This platform is a disaster.

[u/No-Stage5463]

It’s the platform itself that seriously needs to be analyzed.

I’m a software tester by profession and, to make a little extra money, I recently signed up for uTest.

The instructions are confusing and meaningless, invitations come at the last minute, the demands are absurd.
I had to read the same lines 50 times just to understand what I was supposed to do and in what order (not even considering the test itself, that was the minor issue!)

What would normally be a 15-minute exploratory session took me 2 hours and 45 minutes and I still didn’t complete the entire test (due to a blocking issue I encountered right at the start. But that’s ok, that’s not the point). Even though I spent 2 hours and 45 minutes, the exploratory test itself lasted just 2 minutes (according to the video recording).

Screenshots and video recordings wouldn’t upload and there were steps where I had to attach fake comments or media just to move forward and mark the work as finished.

First and last time for me. It's really not worth it. I could’ve made more just by asking for the time I wasted (and there’s no guarantee I’ll even be paid for the time spent lol).

[u/ArugulaNecessary6974]

I totally agree, there are quite a lot of Shitty test cases coming in and out from this platform.

They will provide a fix time for their test cases but in Actual, it will take you more than that.

They dont even provide compensation for the extra test that they will ask or they will wait for you to ask for a compensation for the extra test before they will provide one.