DataAnnotation: onboarding frozen on the review step for 11 months, four support tickets, zero replies

Posting anonymously and hoping someone here has seen this pattern before.

I completed the DataAnnotation starter evaluation and my onboarding page has been frozen on step two ever since - "We review your results, if you pass we'll email you." Step one shows complete, steps three and four have never unlocked. The in-app inbox is completely empty and the Projects tab just redirects back to the onboarding screen.

Four support requests through their official form: September 2025, June 2026, and two more today. Not one reply, not even an automated acknowledgement.

Does an unreviewed evaluation queue ever actually move after this long, or is silence simply how a rejection gets delivered on these platforms? Has anyone had an onboarding step frozen indefinitely for a region or eligibility reason nobody told them about? Any escalation route that works when the only support channel is a form that goes unanswered?

I'd rather be told I didn't pass than keep refreshing a dashboard for another year.

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u/Tarburt — 6 days ago

DataAnnotation: onboarding frozen on the review step for 11 months, four support tickets, zero replies

Posting this anonymously. I'd like to hear from anyone who has been stuck the same way.

I completed the DataAnnotation starter evaluation and my onboarding page has been frozen on step two ever since - "We review your results, if you pass we'll email you." Step one shows complete, steps three and four have never unlocked. The in-app inbox is completely empty and the Projects tab just redirects back to the onboarding screen.

Four support requests through their official form so far: September 2025, June 2026, and two more today. Not one reply, not even an automated acknowledgement.

What I want to know from people with experience across these platforms: does an unreviewed evaluation queue ever actually move after this long, or is silence simply how a rejection gets delivered? Has anyone had an onboarding step frozen indefinitely for a region or eligibility reason that was never communicated? Is there any escalation route that works when the only support channel is an unanswered form?

I'd rather be told I didn't pass than keep refreshing a dashboard for another year. Any experience appreciated.

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u/Tarburt — 6 days ago

DataAnnotation: onboarding frozen on the review step for 11 months, four support tickets, zero replies

Posting this anonymously in case anyone here has been through it and can tell me whether it's ever worth continuing to wait.

I completed the DataAnnotation starter evaluation and my onboarding page has been frozen on step two ever since - "We review your results, if you pass we'll email you." Step one shows complete, steps three and four have never unlocked. The in-app inbox is completely empty and the Projects tab just redirects back to the onboarding screen.

I have sent four support requests through their official form: September 2025, June 2026, and two more today. Not a single reply, not even an automated acknowledgement.

What I'm trying to work out: with platforms like this, does an unreviewed evaluation queue ever actually move after this long, or is silence just how they deliver a rejection? Has anyone had an onboarding step frozen indefinitely because of a region or eligibility restriction that was never communicated? And is there any escalation route that works when the only support channel is a form that nobody answers?

I'd honestly rather be told I didn't pass than keep checking a dashboard for another year. Any experience welcome.

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u/Tarburt — 6 days ago
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Snorkel AI assessment stuck on "Pending" for 3 weeks - which other AI-data platforms are actually worth the time for a backend/AI dev?

Sharing my experience and asking for pointers.

I got onto Snorkel's expert platform and submitted 5 assessment tasks for their Marlin project - the oldest on 22 July, the newest today. All five still sit at Workflow Stage: Submission with payout status Pending. No score, no pass/fail, no feedback at all. A second project (Coder-Expert-Assessment) shows up in my project list, but its overview page is completely blank and the task list says "No results found", so I can't even start it. Screenshots attached - nothing personal in them.

Has anyone here been through Snorkel's review pipeline? How long did it take, and did the "Pending" eventually clear into an actual project?

The bigger question: which platforms are genuinely worth applying to right now for someone with a real software engineering background rather than generalist tasking? I keep seeing Mercor, Turing, Handshake, Outlier and Ethos mentioned here. I would love to hear which ones actually pay out and give steady work instead of a one-off assessment that goes nowhere.

Quick context on what I bring, in case anyone can refer me to a fitting project:

  1. Python (Django/FastAPI) and Node backend engineer - fintech payment infrastructure across 20+ microservices, plus an invoice-intelligence platform, so high-concurrency production systems are my normal.

  2. I debug to root cause: 5 framework-level bugs found, patched and merged upstream in Frappe v15 (webhook retries, OAuth token cache, document rename).

  3. Easy to work with - clear written communication, real tests and documentation, deadlines met without supervision.

Any pointers appreciated.

u/Tarburt — 11 days ago