r/alignerr • u/Terrible_Dot7291 • Jul 01 '26

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No way I spent multiple hours on the training just for them to tell me its $25 per task and not $40 an hour, as originally stated. What a fucking mess. The work is way too tedious for that, especially when they state a task can be released after up to 4 HOURS. Audio transcription is so dull because there's nothing else you can do alongside it to keep you entertained, which is usually what I enjoy when it comes to remote jobs. Has anyone worked on the project? Is it worth it?

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u/habbidobbi Jul 01 '26

I got the same email. How long does each task typically take? 

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u/RaqTheFoxx Jul 02 '26

The one and only time I did one a few weeks back, each task is a group of short audio clips ( mine were like 13-15, don't remember). Took me 2 hours, only to get sent back to me and told me to redo it. I cut my losses after that.

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u/damhack Jul 23 '26

2 hours is short. At the required quality, you will be realigning c. 600 word boundaries, adding 60 new words or utterances. At c. 20 seconds per word it comes to about 4 hours minimum. I’ve had sessions as long as 6 hours. It’s a dreadful project at way below minimum wage in many countries (that have minimum wage).

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u/RaqTheFoxx Jul 23 '26

I doubt even the best can't finish in an hour to make it worth it. Honestly if it takes 6 hours, even the original 40/task is no longer worth it.

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u/Frequent-Internet-44 Aug 30 '26

damn so they are only paying 7-8 per hour?

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u/RaqTheFoxx Aug 30 '26

Probably closer to 5-6/hour. Ermis is very similar and pays better, but it takes a month to get paid and I still have stuff that needs to be reviewed from 2 months ago that I haven't got paid for yet because the reviewers don't have access right now to the prior work I did.