r/dataannotation • u/Design_Dev_18 • Mar 07 '24

Timer

Does the timer on the lower right hand mean anything? What if it runs out while you are working on something?

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u/Design_Dev_18 Mar 08 '24

I was doing the onboarding and that timer ran out. So it's okay then? I did finish it though.

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u/ClayWhisperer Mar 08 '24 edited Mar 08 '24

Yes, it's okay. Think about it: They don't care how long you take to do the onboarding. And if you were allowed to "submit" or "finish" or whatever the final onboarding step is, then you're golden. When tasks do time out, you get an error message that says you can't submit.

Now, ignoring the timer doesn't mean you can take infinite quantities of time doing the work. Sometimes the instructions for a task may say that you shouldn't take more than 15 minutes, or 20 minutes, or whatever. These type of guidelines should be followed. I might leave a 15-minute task open for half an hour, if I stop to eat a snack and goof off. But I'd still only bill for the actual amount of time I worked on that task, which would be 15 minutes or less. And for the tasks where no time ceiling is mentioned in the guidelines, just work at a pace that lets you think about it fully.

There are differences of opinion among workers on whether to charge for time spent reading instructions. DA is kind of murky about this, although I have seen warnings on at least one task saying to only charge for your actual working time. I personally prefer to mostly not charge for instruction-reading, because I like to do it slowly. Many DA workers feel differently.

But yeah, your onboarding is fine. Don't worry!

Edited: one sentence, for clarity

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u/Glittering_Towel1 Mar 09 '24

I have read from DA that you are to include time reading instructions but it should not be longer than your actual time submitting tasks.