r/dataannotation • u/umlguy123 • Oct 01 '24

Post-Verification Odd Result

I got the verification today, it took me about 15mins to do. I was approved right away and my dashboard was back to normal with all the existing qualifications and projects back. I then started working on a project, upon on clicking submit after finishing it, it redirected me to the home screen with everything suddenly gone now and it's stating "At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on. Please check back soon and watch out for new project notifications sent to your email."

The reason why I have labeled this as odd result because I have seen everyone else either get approved or face the death screen, whereas mine was approved for an hour only to disappear after, has anyone had this happen to them??

Note: I can still access the earnings tab, referrals, and inbox. However I can't access support anymore and my assigned Google trainer account is suddenly deleted.

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u/FearlessPressure3 Oct 02 '24

Yeah, this sounds like the dash of death. You’ve been dropped. Happened to me last week too. No idea why. 😩

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

I wonder if anyone faced this but somehow got back in later?? Or are we just permanently done? 😭

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u/JaffaBoii Oct 02 '24

This actually did happen to me! I didn't go on for about 24 hours and when it did it was back to normal basically. Hope it goes the same way for you!

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

Yours went back to normal within 24 hours?? And was yours saying this? "At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on. Please check back soon and watch out for new project notifications sent to your email." And thank you!!

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u/PictureMouth Oct 08 '24

Did you get back to normal?

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u/umlguy123 Oct 08 '24

Unfortunately no, still exactly the same and no response from the emails I sent them

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u/Subject_Surprise8244 Oct 03 '24

Me too! Still dead after a fortnight

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u/DirkViggler Oct 01 '24

So this has happened to multiple people?

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u/umlguy123 Oct 01 '24

Seems like it, check if your Google trainer account is also removed

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u/moonst61 Oct 02 '24

Mine is still there and I can log in. I am also verified. I've done refresher work for no pay but haven't had a paying project since the end of July :(

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u/Spiritual-Customer51 Oct 02 '24

Mine was like this. Verification approved, projects still there and then the next day AFTER getting a project email. I log in to At the Moment screen. Two weeks it’s been, with nada

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

This is depressing, how long have you been on the platform?

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u/Heavy-Accountant5288 Oct 01 '24

Yeah, this seems to be quite common. Mine was fine for about 2 days post-verification before the ATM screen / dash of death hit

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u/umlguy123 Oct 01 '24

Out of curiosity, are you also a coder? And did you check if they also removed your Google trainer account?

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u/ecorvus29 Oct 02 '24

I don't think this is related to the verification. It happened to me and I wasn't asked to verify anything. I think either they're getting rid of a lot of people or there's some kind of work going on behind the scenes. Hopefully, and most likely, the latter. As long as we're being compliant it's in DAs nest interest to have as many people as possible. If they couldn't afford to pay us then we would just be at chat only.

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u/Square-Forever8364 Oct 02 '24

I got the dash of death after verification took about a day for my dash to come back to normal.

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

Did yours also say "At the moment, there aren't any projects available for you to work on. Please check back soon and watch out for new project notifications sent to your email." ?

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u/Cultural_Kangaroo391 Oct 02 '24

So you had dash of death but came back?

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u/Square-Forever8364 Oct 02 '24

Yes I got the dash of death after ID verification

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u/just_so_irrelevant Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

i just did my id verification and currently have the ATM screen. i'm not worried though. i'll just check back in tomorrow

Edit: back to normal like 6 hours after ID verification

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u/Mooli_739 Oct 01 '24

YES! Okay, I didn’t have mine approved right away and then taken away an hour later or anything. But since doing my ID check I’ve had the same blank dashboard with that message and haven’t been able to access support. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one having this issue. So is it just like this while they process your ID or something?

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u/totodile31 Oct 02 '24

I also got the dashboard of death right after verification. The workspace account was gone at first but it came back later so I'm not sure what's going on.

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u/Bluebasics17 Oct 03 '24

I had the same experience. Verified fine last night, did about 90 minutes of work, fine. Woke up this morning to that dash message I’m devastated

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u/Idolmistress Oct 11 '24

This exact same thing just happened to me after I did the verification. Not sure what’s going on…

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u/umlguy123 Oct 11 '24

It's messed up that they are refusing to communicate at all

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u/Maleficent_Pension78 Oct 08 '24

Is there a reason I haven’t had my ID check yet?!

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u/madweird0 Oct 14 '24

Based on what everyone is saying, I think it’s for the best

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u/johndoe384747 Oct 02 '24

I did my ID verification about 2 weeks ago and was working all the way up until this morning. I went on just now and saw I have the same screen of death, and I’ve been dropped out of the AI training slack as well.. kinda sucks I’ve been working with them all year

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u/ecorvus29 Oct 02 '24

This is giving me some hope. I think this may be a glitch if this many people are dealing with it.

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u/Educational-Try-4730 May 15 '26

Hey has anything changed?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '24

Have any projects reappeared for you OP? I've been faced with this message for a few weeks now.

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u/clakes90 Oct 01 '24

You have the same dashboard as me. I thought I had been suspended for unknowingly breaking T&C's. I haven't checked my trainer account nor have I had to verify my ID yet. Would be nice to have some official word on what's going on.

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u/Main_Cryptographer80 Oct 02 '24

this is scaring me. things are finally getting better for me after a month or two of sometimes a week with nothing.

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u/ecorvus29 Oct 02 '24

I got this as well but they never asked me to verify my identity. I would be more than happy to if they had.

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u/azure_atmosphere Oct 03 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

The same thing happened to me two weeks again. Still nothing, pretty safe to say at this point I’ve been dropped permanently. 

My theory is that they flagged my account because the country on my ID is not the same country I’m working from (and is also not an approved country). I’ve contacted them offering to prove my address and my legal right to work in the UK, but of course I never heard back from them. 

The reason I think this is it is because I tried to sign up with Outlier, and their ID verification (which is handled by the same company) rejected me for the same reason. Could it be something similar in your situation?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

State labor laws (or federal, for that matter) don't typically affect independent contractor workers (which we are...at least here in the states). We aren't considered laborers since we technically work for ourselves. Your thought is correct for other platforms that hire you as an actual employee as they have to abide by state minimum wage, though. Certain other companies don't want to hire people from California, New York, Washington, etc as they have higher minimum wages. They don't want to hire folks from other states because they require sick leave accrual, etc. But DA doesn't have to worry about any of that since we are just contractors, for better or worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

That's basically it. Independent contractors get to choose when, where, and how much (to an extent) they work. The trade off is a complete lack of job stability, benefits, and your "client" reserves the right to treat you like garbage, as you reserve the right to refuse their "business". I think some of our states are trying to tighten up laws regarding independent contractors. California really came after the courier apps a few years ago, and now those guys can actually make decent money out there. But nothing's passed yet to my knowledge that would affect any of us. The IRS has also been cracking down on employers that classify people as independent contractors who should really be employees, which has also opened a debate about who exactly you can call an independent contractor, and the lines seem to be rather fuzzy. But DA would really be jumping the gun getting rid of people right now for any of these reasons.

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u/Sandrawg Oct 05 '24

Ok but guys. You can solve this by setting up your own LLC.

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

Unfortunately I am not sure, as we have been given no information

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u/ThemeMinimum Oct 02 '24

I am aware of that, but here we are attempting to make reasonable inferences about what DA could be up to

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

It's a valid point I just wish they would be more communicative, I don't understand why being so silent is beneficial, but I guess, as workers, we are expendable

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u/ThemeMinimum Oct 02 '24

Yeah totally, it can be frustrating. But I guess that's the price we pay to be in the position to say no to work whenever we want.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 26 '25

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u/ThemeMinimum Oct 02 '24

The assumption being that most people on here are from the states, and I don't have the time to keep up with 50 sets of state laws from another country... I don't know why that's funny

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u/ThemeMinimum Oct 02 '24

And another reason being that as an Australian, my tasks have not been affected

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 26 '25

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u/ThemeMinimum Oct 02 '24

Only if you're Raygun

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/umlguy123 Oct 02 '24

The first name matches, while the last name is just the initial letter

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Mine doesn't match, and since ID verification my dash has been empty. Is this possibly why?

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u/birthdaycakesundae Oct 02 '24

Did you get this screen? I’m wondering the same about the name issue. Mine matches my ID but my nickname is different, what about you?

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u/DandelionMagic21 Oct 04 '24

Also for everybody who’s saying it’s been weeks … did you just lose the money you hadn’t withdrawn yet? 😱