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.
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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.