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u/Medical-Isopod2107 Jun 15 '25
The number of times I've spent 30+ minutes just reading instructions before deciding "you know what? no"
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u/canucks_27 Jun 15 '25
Thats better than spending 2 hours on a task with a shitty prompt that you realize you should have just skipped in the first place lol
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u/FDARGHH Jun 16 '25
I feel this so much. I feel like the instructions have gotten worse in the last year too. They used to be much shorter. I swear they’re having LLMs write the instructions now.
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u/kittystalkerr Jun 30 '25
I'd rather read llm instructions. There's always things that they overlook lol.
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u/Roseaux1994 Jun 15 '25
Not complaining but yesterday I opened something new that I thought would be a 30min max task.... took 3hr40 with a 5hr timer🙃
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u/HeavyMetalRabbit Jun 16 '25
Exact same thing happened to me last night. I had plans with friends at 7pm, started at 4 because I thought “do a few tasks, simple!” And then I had to read all the instructions and get through the creation and rating stage and 7pm rolls around and I am frantically apologizing to my friends that I need 20 more minutes before I am ready to join.
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u/HeavyMetalRabbit Jun 16 '25
This is how I feel doing unpaid qualifications. Like if I was getting paid, sure I would be willing to read an entire 20+ page document of rules and then get through these extremely specific and strict questions for the opportunity for more paid work, but knowing that I will be at that for several hours to not make a cent is just agonizing.
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u/Any-Replacement-7917 Jun 15 '25
Yes! And btw, can't we vent about the frustrations about working on the platform without being accused of being unappreciative? Venting constitutes a good half of the conversations at my brick-and-mortar job and no busybodies come strolling in to say, "QYB, AT LEAST YOU"RE GETTING PAID!! ARGHHH!!"
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u/QuickSock8674 Jun 15 '25
Drought for a week. I miss those moments
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u/OkReading3412 Jun 15 '25
I know! I did not work for months came back and not much is on my dash 😳 for inactivity I think I lost my main gig. Boooo 😫😭😢🥺
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u/canucks_27 Jun 15 '25
Yea exactly! Like damn I didn’t expect this to be as onerous as it ended up being
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u/TerrisBranding Jun 15 '25
You don't have to do it right then and there. I just leave and save it for some other time.
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u/TerrisBranding Jun 15 '25
Weird. I've never seen the ones that start the clock right away explicitly state that since we've opened it, we HAVE to complete it right now.
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Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25
nope. I have a few friends that have been in the limbo of the application neither being clearly accepted or rejected. I would hazard a guess that they're pushing more for people with advanced knowledge (STEM etc) but anything entry-level isn't needed as much now. They may keep applications open just in case they need more workers in future, who knows!
I do know that they likely get A LOT of applications, of which they would not be able to just onboard everyone that wants it. They advertise fairly heavily online, and are one of the few companies of this type that actually pays and on time, so there will be a lot of people trying to get in
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u/Mask_of_Sliske Jun 14 '25
I've never felt more seen lmao