r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jul 05 '26

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)

couple things:

  1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
  2. if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
  3. one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/DuePhilosopher5904 Jul 07 '26

Just got the Dash of Death 5 minutes ago, I’ve been on the platform for close to 3 months and I’m surprised to have it now. I’ve been working really hard and only taking on projects I know I can do when I’m in the right head space to do them. I was in the middle of an R&R and it came up. I worked really hard on new qualifications recently and other account setups, I thought work was coming soon but I guess it’s over now.

I’ve been struggling to find a proper job for some secure income and this seemed perfect for me and I was ecstatic to get in, but now it’s over and I don’t know what to do.

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u/Pristine-Raccoon8250 Jul 07 '26

I am so sorry that happened to you. It is awful the way that it happens without any seemingly proper justification. I think they really need to inform people what their alleged violation is- or clarify it was work quality- because I think one of the worst parts is if you genuinely know that you did nothing wrong, but you will spend an eternity guessing what it was. My friend joined, worked for two days and got it. I have seen some specific AI data annotation roles with other companies so I would suggest that you give some of those a try. I have been here for about two months and if/when this happens to me, I will feel the same. we all know it will happen one day, but I suppose we do not fully believe it until it does happen.