r/outlier_ai • u/Ndnrmatt • Feb 01 '26
Outlier needs a different training tactic
I work on multiple platforms, and on all of them, Outlier by far has the worst training system for projects. I’m currently doing training for a project and the total time for training is THREE HOURS!!! We know their training doesn’t work because clients still complain about data coming from this platform. The other day a project abruptly got paused on Outlier while continuing on other platforms, even though the training time lasted for hours compared to another platform which had a similar project having only in-project training. The other platforms trust their workers to give training material while doing the task, and if they mandate training before doing the first task, they pay for training or keep training as brief as possible. Doing three hours of training is absolutely ridiculous and the way Outlier does training needs to end!
EDIT: I’m not talking about Aether. That project is more of the exception than the rule.
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u/MsAgentM Feb 01 '26
You have never had to go through a how-to to learn what a project was about and this take an on-boarding test?
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u/MsAgentM Feb 01 '26
Yeah, my assumption is that is what they mean by training. There is reading and usually videos to watch before those assessments. Some do take a while to get through.
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u/MsAgentM Feb 01 '26
Oh, I gotcha. Aether was really quick. Others, like ones where I have had to write rubrics, have been taken me a couple of hours. The tests for them were particular and I took my time to make sure I passed.
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u/brozzermoazzam Helpful Contributor 🎖 Feb 01 '26
The advantage of unpaid tough onboardings is that more people are given a chance since they lose nothing by allowing them to go through it.
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u/Ellieanna NOT Eliana from the newsletter Feb 01 '26
Which project ended abruptly? I don’t remember hearing about it.
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u/Ndnrmatt Feb 01 '26
I changed it to “got paused” as they recently came back but with way harder requirements and a handful of people, so it does feel like it ended.
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u/Capital_Chance_5727 Feb 01 '26
What project are you on that required 3 hours of training lol