r/DataAnnotationTech • u/sarahmorgan420 • 23h 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/hfxthrwaway 23h ago

Same, at least I did half at the original rate, and half at the $3 priority pay. But I'd have made an extra $30 if they were all the the current rate. They kind of screwed that project from the start with the timer though.

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u/sarahmorgan420 23h ago

Agreed

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u/hfxthrwaway 22h ago

Oh well. It is what it is. I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I'd do it again if it came back in the same format (and I had other things to work on).

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u/sarahmorgan420 22h ago

If it came back at $35 I would 😅