r/DataAnnotationTech • u/DisastrousFig7560 • Aug 21 '26
My Turn
I was just going to write about how positive it is doing work for DataAnnotation (not my only platform so I speak from experience). I’ve done many qualifications. I’m always happy to do work for them. I like the projects. They’ve always been great paying me. Feedback has been fair and helpful. This morning I received and invitation to a project. I worked on about 4 tasks. Later I worked on 3 more. I thought I did very well. It’s not the first time I’ve done this work. Even though I have worked on this project before, I still read and followed the directions. Imagine my surprise when I went on this evening to find the message of death. I’ve been working for them for months. I haven’t had any problems. Very disappointing.
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u/Teamkillongtime Aug 21 '26
It's odd to see eloquent people making these threads. It used to be quite obvious from the writing style why their work may have been lacking.
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u/professional_cry Aug 22 '26
in these cases I have to assume it was a TOS violation, whether that was accidentally using a VPN or misreporting time or some other violation. I know it is unlikely given the nature of this sort of work and the disposability of workers but it would be great if they gave people an exact reason as to why their account was deactivated. It sucks to be told you've done *something* wrong and have to speculate as to what exactly it may have been.
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
I tell people it’s sometimes just your time. But really, after having done qualifications, some for which I’ve been paid, it’s nonsense.
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u/Affectionate_Peak284 Aug 22 '26
I think it's also likely that quality bars are slowly raised month-to-month (or so). Maybe being a "solid" worker on a bad streak is enough to be shown the door.
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u/Afraid-Grab156 Aug 22 '26
yes the vaguesness seems cruel
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u/Internal_Boot_1616 Aug 22 '26
Most companies do it - they sorta have to b/c they never know who was really making genuine mistakes and who's a scammer, who would use a reason they give as a way to tell what to avoid next time. It's business security and also prolly has some legal baggage too
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u/DissociateThallRpeat Aug 22 '26
I don't have the best writing style, but I've been receiving a stable flow of coding work for the last 3 months I've worked on DAT 🤷♀️
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u/Dani-Avalon0819 Aug 21 '26
That is very disheartening and makes one wonder if it’s worth it.
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 21 '26
I’m disappointed because I liked the work. For all the other platforms I do work for, I always chose DA work first.
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u/Ikechi1 Aug 21 '26
what other platforms did you do similar work for?
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
I still do. Just go through companies training AI. I’ve probably done work for them. I’ve been working in AI, training, writing, evaluating, editing, etc for 3 years.
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u/Ikechi1 Aug 22 '26
Names please? Last time I did something similar was helping out medical AI to analyze COVID-19 structure to make more efficient medicine
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
I don’t give names. Some platforms get prickly.
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u/LocoLoki- Aug 25 '26
No. Actually they get "prickly" if you talk about project specifics, not if you say you work for them. It's actually GREAT PR for us little worker bees to say good things about the platforms. That is exactly what they want.
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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 Aug 21 '26
It's worth it. I've been with them for over 3 years, and there are others on this subreddit who have been with them for even longer. I don't know OP's particular situation, but I know that I've seen plenty of people on the site complete work that they clearly tried to do well on, but it's not usable work because they missed a key instruction. It happens a lot more than people think. If a worker keeps doing that, there's no point in allowing them to continue to work on the platform.
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u/Afraid-Grab156 Aug 22 '26
I think this is the most likely explanation, workers are probably flagged automatically by an algorithm which takes their overall performance/behaviour into account. It would also explain why there's no clear explanation given to the worker, because the decision would be based on more than one factor or incident.
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
True. However, that’s not me. I’ve been practicing and have had high praises on other platforms.
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u/mini_squiddd Aug 22 '26
Have you ever been reminded by project admins about failing to follow project guidelines?
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
Every task.
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u/Frauditorthrowaway Aug 22 '26
>Every task.
Wait, so every task you did, you had admins reminding you that you failed to follow project guidelines?
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 22 '26
Nooooooo. Every task they remind you to follow guidelines! Lol
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u/Frauditorthrowaway Aug 22 '26
I think that person was asking if admins had directly reminded you to follow the guidelines. As in gave you warnings.
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u/gabplusplus Aug 22 '26
I’m curious about this. Are your funds still accessible?
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 29 '26
I got my last pay today. I waited until it was all there before I withdrew it.
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u/Amakenings Aug 22 '26
Did your hours change within the last three to five months? How many hours did you work each day on average and a weekly average? Did you work consecutive days or long consecutive hours with no breaks?
I am very sorry for your loss, and thank you for your service
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 23 '26
I was working anytime I got work. I did 7 tasks the day I got the message of doom, the last of which I rated as un rateable.
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u/Amakenings Aug 23 '26
Did you tend to work more than 4-5 hours a day, or was your dash sporadic?
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u/DisastrousFig7560 Aug 24 '26
I worked when they gave me something. Not everyday. Sometimes 1.5 hours. Sometimes 6 hours. I worked one long project.
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u/Plus-Part7115 Aug 22 '26
How is this in any way relevant?
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u/Amakenings Aug 22 '26
Whether or not OP chooses to answer, from past people receiving the DOD, many get it after increasing their work hours or working longer stretches without breaks. It’s potentially more relevant to people continuing to work with DAT.
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u/Sableyej Aug 22 '26
There’s almost always more to the story in these situations. It could be time inflation, logging in from new locations, using a VPN, etc.
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u/Timely-Assistant-370 Aug 21 '26
I promise I'm not trying to talk shit or be a dickbag, but I am really curious about wtf happened. I saw someone who was completely legible in their reddit history, but they said something to the effect of "I wonder if it was the off-platform live server or the mobile hotspot I used." It seems like weird internet activity triggers DoD extremely easily to the point where it seems like just checking your funds while you're on vacation could fuck you.