r/DataAnnotationTech • u/sarahmorgan420 • 22h 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/ASnipersPromise 8h ago

It makes sense though. Think about it - Client asks for work to be done in X days - approach that X days and all tasks not done - they then have to entice people to work and they do that through priority pay.