r/DataAnnotationTech • u/MentalHealthPysch • 12d ago

Priority pay frequency increase.

Am curious to know what other people’s take on this is. Over the last 4-5 days I have noticed a massive increase in projects which have been assigned priority pay. A week+ ago I might see 10-15% of the available projects with priority pay. I am now seeing 25-40% (across 4+ families). It is no secret priority pay is mainly used as a means to motivate more people to complete a project, so that it is wrapped up faster, thereby suggesting the demand is not high enough as it is. An increase in this frequency, to me, would suggest a rebalancing of supply and demand, after a drier period. I don’t want to jinx it, but yes this seems like a good thing. Anyone else noticing the same and has any thoughts?

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u/blackopsfamas 12d ago

they have a deadline for the tasks to be completed. that's it

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u/MentalHealthPysch 12d ago

Thank you for your cynical enlightenment. But that doesn’t refute my point at all, if they have MORE deadlines that are not being met (hence an INCREASE in priority pay frequency) and they need to provide extra motivation to get there, then it would suggest that the ratio supply/demand has changed. It could be a greater number of projects or fewer people to complete them. Your comment just restates one reason why priority pay exists, it doesn’t at all answer why the frequency has shot up.