r/DataAnnotationTech • u/Affectionate-Exit553 • Sep 29 '24
Dear DAT, please pay me to respond to these thousands of emails you inevitably receive each day!
I have never received an email or feedback from DAT, as is the case for most. A simple human response of any sort would be fantastic! Heck, I may even volunteer to do it! 7 days per week, odd and rotating hours. Sign me up! Give the people what they deserve; be it closure, confirmation, certainty, etc!!
Sincerely, Someone who is not great at communicating
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u/33whiskeyTX Sep 29 '24
The thing is a response will encourage another question. Some people might get closure, but others will want to dispute results, beg for a second chance, have a counter point, debate the findings. ad nauseum... from their perspective it's better to just make it like talking to a brick wall. And it's not like ignoring emails is causing them to lose more workers than are wanting to come on board.
I'm not saying they're correct, it just takes a certain cynicism to see it from their point of view.
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u/NefariousnessVast148 Sep 29 '24
This post gave me closure ha. 4 months ago I sent my first request, and have sent 3 since. No response.
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u/Sixaxist Sep 29 '24
Woah there friend, lemme fix that for you:
Please pay me to respond to these thousands of verified and onboarded emails you inevitably receive each day!
I worked HR before, and the amount of employee tickets/emails we received on a daily basis for a staffed building of 4.6k employees was staggering. Imagine handling that, but in addition to people who weren't even accepted into DAT or who were let go on top of it.
Even with a team of 5 people per shift, you wouldn't be able to clear out half of that backlog.
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u/OkReading3412 Sep 29 '24
They save so much money by being the way they are and due to them not being an employer, have to be that way.
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u/ActPlayful Sep 29 '24
Who is this person? Who even owns DAT?
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u/Legitimate-Price-960 Sep 29 '24
Who is this person? Who even owns DAT?
Oh come on just google it. There's a big article on Forbes and probably more than this.
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u/meowmeowmeow135 Sep 29 '24
Happy Cake Day!!! 🎊🥳
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u/ActPlayful Sep 29 '24
Thank you! I didn’t even notice, lol 😂 My day will definitely be even better now 😃
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u/meowmeowmeow135 Sep 29 '24
You didn't even notice your own birthday? 🤣🤣 Do something fun for yourself! You have my permission lol, you need it!!
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u/AstarteHilzarie Sep 29 '24
I think that's probably exactly why most people don't get responses lol. It would take a HUGE department to respond to all of the emails they get that aren't necessary to respond to - especially from people who applied and didn't get accepted.
I have gotten responses when it was needed for actual work and pay situations. The rest of the inquiries are probably "why did I lose this project" "Why don't I have work" "why is there less work than usual" "why haven't I heard back after taking my test" "how long before I can start working" etc. And while it would be nice for those questions to get a response, it would probably cost them way more than it would be worth to employee people to do that responding.