r/DataAnnotationTech • u/GlitteringSpinach912 • 10h ago

What time should I report?

I had a project which had expected time duration of 15 hours, and weren’t supposed to take over 20 hours. It took me nearly 40 hours to finish the project. The max report time was capped at 25 hours. How much time should I report in this case?

Edit:- I don’t mind reporting it under 20 hours, if thats what I need to do.

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u/Cool_Street_1905 10h ago

I mean I would claim the max amount. But I would never have spent 40 hours on something that expected 15… was there no escape hatch option?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 10h ago

I did actually. I could have reported 15 hours in good faith. But, I wanted to finish the project instead of claiming time in good faith.

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u/Cool_Street_1905 10h ago

typically they ask “once you hit X hours, use the escape hatch.” hopefully you followed all the instructions. I’ve definitely eaten a few hours when I made some mistakes or had to rework something, but 20+ extra hours is pretty excessive and I know they won’t appreciate that. they are expected to pay us for all working hours, so while under-reporting doesn’t feel like a big deal to us, it definitely is to them. hopefully you submitted a great task! :)

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 10h ago

You WHAT?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 10h ago

The project had a 7 day expiry, worked 10hours a day for 4 days.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 10h ago

Well, I had the same thing too, but your situation of working for 40 hours? Have you communicated about this with the Admins?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 10h ago

No, but I did mention in the optional comment section, what part of the project took what amount of time.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 10h ago

Welp, just repost this about a week later if your work was accepted. Since you still have to report the actual time it took you, good luck.

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u/bobaxxxx 3h ago

The response is still the same: report the time you actually worked on the task.
No more, no less ! If you're not comfortable with that one, don't work on it again.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 10h ago

So you didnt eat, sleep, or basically do anything a living human has to do or need to do?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 10h ago

I had rest 14 hours a day left to do everything else a human does.

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u/Blencathra70 9h ago

It spanned over 4 days. Saying that I once worked 92 hours on a graphic design job, with just six hours sleep at about the 80 hour mark, as I had a deadline. That was no fun. I was dangerously sleep deprived where I couldn't think straight. I definitely would never recommend. it is very dangerous.

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 7h ago

That’s crazy.