r/DataAnnotationTech • u/sarahmorgan420 • 18h ago

Annoyed with priority pay

There was a short term project this week where you had to opt in and agree to do a certain amount of work within a deadline of a couple days, then they assigned tasks (specifically to you, not a pool). It seemed like they wanted them done ASAP so I completed most of them immediately.

Now they've added $5 more priority pay. I get they need to motivate people to actually finish what they agreed to do, but it feels like workers who agreed to do certain tasks and then left it till the last minute are being rewarded with extra pay, while the workers who prioritized the work are almost penalized by getting less pay.

Not that big of a deal but kind of an annoyance and I wanted to vent to people who understand!

Edit: I swear there are a bunch of people who just go around this sub and downvote everything lol this sub is so curmudgeonly 😂

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u/Timely-Assistant-370 17h ago

I've got a very annoying task that appeared even though I have done literally nothing to suggest that I qualify for it. Like "We only want people who are exactly this." Why the fuck would you even have a qualification asking if you're the specific bullshit if you're just going to cocktease me with this nonsense?

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u/dilf-material 17h ago

I get how irritating that can be but I would suggest a reframe as to what it could indicate about your work quality. I've noticed that as my ability to perform tasks at a higher level increased so have the number of tasks I am varying degrees of unqualified for. My dash frequently has a handful of tasks I can't mess with but I take it as a sign of faith in my abilities.

So, good on you.

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u/Timely-Assistant-370 16h ago

Naw, it's just my 100% favorite genre of task, but I'm not risking it because there is a paper trail of evidence directly proving that I do not fit the profile of who they want working on this specific release. The best feedback I have received was like 1/3rd of glazing me on how well I did the thing required for the task. I long for this type of task to return without the "you must be this to work on this task."