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I have worked in data annotation for years across multiple platforms. I have NEVER been treated like this. Not once.

I completed a video evaluation project for Uber AI Solutions. Here's what happened:

What they promised:

$6.25 per completed task (then cut to $4.12, then cut AGAIN to $2.08 — ALL mid-project)

$25/hour equivalent

Payment within 14-21 working days

What I got:

$13.10 for 12 hours of work and 313 submitted tasks

Over a month of COMPLETE SILENCE after the project ended

Copy-paste non-answer emails every time I followed up

No task breakdown, no reconciled payment report, NOTHING

To put that in perspective: $13.10 for 12 hours = $1.09/hour. ONE DOLLAR AND NINE CENTS PER HOUR.

I am NOT alone. Other contractors are reporting the SAME issues with this company — unpaid work, ignored disputes, and ZERO accountability.

This company is a subsidiary of Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER). They market themselves as a professional AI data platform. They are NOT. They exploit skilled multilingual contractors and COUNT ON PEOPLE GIVING UP.

DO NOT do their language tests. DO NOT do their assessments. DO NOT give them a single minute of your time.

Report them to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Leave reviews on Glassdoor and Trustpilot. MAKE NOISE.

I am pursuing formal complaints. Happy to answer questions in the comments.

EDIT: To clarify since there seems to be some confusion — 313 TASKS, not hours. I worked for 12 hours total and completed 313 individual tasks during that time. Each task was advertised at a 2-4 minute completion time at $6.25 per task. I was paid $13.10 total. That is $1.09 per hour or approximately $0.04 per task. Also worth noting — they advertised $25/hour equivalent alongside $6.25 per task with a 2-4 minute AHT. These numbers are mathematically inconsistent with each other and CANNOT all be true simultaneously. At 2-4 minutes per task you would earn between $93-$187 per hour, not $25. They used inflated and contradictory figures to make the pay sound attractive. That is not a mistake — that is deliberate deception and abusive business practice. Hope that clears it up.

I have worked in data annotation for years across multiple platforms. I have NEVER been treated like this. Not once.

I completed a video evaluation project for Uber AI Solutions. Here's what happened:

What they promised:

$6.25 per completed task (then cut to $4.12, then cut AGAIN to $2.08 — ALL mid-project)

$25/hour equivalent

Payment within 14-21 working days

What I got:

$13.10 for 12 hours of work and 313 submitted tasks

Over a month of COMPLETE SILENCE after the project ended

Copy-paste non-answer emails every time I followed up

No task breakdown, no reconciled payment report, NOTHING

To put that in perspective: $13.10 for 12 hours = $1.09/hour. ONE DOLLAR AND NINE CENTS PER HOUR.

I am NOT alone. Other contractors are reporting the SAME issues with this company — unpaid work, ignored disputes, and ZERO accountability.

This company is a subsidiary of Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER). They market themselves as a professional AI data platform. They are NOT. They exploit skilled multilingual contractors and COUNT ON PEOPLE GIVING UP.

DO NOT do their language tests. DO NOT do their assessments. DO NOT give them a single minute of your time.

Report them to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Leave reviews on Glassdoor and Trustpilot. MAKE NOISE.

I am pursuing formal complaints. Happy to answer questions in the comments.

EDIT: To clarify since there seems to be some confusion — 313 TASKS, not hours. I worked for 12 hours total and completed 313 individual tasks during that time. Each task was advertised at a 2-4 minute completion time at $6.25 per task. I was paid $13.10 total. That is $1.09 per hour or approximately $0.04 per task. Also worth noting — they advertised $25/hour equivalent alongside $6.25 per task with a 2-4 minute AHT. These numbers are mathematically inconsistent with each other and CANNOT all be true simultaneously. At 2-4 minutes per task you would earn between $93-$187 per hour, not $25. They used inflated and contradictory figures to make the pay sound attractive. That is not a mistake — that is deliberate deception and abusive business practice. Hope that clears it up.

Hello, I was wondering if Mercor will ever say the projects paused ended for good, or if they'll keep them in my tab, giving me false hopes.

😅 Jokes apart, but I think I found one of the projects I have on pause on a different platform and the pay rate is available for a few countries but not the US and the pay is five times lower than what I was making at Mercor. My post will probably be deleted, I'm pretty sure, so I will post somewhere else once it happens.

No, I don't have links. No, I will not mention the platform.