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michalya

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Workers feel this requester pays very badly

Poor Communication

Approves Quickly

No Rejections

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Sigil 1 Proficient Worker
Reviews: 454
Points: 619
Ratings: 51
VQ^2 - $0.15

Underpaid

Unacceptable

Approved

$20.00 / hour

00:00:27 / completion time

Pros

Batch work

Cons

The requestor in question is among some of the worst requestors I’ve ever had to work with. For just some of the problems that I’ve had to deal with

-Requestor will use information given in confidence in order to prove a point or to privately bother other workers, breaking confidence.
-The requestor has a habit of sorely underpaying for their tasks and will constantly straddle the line between a wage that is slave wages and barely livable. Trying to get them to pay a fair wage is a battle in itself. At one point, the requestor had to be convinced to raise the wage up to $0.15 per HIT. Immediately after this batch,they then set the price to $0.04 per HIT and cited that their internals stated that people only worked on the HIT for 8 seconds despite many others agreeing that this was an egregious display and that just half of that time would be loading the task, let alone phrasing the information in the first place. When they were called out for this, they then proceeded to privately message and find out who did them in time so that they could cherry pick those workers and make it look like everyone was actually in agreement that it was actually a fair paying task. In addition, the requestor started messaging everyone who qualified to do their tasks because everyone ended up deciding not to do them. Eventually,they made up the lost wages in bonuses so that it would be just barely counted as well. And speaking of private messaging…
-The requestor is very abusive to the workers in the first place. This requestor used bonuses in lieu of just paying a fair flat wage to the top three workers, without actually giving us an idea of what we were measuring in the first place. They used information given to them in confidence in order to privately abuse workers, and when they were called out by a caretaker, the requestor abused the caretaker into believing that they were wrong. They paid substandard rates and then blamed the workers for not working hard enough, and they didn’t maintain any level of opsec. At the end of the day, the requestor pretty much decided that they could do whatever they want.

This is a brand new account. The requestor generally goes by the name VASR.

This is effectively a closed qual batch.

Advice to Requester

Look, either you pay 20-30 cents an hour with a flat rate, or you accept that workers won't be happy and will be more then happy to give you junk data or just refuse to do the work. And stop being so abusive.
Apr 14, 2023

Sigil 1 Proficient Worker
Reviews: 454
Points: 619
Ratings: 51
VQ^2 - $0.10

Underpaid

Unrated

Approved

$2.55 / hour

00:02:21 / completion time

Pros

None

Cons

A lot of work.
Apr 6, 2023

Sigil 1 Proficient Worker
Reviews: 454
Points: 619
Ratings: 51
VQ^2 - $0.10

Underpaid

Unrated

Approved

$1.77 / hour

00:03:23 / completion time
Apr 8, 2023

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Wage Aggregate Tracking

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Color Pay Range (Hourly) Explanation
RED < $7.25 / hr Hourly averages below US Federal minimum wage
ORANGE $7.25 - $10.00 / hr Hourly averages between Federal & highest statewide (CA) minimum wages.
GREEN > $10.00 / hr Hourly averages above all US minimum wage standards

Reward Sentiment

Not all HITs are created equal. Sometimes an hourly wage doesn't convey the full story of a HIT's true worth, so we encourage workers to give their opinion on the overall pay of the task. Was it $8/hr to rate pictures of puppies? A worker could justifiably bump up the rating a bit for something so adorable. 10 hours locked in Inquisit? Even for $10/hr many workers would appreciate the heads up on such a task. The Pay Sentiment rating helps connect workers beyond the hard data.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Underpaid 1 / 5
  • Very low or no pay
  • Frustrating work experience
  • Inadequate instructions
Low 2 / 5
  • Below US min-wage ($7.25/hr)
  • No redeeming qualities to make up for pay
Fair 3 / 5
  • Minimum wages for task (consider SE taxes!)
  • Work experience offers nothing to tip the scales in a positive or negative direction
Good 4 / 5
  • Pay is above minimum wage, or compensates better than average for the level of effort required.
  • The overall work experience makes up for borderline wages
Generous 5 / 5
  • Pay is exceptional.
  • Interesting, engaging work or work environment
  • Concise instructions, well designed HIT.

Communication Ratings

Communication is an underrated aspect of mTurk. Clear, concise directions. A fast response to a clarification question or a resolution to a workflow suggestion can all be valuable aspects of interaction between Requesters & Workers and its worth keeping track of. Plus everyone enjoys the peace of mind knowing that if something does go wrong there will be an actual human getting back to you to solve the issue.

Icon Rating Suggested Guidelines
Unacceptable 1 / 5
  • No response at all
  • Rude response without a resolution
Poor 2 / 5
  • Responsive, but unhelpful
  • Required IRB or extra intervention
Acceptable 3 / 5
  • Responded in a reasonable timeframe
  • Resolves issues to a minimum level of satisfaction.
Good 4 / 5
  • Prompt Response
  • Positive resolution
Excellent 5 / 5
  • Prompt response time
  • Friendly & Professional
  • Helpful / Solved Issues
  • Interacts within the community

Approval Time Tracking

This rating is strictly for approval times. Let's face it, no one wants to mix approval time ratings with how fast a Requester rejects a HIT, so we've saved rejection flags for another category. This provides a more straightforward way to know about how long your HIT might sit pending before paying out. The default auto-approval for most MTurk tasks is 3 days, the maximum is 30 days. We've tried to base our ratings around those data-points.

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Very Slow 1 / 5 Over 2 weeks
Slow 2 / 5 ~1 - 2 Weeks
Average 3 / 5 ~3 - 7 Days
Fast 4 / 5 ~1 - 3 Days
Very Fast 5 / 5 ~24 hours or less

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