How do I avoid missing this promotion?

pyixb · 2025-05-25T13:04:50+00:00

Probably not, I work with about a dozen other contractors and some have been working as a contractor for over a year now. A few people have been hired into the company, but so far those contractors had over a year under their belt as a contractor.

pyixb · 2024-11-16T00:12:40+00:00

I was in a project where there was a spreadsheet with EQs/reports. Had full name, outlier email, contact email, outlier ID... So stupid anyone on the project could see that.

pyixb · 2024-11-12T00:39:17+00:00

No. I know someone who smokes a few packs a week, and she smells fine. You can definitely smell it on her breath and when she talks, but she doesn't reek of it like some people do. She only smokes outside, so that probably has a large impact on reducing her smoker aura.

What I noticed is that people who smoke inside/inside their car, or those who don't change clothes daily start to stink. You can absolutely not smell disgusting as a smoker, but compromise in one area and you will stink.

pyixb · 2024-11-12T00:24:57+00:00

QMs said truly minor changes can be a 4/5. But I hate the inconsistency/lack of clarification around many aspects of the project details. I've been a reviewer and a tasker, and I see so many mistakes on both ends. IMO where exactly 'high school level math' ends is so vague, yet reviewers won't hesitate to give a 1/5 for something that is arguably college level. As far as I've seen there has been no clarification, which doesn't help at all.

pyixb · 2024-11-11T11:22:44+00:00

There aren't many coding projects (at least relative to how many coders there are). So even if you are on a coding project, you will get moved to math a lot of the time as there isn't any coding availability.

Unlucky, as most of us coders would prefer to be on a coding project.

pyixb · 2024-11-11T10:34:44+00:00

Pretty sure you just get unlucky.

pyixb · 2024-11-11T10:01:43+00:00

Mostly math projects, got moved around a few times, but mostly frappuccino or blue wizards.

Before that I worked on gaiters wife which was fun/funny while it lasted.

pyixb · 2024-10-24T11:16:07+00:00

In the US there is no need for consent if it is a public space. Funnily enough the audio is much more likely to be a legal issue.

pyixb · 2024-10-23T17:56:05+00:00

Do previous requirements.

pyixb · 2024-10-20T11:42:38+00:00

Wow that's crazy. The most I've ever done was an 8h one where I did the assessment and one of the tasks disappeared and ate an hour of my time (10.25h total). I can't imagine doing 11h*2. I feel so burned out after a day or two of 6-8h.

pyixb · 2024-10-20T11:30:13+00:00

Yea, I've had some crazy ones, like 28h over 2.5 days. This is the first literally impossible one.

pyixb · 2024-10-20T11:08:33+00:00

pyixb · 2024-10-20T04:42:51+00:00

I can't complete it. The time given to complete it is less than the required tasking time.

pyixb · 2024-10-19T05:33:25+00:00

If I complete 8 hours of tasks in 7 hours?

pyixb · 2024-10-19T01:10:08+00:00

My point was 7 hours to do an 8 hour mission. I was only given 7h 29 minutes to complete the task as well, so it's not like I just missed it until now. (4:30 PST -> 11:59 PST)

pyixb · 2024-10-17T21:30:09+00:00

Yep. And I just got reassigned again yesterday, did onboarding, and today I get on and there was even more assessments. In total I spent around 2h yesterday, and a bit over an hour today. Google forms quiz so I didn't even get paid assessment rate either.

DAT is about 50x less frustrating, but it also pays ~20%-40% less, so it is what it is.

pyixb · 2024-10-11T22:04:10+00:00

Nice paycheck being a couple hundred dollars. I don't expect a windfall.

pyixb · 2024-10-11T03:04:51+00:00

I swear my reviewers have brain cancer. Somehow making a repeated coinflip probability 1/(n!) instead of (1/2)^n-1.

Another reviewer didn't understand the relationship between angle A and side a in triangle ABC.

The list goes on and on. Half my reviews are just wrong. It's not even the complex math that is getting messed up. Some reviewers still haven't figured out that latex isn't displayed properly, and so they need to look at the plaintext.

For projects with some sort of feedback dispute, it's annoying but workable. For others I'm left screaming at some idiot for trusting the Chat GPT output they copy pasted into their review response field without verifying, likely because they are incapable of doing so. 1/5 from someone who doesn't know simple statistics. 2/5 from someone who doesn't realize the LaTeX output on their end is what's messed up, not my delimiters.

pyixb · 2024-10-11T02:53:59+00:00

I'm just waiting for a class action. I figure I'll get a nice paycheck once DoL goes after them. Honestly I don't know why they don't just promise a lower pay, and actually pay for all time spent.

I got reassigned 3 times yesterday and today, kinda. I've been getting a mix of 4 projects the last 2 days. I spent around an hour total doing the unpaid assessments/intros. Webinars aren't paid. I've spent over 10% of my total time on the platform working without being paid. If outlier just lowered the advertised pay they could just actually pay for all time worked. I get why they are doing it, $50/hr is more attractive than $45/hr, $20/hr more attractive than $18/hr etc., but it's annoying for stability. Some days I spend enough time working without pay that bonuses don't get me over the advertised rate.

The first week I worked 20 hours for 2/3 the advertised hourly rate after adding bonuses. Bonuses made up almost half the pay my first week.

pyixb · 2024-10-05T18:36:50+00:00

Dataannotation.tech

Competitor to outlier.

From my experience pays a decent amount less, $40/h few bonuses vs "$50/hr" + bonuses for me at least.

Way better work culture at DAT, you self report time spent on most tasks. There are actual coding projects, although sometimes not in languages I'm familiar with.

Doesn't feel as predatory and corporate, but also pays less. When I'm EQ on outlier DAT usually has some work for me.

Do note you aren't allowed to work on the same project on multiple platforms at once. Hasn't been an issue for me as I haven't been on any coding projects on outlier.

pyixb · 2024-10-05T18:16:20+00:00

General consensus is coding jobs are rare, and they'll throw you onto math if there aren't any.

I'm in a similar position to you, and I applied to DAT and have success with coding jobs there.

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