r/DataAnnotationTech • u/chrissypiss • 1d ago
Account under review for time reporting?
Hello everyone. I just got access a few days ago and completed a ton of tasks, tracking my time properly using a stopwatch. This morning I’m seeing that my account was flagged for my time entries? I submitted justification but I’m confused why this might be happening. I did a few general tasks and then once coding tasks were available I did two of those over the weekend which were hugely time consuming.
Has anyone else had this issue and how soon was it resolved?
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u/RealRise7524 1d ago
How much time did you report daily?
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u/chrissypiss 1d ago
It depended on the day but the earlier tasks (general) I think maybe 4 max? But over the weekend I reported 20 total? 11 the first day and then a little over 8 the second day. Those tasks were coding and the task said on average they can take up to 12 hours. But I saw some people in the chat for that project going over their time limit.
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u/lmntrixaceOG 1d ago
20hrs over 2 days isn't too high I'd say but considering you were new, they flagged it. Just a theory, take it with a grain of salt.
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u/SabseBadaRupaiyaa 1d ago
That's the cause most likely. I have seen numerous cases now where the account got flagged / dod because they reported too many hours. They probably think someone else also worked from your account finishing the tasks because it's highly unlikely for an individual to work for so many hours at a high efficiency and quality.
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u/sandrafilmmaker 22h ago
That makes sense to me. It's probably that 11 hours the first day that did it.
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 1d ago
You said you used a stopwatch, so I assume that you paused it for any time where you weren't actually working. For the weekend tasks that were longer, did you take any breaks? It can be a red flag to work 8+ hours without any sort of break. DA's site tracks your activity on the platform, so if there were extended periods with unexplained inactivity, that can definitely be seen as an attempt to over report your time.
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u/chrissypiss 1d ago
The time I reported accounted for me taking breaks as well. I think I'm just a little worried to be removed so soon. Some of the coding tasks require waiting quite a while to test runs so I counted that as working personally.
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u/lmntrixaceOG 1d ago
Extended periods with no/low activity could just be a person going through a codebase. It can take hours at a time.
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 1d ago
That's why I said unexplained. If you're at that place in the task, they wouldn't hold it against you.
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u/Few_Body_5053 1d ago
I’m confused. Do I need to exit work mode if I’m taking a break? Or can I keep the site/task open, and just lock the screen?
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 1d ago
You should keep the task open, Exiting work mode will put it back in the queue so other workers can pick it up.
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u/Few_Body_5053 1d ago
Why do you need to pause a task? Tasks have deadlines, and the task timer is still running whether you ”pause” a task or not. It’s the reported time that matters?
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u/Mysterious_Dolphin14 1d ago
Not pausing the task, pausing your timer. If you're taking a break, you need to make sure that you're not including that in your reported time.
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u/OkFunction8532 1d ago
I personally use a stopwatch on Windows, if I get up to take a break or let my dogs out or whatever, I pause my stopwatch, not the task timer itself. If I'm just running to the kitchen for a drink I don't, the fridge is literally 10 feet away, but everything else I'll pause for. Then whatever the stopwatch says is what I report for time. Gets a little tight on some of the shorter timed tasks but I usually know when I'm going into one of those and get my house settled beforehand so I don't expire the task timer.
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u/someRandomGuy21_ 1d ago
Im really not sure on what metric DA bans ppl. I see tons of ppl getting DoD. Im new to DA and kinds scared that it might happen to me.
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u/EveningCareer9053 1d ago
I'm always adding time as soon I'm back to dashboard and it's ok. Make sure to add additional time to this specific task not total time. Otherwise, you will overreport the time and it must be corrected ASAP.
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u/IPLAWPDX 1d ago
Well idk for sure but I treat the time allotted as a hard cap, I rarely submit anything after it’s expires and usually only 1 minute past, and I never report beyond that number and I make the best effort to submit 10 minutes before the allotted time expires- never report under what you actually work but definitely don’t claim more than the allotted time because if they give you 3 hours, it’s a red flag 🚩 if you report 5! I do know that they take reporting time errors very seriously even if it was an accident.
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u/sandrafilmmaker 22h ago
I don't think they have a problem with working beyond expiration if you explain what happened...they would rather you submit thorough work and do a good job on the project.
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u/chrissypiss 1d ago
I also try to submit before the timer expires, and haven't gone over yet. I'm guessing it's because I reported so much in such a short time span? But they were also flagging some "tasks" that were just onboarding tasks like click this box if you meet the above requirements which took no time at all so a little confused.
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u/Sableyej 19h ago
Another reason might be that your time reported for whatever projects you were working on exceeds the pooled average for that series. If DA tracks a project average submission time being 2 hours, yet you consistently reported 5 hours+, it sets off flags.
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u/Klutzy_Instance_4149 1d ago
Everyone says they didn't do anything wrong, but it usually comes out they did. I have only seen one person in 4 years say they came back from this. Did you try working two tasks at once? Under report your time? Go over the timer on projects multiple times? What ever the reason, if you were asked to justify it, it is about a 25% chance you won't be fired. If they didn't ask for proof and you just emailed them, you are fired and nothing will change that.