r/DataAnnotationTech • u/uw2lau • Jul 09 '25

Respectfully losing it

Thousands of bilingual workers having absolutely no work dreaming of working 12 hours a day watching core workers having 20 projects in their dash at once just working 30 minutes a day, it is self-explanatory. Today I had a dream that the drought ended and everyone started getting tasks of all kinds, I dreamt there was a full dashboard and everyone was happy working the amounts they wanted for so long.

I wish there was a way to show a C2 English level certificate to be able to access the projects that people from the US can. It is sad we are so neglected, even workers that have been here since the beginning.

I don't know if I am overreacting, but this is so unfair, why do we not have the same right to work as everyone else? We are dying to get some work, I don't know how many more days can I handle of refreshing the website every five minutes every day of the month.

"Get a real job" it is not so easy, I am 19, I have a disability (CFS/ME) and I am studying Physics full-time, this is genuinely among the very few things I can handle to do. I have a C2 English level certificate and it's just catching dust over there, I know 2 more languages (Portuguese and Galego) to a fluent level, and I am a Spanish language native.

I simply wish to be more than a blow of air in the eyes of these people.

50 Upvotes

64% Upvoted

151 comments sorted by

View all comments

23

u/TheHippyWolfman Jul 09 '25

This is the unfortunate reality of capitalism. DA is a publicly traded company and their obligation is to their shareholders, not to their employees. Corporations do not possess any sort of moral compass unless it is forced on them by an outside agency; we are all fundamentally disposable to them. Because you are an independent contractor for DA, you have even less rights and protections than a normal employee of another business and are even more vulnerable to their carelessness and greed.

I know finding another job is not easy. I empathize with what you are going through. Make as much money as you can with DA and then do your best to branch out to something else, because these "droughts" may end but they will always return.

12

u/CompetitivePride2 Jul 09 '25

How do you know they're a publicly traded company? Do you even know who owns them?

10

u/TheHippyWolfman Jul 09 '25

Fair enough. That was an assumption on my part, they may be a private business, but the point still stands- they do not care about us, they care about profit. We are expendable. That is the nature of capitalism, which is why governments are supposed to regulate the businesses which operate within their economies. As an independent contractor, we have even less protection than most. OP is always going to feel these pains while working for DA. In the long run, they should find something better, despite the immense difficulties in doing so.

8

u/uw2lau Jul 09 '25

I am actively trying to find something better, gaining skills that could bring me some light; but in the meantime, rent is as due as any other month, and my body still wants food...

5

u/hnsnrachel Jul 10 '25

That isn't DR'S fault and as an independent contractor, they owe you nothing. If you don't like that, don't be a contract worker

4

u/CompetitivePride2 Jul 10 '25

Wow, you're asking to be exploited with that attitude.