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Yoyo Average Pace
Happiness Valuation Survey (~10-15 min) - $1.50

Underpaid

Poor

Rejected (All)

$6.21 / hour

00:14:29 / completion time
  • HIT Rejected

Pros

Cons

The work is extremely long. You'll have to go through about 26 pages of bubble hell, and there are sections where you have to write about conflicts. Each page has a minimum of 2-10 questions to answer, meaning you'll be answering about 130 questions by the end, not counting the writing segments. I sped through as fast as I could, but even as a fast reader, it took me almost 15 minutes to complete. Any slower than that, and you'll be looking at sub-$6 an hour... If you're not rejected.

The HIT was rejected for me being in the wrong demographic (I'm about 3 years outside of the age range they wanted), but there is no screener, nor is there anything in the title or the description of the HIT to indicate that there is any preferred demographics, and that all others will be rejected. There is only a single reference to an age range (I went back and checked) in the standard disclosure agreement page, which is easily missed.

EDIT: After a week, the Requestor finally got back to me. I explained to them how the rejection was in part due to their own fault, and they should include screeners, or at least put the demographic info they require in the title or on the Mturk page.

Instead, they ignored everything I said, and simply repeated the rejection note they left, saying I was in the wrong demographic to complete the survey. Clearly, this is a Requestor who has trouble reading, or if not, they're purposefully ignoring helpful criticism.

Because of that, I'd be very nervous to do any work for them in the future, even if they do heed my advice (which seems very unlikely, since they ignored everything I said to them).

Advice to Requester

Use screeners. And put the demographic info you require in the the description, if not the title of the HIT.

Have more respect for Workers. Allowing them to waste their time and then not paying them on top of that (for what a mistake that could easily have been avoided on your part!) is not a good way to get quality work.

EDIT: When you respond to Workers, actually READ what they've written to you. Don't simply reply with a generic "Sorry, you were part of the wrong demographic, we cannot help you" message.
Mar 1, 2022
Azazael Fast Reader
Emotions and Beliefs (~20 minutes) - $1.50

Unrated

Unrated

Approved

$9.61 / hour

00:09:22 / completion time

Pros

Cons

LONG, whomever did this in under 4 minutes literally had to be throwing nonsense answers since there is SO much to answer

also be SUPER careful, this got reposted and I swear it was different, i just got rejected for this, 12-18

Advice to Requester

make exclusion quals so you arent wasting our time taking surveys and you reject us
Dec 11, 2020 | 5 workers found this helpful.
Trucker Relaxed Pace
Emotions and Beliefs (~20 minutes) - $1.50

Underpaid

Unrated

Approved

$6.67 / hour

00:13:29 / completion time

Pros

Cons

Very long and drawn out. Non-standardized question blocks. Very repetitive. The sheer volume of the survey is a real energy drain.
Dec 18, 2020