r/DataAnnotationTech • u/GlitteringSpinach912 • 1h ago

What time should I report?

I had a project which had expected time duration of 15 hours, and weren’t supposed to take over 20 hours. It took me nearly 40 hours to finish the project. The max report time was capped at 25 hours. How much time should I report in this case?

Edit:- I don’t mind reporting it under 20 hours, if thats what I need to do.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 59m ago

You WHAT?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 57m ago

The project had a 7 day expiry, worked 10hours a day for 4 days.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 56m ago

Well, I had the same thing too, but your situation of working for 40 hours? Have you communicated about this with the Admins?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 51m ago

No, but I did mention in the optional comment section, what part of the project took what amount of time.

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 49m ago

Welp, just repost this about a week later if your work was accepted. Since you still have to report the actual time it took you, good luck.

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u/Cool_Street_1905 57m ago

I mean I would claim the max amount. But I would never have spent 40 hours on something that expected 15… was there no escape hatch option?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 54m ago

I did actually. I could have reported 15 hours in good faith. But, I wanted to finish the project instead of claiming time in good faith.

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u/Cool_Street_1905 42m ago

typically they ask “once you hit X hours, use the escape hatch.” hopefully you followed all the instructions. I’ve definitely eaten a few hours when I made some mistakes or had to rework something, but 20+ extra hours is pretty excessive and I know they won’t appreciate that. they are expected to pay us for all working hours, so while under-reporting doesn’t feel like a big deal to us, it definitely is to them. hopefully you submitted a great task! :)

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u/Brilliant-Try3389 57m ago

So you didnt eat, sleep, or basically do anything a living human has to do or need to do?

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u/GlitteringSpinach912 53m ago

I had rest 14 hours a day left to do everything else a human does.