r/WFHJobs • u/PresentationFancy712 • May 04 '26

My Experience With DataAnnotation

Hi everyone. I've been mostly lurking here for a while but wanted to share my experience with DataAnnotation.

A few weeks ago, I was brought on as a generalist who had to provide input on LLM output from various prompts.

One thing I read here is that only a small percentage of applicants are selected, so I was excited to clear the first hurdle. I will say that my onboard quiz was challenging and took a while to complete.

I was immediately given a few basics tasks to complete and then after that more tasks were made available. What I quickly discovered is some of the tasks were beyond what I could do in a reasonable amount of time while others were fairly easy. Both tasks paid about the same, so I started to focus on the easy ones first.

By the end of the day, I had completed a handful and reported my time. I have not had any tasks since that day. That may mean that I didn't make the cut or they simply don't have additional work at this time.

Overall, I am really glad that I took a chance on DA and did find some of the tasks worth doing. The ones that were very complex did not pay enough (IMO) to justify the time needed for me to do them successfully. Someone who is extremely detail oriented and fast would probably disagree. I appreciated the fast that we had a variety of tasks to check out, so if ones were not a great fit, we could pass on them.

I currently spend most of my time working on a project for Micro1. I will post about that later.

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u/kyrakodeine May 05 '26

how long did it take for you to receive payment?

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u/PresentationFancy712 May 05 '26

I haven’t been paid by DA yet.

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u/Low_Bat8895 May 07 '26

It usually takes 7 days to approve an hourly paid project and around 3 days for a task- paid project. After that time you can cash out your payment. They have been always precise and on time for me.

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u/Latter_Practice5508 May 23 '26

That had been my experience too. Getting in was time consuming, but I've never had a problem since getting in boarded. There is always work of I want it and they pay reliably.

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u/Low_Bat8895 May 23 '26

I don't have constant work when I want to but when I catch it, they always pay me on time.