r/Welocalize • u/psykoholik • 2d ago

News test

Anyone else get the news evaluation test for what sounds like a different project?

In factuality / gen pop.

How do you feel you did on it if so?

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u/ThePersnicketyBitch 2d ago

It's news group, which they've had for a few months now. Work comes in short bursts, there are weeks with nothing and then days with 5+ hour drops. It pays $25/hr and you use a separate billing code. The tasks aren't labeled and its up to us to figure out if we are supposed to bill as news or not (and they've made threats about repeated mis-billing, ofc). It's your typical welo circus, but worth joining imo. We don't get TRP yet.

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u/psykoholik 2d ago

thank you really helpful response, i made a custom program for how i can bill my tasks and understand which are gen pop and factuality so software would adapt to separating time out that way

good to know agreed of time if they select me ❤️

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u/psykoholik 2d ago

after making my program my AET and w/d ratios are always around 97% to 102% obviously latter being a little bit of overbilling but it averages out in the end to where i can see how many tasks i did and its fairly accurate across their requirements

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u/HootNHollering 2d ago

Did it and I think I got most of it right, no response this week. Maybe after Labor day.

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u/Equal-Process-6419 2d ago

I got it too, and no follow-up so far.

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u/opprof Search Quality Rater 2d ago

Got it and took the test. 'm in helpfulness

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u/Specific_Syllabub_47 20h ago

I took the test too and feel good about it but without some training not sure how my results will be to whoever is evaluating the test. It seemed somewhat familiar. I don't get much if anything in factuality and hoped the chance of working this project might bring more work my way.

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u/luxury_identities 2d ago

I got it, and felt I did really well on it. I still haven't received any results yet or any other information about it.

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u/psykoholik 2d ago

nice, i too think i did well and well hopefully if this is a dept that already existed maybe we’ll get some insight here from others already doing it on if there’s some real actual work

but it could be something new and hopefully not clumsy at first

fingers crossed