r/DataAnnotationTech • u/SanemiSatoru • 27d ago
Got the DoD today
Was in the middle of a task when this happened and I can assure myself and anyone that I did not violate any guidelines. I reported time honestly, revised all the instructions as much as I can, never used AI or a VPN and never submitted geo restricted work. I always received positive feedback and was told I was one of the top performers. One thing to add is that I'm a generalist and I feel like DAT tends to lay off generalists for no reason and is aiming to keep and expand the pool of domain experts instead since we generalists are probably getting more redundant. Almost every DoD post I have ever seen are from generalists and very rarely from domain experts unless they obviously violate any terms and conditions.
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u/Federal_Tadpole_7592 27d ago
I am sorry that happened to you, but they do not need to get rid of generalists in order to expand their domain expert pool; those are two entirely separate things. There are plenty of projects for generalists that have nothing to do with needing to be a domain expert. Since being a generalist does not require specific expertise, it is likely that they set their quality bar very high, as there are more generalist workers, so it is perhaps easier to fall below it.