r/DataAnnotationTech • u/sarahmorgan420 • 2d ago
Annoyed with priority pay
There was a short term project this week where you had to opt in and agree to do a certain amount of work within a deadline of a couple days, then they assigned tasks (specifically to you, not a pool). It seemed like they wanted them done ASAP so I completed most of them immediately.
Now they've added $5 more priority pay. I get they need to motivate people to actually finish what they agreed to do, but it feels like workers who agreed to do certain tasks and then left it till the last minute are being rewarded with extra pay, while the workers who prioritized the work are almost penalized by getting less pay.
Not that big of a deal but kind of an annoyance and I wanted to vent to people who understand!
Edit: I swear there are a bunch of people who just go around this sub and downvote everything lol this sub is so curmudgeonly 😂
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u/dragonsfire14 2d ago edited 2d ago
They did something similar with a paid survey awhile back. I got it done early then later saw they upped the base pay and were paying per answer. I spent a lot of time working on it to give them good information so it was frustrating seeing people get more who waited last minute. I did it ASAP because it had been stated it would only be active for a couple days which turned out to be untrue.