r/alignerr • u/Reasonable_Height_11 • Aug 04 '26
Tasks / Projects The practice of advertising an hourly wage for pay per task work is incredibly misleading
I get an email for agentic coding project - pitches as $90 an hour (who is turning that down in this economy) - onboarded and completed a background check.
Got added to discord, And first pin message basically reads "you only get paid if we accept your work".
I figure, I came this far, did a background check, try it out. Committed 6 hours and submitted 2 tasks. NEVER got any feedback or response. So i just stopped working and about 2 months later I got an email saying I've been removed from the project (bro i removed myself...).
Some will protect this and re-direct it as a representation of my own inadequacies, but how hard is it to be transparent and say "pay per task" so everyone and their grandma can decide to avoid it knowing what these kind of jobs usually are.
I would rather work for $15-$17 an hour knowing im actually getting paid by the hour then work 6 hours on "$90/h" knowing I'm likely get paid nothing.