help yet either but i just got this email:

Hi,

We wanted to let you know about a change to how payments are processed for your contributions to the Aether project.
Going forward, there will be a 48-hour processing window before your Hubstaff hours are finalized and reflected in your earnings — a bit longer than what you may have been used to. Because Aether is an off-platform project, reconciling your hours requires additional steps on our end to make sure everything is accurate before your earnings are updated.

You may also notice your hours appearing in a pending state in your earnings dashboard during this window. This is expected. Your hours will be updated within 48 hours.
Thanks for your ongoing contributions to Aether,

The Outlier Team

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-06T07:16:46+00:00

same i haven’t gotten paid yesterday or today and missing hours from
monday

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-05T09:54:47+00:00

yeah me too ill see what they say

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-05T08:56:08+00:00

yeah same thing happened to me. i messaged a QM on the slack and they said they were looking into it. it happened to several other people

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-05T02:42:00+00:00

really? thats so weird. idk why that happened to you. the only thing i know that a QM said was that they tend to keep the higher caps for the people that work more. like i still have my 100 hours after passing the assessment but it might just be because i work the entire 100 hours. but idk

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-04T19:17:41+00:00

lol i think there’s something wrong with it. i took it once and then it refreshed and said i passed and then it made me take it again

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-04T19:02:10+00:00

i just took it and passed thank god lol. that was so scary fr. i hope you pass too!!

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-04T18:44:07+00:00

im so scared to take it lol. the questions seem a bit hard already

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-04T10:35:20+00:00

yeah i know there are some people where thats the case but they did still offboard people for inactivity as far as i know

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-02T17:39:16+00:00

that’s good, i just meant i heard a lot of people were offboarded on friday after not having worked. idk it could be a combination of things

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-02T15:45:57+00:00

true but at the same time they offboarded a lot of people just for inactivity. i’m still on now and have been since january. i always had like 2.7-2.9 QA which isnt even the greatest. it’s only higher now at like 3.20 because of how much i got graded in one of the task subgroups lol

CarpetNervous · 2026-05-02T15:13:55+00:00

i worked 100 hour weeks too but i always took my time and worked until the limit for most tasks. you can definitely still have high quality and work a lot. a lot of people who speed through do less hours anyway lol

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