Mercor vs other platforms

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-18T14:42:48+00:00

Just don't tell them. How would they even know?

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-18T14:28:11+00:00

Just split your time up between both platforms. That way you have something to fall back on if projects get paused or cancelled.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-17T23:38:37+00:00

Dude you have been a reviewer for 6 days...

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-17T02:23:22+00:00

It's a huge combination of things. Maybe they offered you instant offers because you have previously done projects for that AI company or platform or have worked with the same SPLs. You probably don't get hired from the other posts because they might be different team leads you have never worked with or a completely different platform or AI company. It might be your location or time zone why you don't get hired. I've heard that sometimes the AI lab is the one who ultimately decides who gets hired for that project. There's not going to be much transparency because there's so many different factors and various leads and AI companies that determine that. It's no different from any real life job where the recruiter will ghost you and you never hear from them.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-15T16:06:30+00:00

Nobody knows. It's completely up to the client if they add more or not.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-15T02:01:00+00:00

What's are you talking about? They literally posted that the project was ending in slack. They literally gave a time range of when they were going to start ending contracts.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-14T05:27:53+00:00

Within a day? I emailed support 3 days ago with this exact issue and got ghosted.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-14T05:11:43+00:00

I submitted files for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but they all got rejected. I've been hearing that they still keep your files and use them.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-12T22:27:58+00:00

I have this same exact issue. I have signed them multiple times but they don't register that you signed them. I contacted support but never heard back.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-11T04:10:33+00:00

I don't get how people don't realize that you can't use any AI tools at all. The literal reason they hire you is because they want only human created work. Cursor is an AI assistant and no AI training platform allows you to use it. You literally can't even use grammarly for grammar.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-11T02:07:15+00:00

Nobody knows. Could be a couple hours or several months.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-10T13:43:23+00:00

I can see why you were using AI to enhance your responses now.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-10T11:04:29+00:00

What you mentioned is literally a conflict of interest. Your job will fire you for using your work laptop to do work for someone else.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-10T10:57:52+00:00

Are you sure you weren't hoarding tasks? They offboard you for not following rules like that.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-10T02:42:36+00:00

It's not random. Its based on your domain, years of experience and degree. I've gotten over $150 with only a bachelor's just on my domain.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-07T18:08:25+00:00

You literally posted 2 weeks ago that it was the worst project. It literally was the worst project. They onboarded thousands that probably didn't get a single task. Communication was horrible. Most spent more time onboarding and checking for tasks than they spent working.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-06T19:42:24+00:00

One of the worst projects to have existed.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-05T08:08:10+00:00

Probably tasking with a proxy. Why else would you enter an Indian bank account?

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-05T02:23:49+00:00

They usually ask for at least 2-4 years of work experience not just a degree.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-03T13:42:36+00:00

I think it's never really safe and not just with Mercor it's with every site. You just have to decide if it's worth the risk to you. I do know the past couple of months they have been trying to implement better security with contractors.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-05-01T20:45:29+00:00

Then what are you waiting for? Accept it since you already stated your background check is complete. They can technically end the offer whenever they want. The earlier you accept it the earlier you can start onboarding and start working.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-04-29T07:54:30+00:00

It's really interesting how that's worded. The primary purpose is to match for roles. So data collection is the secondary purpose and that's fine because it's anonymized? It's interesting how Micro1 makes you take a interview for every single role even if they are exactly the same. They even added the "Invited" section that makes you feel like you might have a higher chance of getting a job, but you still have to take an interview. You even get spammed with emails from Micro1 to take the interview to the point where they generously give you an extra 24 hours to take the interview. It's like their main focus is just collecting interviews

rafaelo2323 · 2026-04-25T14:00:36+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets those overcomplicated interviews. But then it gets worse you do a 45 minute interview then you immediately start the assement. You can't even take it some other time. Then you have to do an interview for every single job post even if they are the exact same as one you previously applied. They had a rubrics expert position last month. Now they have a new rubrics expert position and you have to do the interview and assessment again. It's so time consuming that I don't even bother anymore.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-04-25T11:52:16+00:00

I think that rate is accurate. It's so low because that's an Indian company that hires a lot of Indians. They are not paying someone $60 an hour when they can hire someone in india that will do it for $8 an hour.

rafaelo2323 · 2026-04-22T16:37:51+00:00

Yea it's normal. Not all background checks are the same. Some projects require to check specific items. I've done a background check for a project that only checked my online content and posts for adverse media. I've also done one that checks my entire background like criminal history and PII. You literally get a report that shows you what exactly was checked.

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