Hello,
I have had problems with several requesters.
two of them did not pay at all. For very good work. And even with a mini-mistake in it, (which was not the case) it still would be absurd not to pay.
I wrote Mturk team about it.
And i got a response back they can never come in between workers and requesters.
I can understand they don`t want t do a million disputes a day.
Now what if a requester really steals your work?
For 0.05 cents, you say: okay whatever...
But In one case, a few days ago, it was a 10 dollar transcription hit, on which I worked for several hours.
I delivered perfect work.
Then at her request, I did some extra work and made all files in one easy document for her.
And then this woman (Hayley Coldiron) threatened by email not to pay me at all because I refused to de do even more extra work.
if i would not put all the transcription into seperate paragraphs.
15 videos! She would not pay me for the hit at all !
I was shocked.
The reason she wrote: it was time consuming work for her to do herself. But it was not in the task description at all.It would have been just an extra favour.
And I had worked for 4 hours for only 10 dollars. Doing a lot of work for very low pay.
What rights do Mturk workers have?
What can we do do to protect ourselfs?
I use turkopticon. Always.
But what can we do afterwards? Like in my example.
Note: I refused to do the extra free work. I wrote her back I would not do it.
Unless she would pay extra.
I can not be blackmailed.
Then I went to sleep and tried to live with the fact of all the lost work.
The next day the hit was paid, by the company she works for. And I never heard from her again.
It was a very nasty false bluff. Do not ever work for her: Hayley Coldiron
I have had problems with several requesters.
two of them did not pay at all. For very good work. And even with a mini-mistake in it, (which was not the case) it still would be absurd not to pay.
I wrote Mturk team about it.
And i got a response back they can never come in between workers and requesters.
I can understand they don`t want t do a million disputes a day.
Now what if a requester really steals your work?
For 0.05 cents, you say: okay whatever...
But In one case, a few days ago, it was a 10 dollar transcription hit, on which I worked for several hours.
I delivered perfect work.
Then at her request, I did some extra work and made all files in one easy document for her.
And then this woman (Hayley Coldiron) threatened by email not to pay me at all because I refused to de do even more extra work.
if i would not put all the transcription into seperate paragraphs.
15 videos! She would not pay me for the hit at all !
I was shocked.
The reason she wrote: it was time consuming work for her to do herself. But it was not in the task description at all.It would have been just an extra favour.
And I had worked for 4 hours for only 10 dollars. Doing a lot of work for very low pay.
What rights do Mturk workers have?
What can we do do to protect ourselfs?
I use turkopticon. Always.
But what can we do afterwards? Like in my example.
Note: I refused to do the extra free work. I wrote her back I would not do it.
Unless she would pay extra.
I can not be blackmailed.
Then I went to sleep and tried to live with the fact of all the lost work.
The next day the hit was paid, by the company she works for. And I never heard from her again.
It was a very nasty false bluff. Do not ever work for her: Hayley Coldiron