Alignerr stole my money
First, they say they will pay hourly. If I calculate paid by hour rate my amount is > $6000.
Then they come back and say payment will be made only for accepted tasks. But dude, tasks worth $4500 were accepted. I have proof.
Then they email again saying that a few tasks were rejected by the client. No visibility into which tasks were rejected or why. Only $1500 received.
When they need work done on time, they bombard you with emails every hour, make false increase in hourly rate and remove all barriers so that more people can work without a quiz or interview. In reality, their intention seems to be to get the work done without paying for it. They always hire fresh people to exploit, basically make false claim to get the work done from you with words like - bonus, hourly pay instead of pay per task approved, who controls the approval. Platforms like Snorkel give visibility directly whether the client accepted or not.
Once they have all the data they need to submit to the client and get paid, when it comes to disbursing payments to labelers, they make all sorts of excuses to avoid paying you for your hard work. There is no transparency and no way to contact support. They remove you from the project and take away your ability to contact your peers on Discord.
The leads always sounded fishy. I will wait a few more days to see if the unpaid payment issue is resolved. If it isn't, I will name and shame this practice to all their clients.
You've got blood on your hands.
Guys they are not same league as Mercor. Please do not belive every word they say and protect your human hours / brains by not committing fully. FQ to the Founder.
This post was removed from r/alignerr and they blocked me instead of resolving issues.