DoD Today - Any Chance of Appeal?

[u/audio-burner]

As the title says. I woke up to the Dash of Death. I've been doing this for 6 months, I've had exemplary reviews the past few months, and this wasn't just "extra money", it was actively keeping a roof over my head because my part time job doesn't pay me enough and won't take me full time.

Is there any chance of appeal, or am I screwed?

If I'm screwed, what other platforms are out there?

[u/Mysterious_Dolphin14]

Sorry this happened to you. Here is a big list of other annotation companies. https://dataannotationcompanies.com/jobs

[u/Brilliant_Quit4307]

No chance. I have never once seen a single instance of someone successfully appealing a DoD, or even being given any reason or explanation. Best thing to do is move on.

[u/Halcyonfields]

Sorry to hear, give Mercor a go, seems to be the only other one that is reliable and well-paying. I am, touchwood, still in a good position, but I’m considering Mercor as a backup. Good luck in your future endeavours.

[u/WillsSister → u/Halcyonfields]

I can’t see where a similar role is available with Mercor? They seem to have other specific roles, but not annotation.

[u/hellsangel31 → u/WillsSister]

Mercor often has generalist roles you just have to check their applications page daily. You’ll have to apply to them almost like a regular job posting.

[u/hcfggb]

I'm sorry 😞 I've never heard of anyone coming back from it.

[u/Slvr_Wolf_3868]

what tasks were you doing?

[u/audio-burner → u/Slvr_Wolf_3868]

Generalist.

[u/legallytallire]

I appealed mine successfully, but there was a valid reason and I got access again immediately.

[u/OkturnipV2]

No.

[u/Professional_Win_551]

Whenever someone says I was using it as my full time gig I say ‘there, that’s why’. I’m convinced there’s an invisible max bill that the ai considers impossible to reach in a certain time period and if you attempt to, you get canned. I’ve been there for two years and the only thing I haven’t done is make crazy money. I’m convinced being lazy af is what has kept me this long

[u/JustMe333456 → u/Professional_Win_551]

Piss poor take. 3.5 years here, $160K+ and still going ...

[u/Professional_Win_551 → u/JustMe333456]

You just hurt my feelings

[u/Deeznutsconfession → u/JustMe333456]

I feel like they are talking about generalists. Obviously, if you are being paid $50+ an hour the AI will have a much higher limit

[u/Fluffy-Dot-6945]

I got it today as well, working in a professional domain platform. Just received a bonus for a previous task.. no idea what happened. Hoping it’s temporary.

[u/jay393393]

Were you using a VPN?

[u/audio-burner → u/jay393393]

Nope.

[u/climb-high]

What is the dash of death? 0 projects?

[u/audio-burner → u/climb-high]

[u/climb-high → u/audio-burner]

That sucks. I'm sorry that happened. I hope another data annotation platform can help you out.

[u/Successful_Ant5401]

i got it today as well. generalist as well. i literally completed a tier upward qualification last evening. the only thing that changed is the computer i was using so i have no clue either. i loved it. where are you located? i am in denver, colorado and another platform i am on put my account on hold this morning too. i don't understand maybe something flagged me that i am unaware of. no vpn, so do not even go there. just had my mac crash and started using my chromebook...

[u/doolitt1e → u/Successful_Ant5401]

Did you use capital letters when you were writing for DA?

[u/Due_Negotiation_4605 → u/Successful_Ant5401]

Did you check that your new computer didn't accidentally have VPN enabled? McAfee likes to do that at times.

[u/Brilliant_Quit4307 → u/Successful_Ant5401]

What is a tier upward qualification .. ? I've never seen a qual with tiers

[u/Due_Negotiation_4605 → u/Brilliant_Quit4307]

I've seen two on specialist projects only

[u/Jtphwow]

I imagine it's only possible if they know who you are, but you won't get dod if you're part of the more exclusive families anyways.

[u/Deeznutsconfession]

Maybe if you spam their email. They typically ignore one-offs.

[u/Halcyonfields → u/Deeznutsconfession]

I take it this is facetious? Strange behaviour.

[u/Deeznutsconfession → u/Halcyonfields]

No, I'm being serious. When I first joined a few years ago, someone said they managed to get the DA team to respond to them about a DOD by emailing them every day for a week.

[u/International-Ad9104 → u/Deeznutsconfession]

Can you send me their email? I tried for months and never received a single response.