Low pay, poor prospects, and psychological toll: The perils of microtask work

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: September 24, 2018 at 2:46:34 AM GMT+9
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Low pay, poor prospects, and psychological toll: The perils of microtask work
>
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> Low pay, poor prospects, and psychological toll: The perils of microtask work
>
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/in-most-cases-online-microtask-work-can-be-a-raw-deal-un-study-finds/
>
>      But a new study (PDF) from the United Nations' International
>    Labor Organization (ILO) questions whether these platforms are
>    as good for society as the Silicon Valley investors and
>    digital evangelists claim. The ILO surveyed 3,500 people
>    across 75 countries who worked for Mechanical Turk, as well as
>    Crowdflower, Clickworker, Prolific, and Microworker.  The work
>    on these platforms is often menial and tedious, and the survey
>    found that workers get paid startlingly little on all five
>    platforms, especially when unpaid work is taken into account.
>    The survey counted unpaid work as "time spent looking for
>    tasks, earning qualifications, researching requesters through
>    online forums, communicating with requesters or clients and
>    leaving reviews, as well as unpaid/rejected tasks/tasks
>    ultimately not submitted."  In the US, accounting for all paid
>    and unpaid work, Mechanical Turk workers made just $6.54 per
>    hour on average, with a median of $5.63 per hour. That's
>    significantly lower than the minimum wage in most states, and
>    lower than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.



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