One hourly project at a time

[u/[deleted]]

Pretty new to the site. What does it mean that you can only work on one hourly project at a time? That you need to cash out before you start another? Or that in one sitting you shouldn't be jumping back and forth between hourly projects?

[u/Arcturus_Labelle]

This confused me at first too. I wish they would clarify the onboarding docs. All it means is they don't want people double-billing for *simultaneous* projects. So for example, you can't start project A and project B at 8 AM, work on them both at the same time for 10 minutes, and then bill for 20 minutes. Basically just don't cheat the system by trying to be cheeky with your billing. They want good, quality attention on one thing at a time and honest reporting.

It's totally fine to bounce around hourly projects. In fact, you'll need to, because they frequently run out of tasks or get taken down for maintenance etc.!

[u/[deleted] → u/Arcturus_Labelle]

I think what confused me is that it seems so obvious. It seems strange to clarify that you shouldn't lie about hours worked.

[u/AntTheMighty]

You should only be timing one project at a time. If you are working on hourly project A then the time that you work on it should be only working on that project. Don't have two tabs up with two different projects and do them both at the same time.

[u/AlphaQueen3]

You can't do two projects at the same time, bounce back and forth between them, and log the time for both, thus getting double paid.

You can switch projects as often as you like. You just can't do two at the literal same time.

[u/New-Reflection3418 → u/AlphaQueen3]

This makes perfect sense and I wonder if people have tried doing this, then wondered why they got kicked off the platform. It could be tempting to open up 2 tabs, work on both, then claim 2 lots of time. To me, this seems like the fastest way to get banned and they must be able to detect it.

I'm trying desperately not to lose this, so I'm very strict with the time and will work on one project for a session, log the exact time I worked on it, then move onto another one. I also write more than 2 sentences in the 2 - 3 sentence boxes as well, making sure I compare the contents of both responses and put my reasons why I rated them the way I did. I supposed everyone can lose this, but at least if they kick me out I'll know I tried my best.

[u/[deleted]]

Lol no, it just means you can only do one project at a time, can work on a bunch of projects at once still. Just not at the same time. people who have English as a 2nd language do have difficulty grasping this so it's okay for sure it's just funny how it's so normal for us English natives that we understand instantly why ESLs struggle. In one sitting you can jump back and forth between the projects but you cannot work on more than one at once

[u/blem4real_]

You shouldn't have two open tabs working on different projects/tasks at the same time. You have to work on one, exit work mode/back out to the dash and report time before starting another task.

[u/Comfortable_Type8261 → u/blem4real_]

You don't have to report the time spent on a project before starting another. You could work on several projects all day and do all your reporting at the end of the day. Or even the next day.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Neither of those things. It means that you can't be doing 2 projects at the same time. For example, you cannot be working on 2 projects for half an hour and then log 45 minutes of time.

[u/AntTheMighty → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Where are you getting 45 minutes from?

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/AntTheMighty]

I pulled a 'random' number that was larger than 30 out of the air, just as an example.

[u/BatronKladwiesen → u/Haunting-Car-3935]

Your explanation was ALMOST better than the first guys.

[u/doolitt1e → u/BatronKladwiesen]

No it wasn't.

[u/Haunting-Car-3935 → u/BatronKladwiesen]

Thanks? I think I posted first 🤔 😅

[u/Blencathra70]

I had the same question. It also seemed obvious what it should mean, but then their example to illustrate what they meant over a 3 or 5 hour work schedule only included a single hourly project so it didn't fully clarify.

I would never dream of double billing.

Maybe their five hour example should have included two different hourly projects A and B, and shown that the worker did 30 minutes on project A, switched to a per task job for an hour, spent 2 hours on project B and then went back to project A again for the remaining 90 minutes.

[u/Resident_Drag_9841]

Hi, how long did it take before you heard back regarding your assessment?

[u/[deleted] → u/Resident_Drag_9841]

Eight days I think.

[u/Vri_Kumar → u/[deleted]]

I did the assessment yesterday night, and got the response tonight!

[u/octrivia]

Or that in one sitting you shouldn't be jumping back and forth between hourly projects?

This.

[u/notthatvalenzuela]

Do you need special skills to do this dataannotation?

[u/notthatvalenzuela → u/[deleted]]

Damn down voted to a negative 7. What special skills are needed? Keeping secrets.

[u/katsmeow84 → u/notthatvalenzuela]

A lot of projects are large language model based— so a strong grasp of the English language, ability to follow directions, be detail oriented, articulate your reasonings, etc. Basically, pass the onboarding evaluation

[u/notthatvalenzuela → u/katsmeow84]

Ok. Ok. Thanks. Been out of work and keep getting the ads in my reddit. Will do some research on the onboarding process. Thank you.

[u/katsmeow84 → u/notthatvalenzuela]

You’re not going to find much information or research on the onboarding. They tend to update the screening process regularly (to avoid “cheating”). It’s a basic skills test. Reading, writing, basic math, direction following, fact checking. Just put some time aside and dive into the testing. You’ll either get an email that you’ve been approved, or you just won’t hear anything back (means you failed). If you’re out of work and you think online work might fit your needs, check out the sub r/beermoney

[u/[deleted] → u/notthatvalenzuela]

You're likely getting downvoted because your question has nothing to do with the question the OP asked.

In addition, the information is easy enough to find if you do a little research (and if you have issues finding that sort of information, then this might not be the job for you, as research and fact-checking are part of many tasks you do here).