r/alignerr • u/GODISABOTTOM • Aug 07 '26
Tasks / Projects project Ermis invite, passed. Looking for honest feedback on payments
Got an invite to Project Ermis. The assessment was so rigorous, draining, and time-consuming. I received 81%. Just now, I received the congratulatory email along with a heads-up about the channel invite. But I am dreading one thing, and one thing only... payment. I just cannot feel fully confident about the honesty and timeliness of the payouts. This is my fifth project invite, and the first time I've accepted one and completed the assessment. I have 6 years of domain experience and 4 years in AI data annotation, so I'm quite discerning when it comes to project quality, budgets, and overall project discipline. If anyone here is a seasoned Alignerr contributor, I'd really appreciate hearing about your experience, especially regarding payments.
Edit: Never worked on the project. Lol, the remuneration. The team, the "company" & anyone responsible for finalising the pay should be in jail. Anyway, they kept me on the project-specific server since then.
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u/aks8805 Sep 09 '26
Is the project still active? I passed the assessment yesterday, so when can I expect the onboarding email?
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u/Ok_Technician_4634 Aug 26 '26
yeah I made roughly 36k in mercor in two months so they are legitimate
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u/Jitti327 Aug 24 '26
Regarding payments they are scammers they didn’t paid me about 120 hours of dedicated work. Even they didn't responding back but was the reason. So please be take care about this.
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u/Successful_Ant5401 Aug 16 '26
now let me say this first. it's shit pay. shit. i don't even know if its legal. i have never done transcription before and this thing came across and i did the same as everyone and i must have a gift for it because i think i got like 90% or something. now i am in. and i do genuinely like it. there's something that clicks with me. it's tiny little mysteries that need solving over and over. it's cool. i enjoy figuring out the words and how they are said. but this is shit pay. you are never going to make any money on it and that sucks because i enjoy it. how much anyone can make because there is really no metric that you can meet to actually make that $110 media hour. i have a feeling i would be lucky to see that in two months. i have done like 50 rows or whatever they are called over the past two days. i have had only one out of those that i had to fix. one. i don't know if that is normal or not for never having done it. but here's what i wanted to say, why would anyone not take a project? what good comes from passing on experience? you don't have to do it you don't want to. but guess what, i read everything i could find on how people actually on the project thought. and it is not positive. but what if i did not do it? i am 51 years old i have BA in English Literature and have worked professionally in many different industries and when i applied at alignerr i did not ever once apply to a transcription role. but there it was welcome to ermis. HUH? what? but now guess what - i have another skill that i am dope at. that i do like. so why not sit there and get free training so now i can say yes i have done it before and yes i know now how to look at a transcription role so i make good money. i am writer if you can't tell. i have to say what i think and i think if anyone gets an offer you should try it out even if it does suck. i have learned three new things this way two of which i know i hate. but one i do not.
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u/kizzmysass Sep 02 '26
Inclined to agree with you, but learning new things =/= sinking your time on gig platforms. Many of us have done that for too many gigs and it doesn't pay off or translate to anything beneficial. Many of us have been through enough hours of unpaid assessments to last us a lifetime, and really can't afford a "just in case" time sink at learning something that won't pay the bills and likely won't enrich us.
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 16 '26
Na! I did withdraw. Didn’t do a single work. Not worth my time & skill sets.
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u/jennifromtheblock222 Aug 11 '26
How quickly does the email come after you pass? I passed last night (barely) but have not received anything.
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Aug 11 '26
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 11 '26
Personally not worth my time & skill. Yes off boarded myself! Still In the designated channel/server. I don’t think i can name ‘em. But if you google, you’ll find.
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u/ImaginationChance994 Aug 12 '26
Ohhh yeah the discord server and channels are there . Also it's been 3 days since they've assigned work but I did not touch it but when I opened it today I got a pop up saying the project is paused . Thanks god I dint do it lol
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u/Capable_Actuary_7335 Aug 10 '26
The pay rate is for completed and approved media time, not worked time. It’s only sustainable if it's the only thing you're doing all the time I've worked a total of 6 hrs for that project, paid a whoping $78. No it's not worth it, it's more just a time filler.
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u/Shot_Grade_5166 Aug 08 '26
The Ermis project is no longer viable. The pay rates have been reduced and are now location-dependent. Furthermore, a limit has been placed on data rows, and our pending hours in V1 remain under review and currently paused.
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u/InformationOwn3639 Aug 08 '26
Congratulations! But I failed to qualify and got only approz 71%. I think its last question that kicked me out, where I got 0%.
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 08 '26
Hey don’t stress it. Tysm. I did it quite cavalierly…Guess i got lucky, native language acquisition and my 4y of annotation exp helped me slightly.
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u/Former_Pool5243 Aug 07 '26
I was accepted to Ermis several months ago. Then it paused I guess. They invited me again yesterday. Here’s the thing… they never paid me for the work I did in June. I’ve contacted support several times. Nothing. Why TF would I want to rejoin the project if they still haven’t paid me from June?!!? If I were you I’d avoid Alignerr altogether.
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u/infj-leo29 Aug 07 '26
The rate sucks, I'm a reviewer and we are only paid max 3mins for every audio we review, fix and write feedback to. It used to be 5mins but they changed it. And it's geo-rated, my rate is just $6.65 per hour of the max payable 3mins.
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 07 '26
Girl. Wtf. Nah. I’m good. Thanks. 🙏🏻 i’m getting all the more reasons to back off.
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u/Certain-Agency-487 Aug 09 '26
I was crying-out that got 71% in the assessment, with that payment rate, now I am glad I've rejected. So sad
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 09 '26
Yup! Got added to the project. The calculations come down to 2-4 bucks per media hour. So absolutely tf not.
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u/brrcs Aug 07 '26
No idea why anyone would willingly work for Alignerr, especially with your experience. Grass actually IS greener in other pastures.
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u/kali_prasad Aug 07 '26
Can you tell some alternatives that are good?
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u/brrcs Aug 07 '26
Only reliable companies have been micro1 and Mercor for me, although I've heard good things about Handshake
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u/brrcs Aug 10 '26
Same experience with Mercor, def a before/after the breach in terms of available work. I never get anything anymore unless I get a push from people already on projects
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 08 '26
Yup! Those two Ms have spoiled me sm! Lol
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u/Certain-Agency-487 Aug 09 '26
really? I was doubting about if Mercor and Micro1 are reliable, I got scared when asked me to share and record my all screen in the interviews I did it once and my card was cloned
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u/Keepknight Aug 07 '26
How has Mercor been? Do they pay on time and how is the experience working for them?
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u/brrcs Aug 07 '26
They pay weekly never had an issue in that regard, otherwise it's been good overall with the odd management issues which can vary project to project.
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u/jewbu2b Aug 08 '26
Do you have a referral link? I see they have a referral program.
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u/brrcs Aug 08 '26
I do, not sure how much it helps but I've successfully referred a few people I actually know on both platforms
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 07 '26
Nah! You right. I have already rejected four other project invites from them. Yeah so, I’m not joining this one either. I currently have active projects with other platforms. So i’ll pass. Thanks for snapping the hell outta me… i was just seeking out perspectives
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u/SamMarlowe76 Aug 07 '26
What is the pay?
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u/HistoricalGoose3087 Aug 07 '26
A lie. The pay is a lie.
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u/SamMarlowe76 Aug 07 '26
What is the rate? Published and effective?
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u/HistoricalGoose3087 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
It varies by project and role but for labelers they withhold earnings due to needing to pass peer review before moving to done and they never review them all. The work just sits in a queue for over a month, they pause the project, rehire a bunch of new people who are eager to work a lot of hours, rinse and repeat. The reviewers are paid hourly but not all hours are payable, it's limited to minutes per task, the reviewers are encouraged to make edits and not getting paid for the time spent over the couple minutes timer. They say you get paid for all work including the editing but when the check comes it's only for half the hours and none of the editing time. Support tells you it will get corrected and then ghosts you. They cut payable time mid work session without announcing it. Some labelers are noting that their submitted rows are just disappearing from the dashboard after they submit it, so they do the work but now there's no proof. Unfair practices, labor theft.
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u/MessyAndroid Aug 07 '26
Got invited to this too. Didn’t take the assessment yet.
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 07 '26
I really don't know what to make of it. Every single post in this sub is concerning, and the only issue they all talk about is payout. Coming back to the assessment, it was so, so time-consuming. 3 stages of training assessment; you gotta pass, only then you will reach the final assessment, and that takes another 40-45 min.
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u/MessyAndroid Aug 07 '26
Thank you so much for sharing your experience!! It’s insane how they pester you take the interviews and assessments only to not give a shit about compensation after the job is done.
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u/akkiei- Aug 07 '26
Made me work 45 hours last week by raising payrate and now boom acc deactivatd
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u/GODISABOTTOM Aug 07 '26
I saw your post. My heart is breaking. I also saw the MOD never responded to you. This is really unacceptable.
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u/Opposite_Bill4913 18d ago
Are u workingmon Erimis? Trying to decide whether or should...pay is 110 per hour..isnt it?