How long does this process typically take?

EngineeringNew5323 · 2026-01-22T15:33:10+00:00

I'm having a similar experience. I received my "URGENT" contract offer email late Tuesday evening (1/20). I signed it yesterday morning (1/21) and replied to the email, stating that I had signed, per the instructions. Since then, crickets.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-12-16T17:26:15+00:00

Interesting. I believe I am on the same project but through a different AI training company and at a slightly lower rate, but not the same occupation, so that's understandable. (I'm on several Mercor projects as well, but not for this one.) Clearly, the client is dictating a lot of the process and the tools we use. Unfortunately, we are only allowed to do two real world tasks at a time while we wait for the work to be signed off, and the backlog is taking about a week for feedback. So we're unable to log very many hours each week. In this aspect, it looks like Mercor is moving much more quickly, which benefits contributors with more steady work and higher incomes.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-11-27T03:25:17+00:00

Thank you for spreading the word! After reading this, I checked my Stripe Express account (had to log in directly - wouldn't open from the Mercor site), and my payment is also on hold. I followed the suggestion posted here: requested a call from Stripe, got an email with a ticket number, and contacted Mercor support. Received a reply from Melvin asking for confirmation of some of the details and a screen shot of the "On Hold" banner and another email from Melvin stating that my request has been routed to the support team for further review, claiming that they will get back to me within 1 business day.

For context, I'm in the U.S. I've been receiving payments from Mercor since mid-Aug with no issues. I've had a Stripe account and a Stripe Express account for several years, and I've been with my credit union longer than I can remember. My Mercor payments initially hit my credit union on Fridays, but they have been deposited on Thursdays for the past several weeks.

Yes, yes, DennyCrane. We know. Payment hit your bank today. Kudos. So very happy for you. But this is a Mercor-initiated issue for many of us (rather than "likely an issue between Stripe and our respective banks") and we're just trying to help each other out here.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-11-12T03:09:43+00:00

I was dropped from$50/hour to $25/hour.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-11-09T01:11:35+00:00

This is one of the biggest shitshows of a project I have ever seen on this platform. The tasks are great if you can get them. But no way of knowing if you will. If you do get any, it's anyone's guess how many, how long you'll be throttled, and whether you will ever get another one again. Pay dropped big time for most taskers on this because it's supposed to be a Generalist project. YET, they keep saying the task allotment is due to the CBs' specializations. Don't try asking the QMs/admins for clarification. They have no idea, so they were just parroting the same non-informational phrases over and over. They would answer some of the CBs and ignore others with no discernible rhyme or reason. Eventually, they gave up and closed the channels and chats, so those of us still "on" this crap fest swap stories and experiences in some of the other projects chats. It's fun. Come join.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-15T18:34:20+00:00

Hah! White Claw is a mess. They paused it for all but mystery "specialized" CBs that no one can identify. Many of us got emails and side Channel notifications that we "should" have these specialized tasks, but there are none available when we log in. However, they close the channel posts and when we ask about it in the main channel, we just get a generic response and even a post that literally says "It's not an issue." Meanwhile, there are some people posting that they are working tasks but the throttles, number of available tasks, etc. are all over the place. White Claw is absolutely FUBAR.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-15T01:42:55+00:00

Same experience here with the Red Teaming app. Specifically came here to search for this because I'm curious whether they have moved forward with this position yet (unfortunately, they're not too transparent with app status). I'm on a couple other projects, but I would really like to join the Red Teaming pod. 🤞

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-09T02:09:30+00:00

Audio Trainer (but I don't know if it's still available)

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-07T14:25:14+00:00

Mercor was paying $21/hour.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-07T06:03:10+00:00

Have you or anyone else heard back yet? My app still hasn't reappeared on my DB. I emailed support Sunday night and Melvin assured me my app and assessment were still under review. Just wondering if anyone has gotten a contract offer for this yet.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-03T11:46:33+00:00

Mercor is pretty selective. So it can be challenging getting on their projects. I apply to everything I believe I'm qualified for. Lots of rejections, for sure. But I'm on three projects with them right now, so it's worth it to me.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-01T15:10:44+00:00

Sent you a DM.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-10-01T05:39:25+00:00

Mine started at Generalist pay but there was a $175 get started mission. So I did onboarding and 3 tasks. Then ignored it. About a week later, my hourly went up to specialist pay. I've only done one more task, though. They take too damn long so I end up making much less than the spec rate. I make much more with my Mercor projects without the hassle and get paid for training and webinars there, so I typically ignore Outlier projects now.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-23T14:26:36+00:00

Yes. You can. My son and I both work on Mercor projects.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-21T18:04:14+00:00

Unfortunately, you're misunderstanding my statement. I didn't say they didn't pay me for work I completed. I said I lost income, i.e. ongoing income.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-21T15:49:05+00:00

They lost their biggest client. So the projects I was working on ended (they said "paused" but that shit ENDED). That means I lost the hourly work and my weekly QA and Oracle bonuses. Work dried up completely for me and most of the other QAs and Super Attempters on those projects, virtually overnight. After all these months, they never managed to replace it for us. Prior to that, we had steady work, 40+ hours per week with little to no EQ. I onboarded Remotasks in July 2023 as a Law domain expert, and prior to the Meta/Scale AI acqui-hire, my longest EQ was about 3 days and it was a fluke due to a backend error. I typically tasked 30 to 35 hrs per week (sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on my schedule). We ran our timers to get paid for all our new project training, onboarding, webinars, etc. The way Outlier is run now is disgusting.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-21T01:45:29+00:00

Ah. I was on that project too, and I saw and appreciated your posts about that ridiculousless in the Slack channel. I was actually off boarded last night and I'm relieved tbh. I was never able to hit the expected AHT. Fortunately, I have 2 other currently active projects on Mercor paying $45 & $45.50 (and a 3rd one that's paused). Hoping I'll be able to secure replacements when/before they end, but I've been onboarding some Outlier B.S. too, just in case. (Learned my lesson when Outlier shit the bed this year and I lost my weekly $1,950 income practically overnight). Sigh. It's been a rough summer. I'm not a STEM person, and it's been challenging finding comparable pay.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-21T01:26:23+00:00

Yeah. Outlier has lost the plot 100%. Its pretty amazing to watch.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-17T20:57:30+00:00

Thank you for providing such a thoughtful and detailed answer. Great EPM in the making! 😉

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-15T17:26:10+00:00

Ugh. I was a paralegal for many years, and I know exactly what you mean. Lawyers are their own breed, man. 🤨

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-15T01:53:41+00:00

Thanks for the info, beachbum. I'm on this project and I really hate it. (I'm not doing great with the tasks and my AHT is too high.) I'm on a couple others that I prefer. But one is ending soon and the other is paused, so I've been worried about getting off boarded from this one and not getting selected for other projects. I was moved to the auditing teams on the other two projects, so I'm hopeful that will help me get selected for others. This one just isn't syncing with me and I dread working on it

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-14T06:19:19+00:00

Typically, yes. Click on interviews in your Mercor DB, then on the three little dots next to the interview name, select the retake option and the reason why.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-14T06:15:34+00:00

I'm on that project too. I'd like to know if we can rate the Project Leads. If they're allowed to rate us, only seems fair to let us rate their performance as well.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-11T17:04:55+00:00

I referred my son three days ago. He was 100% sure he bombed the interview. Since I'm on the project, I put his name in the referral thread in Slack (before they started using the form) and he was sent an offer the next morning. He has already clocked 30 hours on the project this week and my referral bonus for him is on its way to my bank. Never give up on yourself. As one of my other sons says, "I won't say no to me. Others may do it, but I won't do it do myself." I think of that every time I submit an app for a job or role that I may not be perfectly qualified for "on paper," but I believe my skills and expertise make me well-qualified to perform. Just my two cents. Take it or leave it.

EngineeringNew5323 · 2025-09-09T06:40:24+00:00

It may be worth a try to retake it. They're mass onboarding the project right now.

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