Easy project selection process. - Molecular Biologist Mercor Employee Review

I joined as a contractor and worked on a data annotation project. It was a great experience. There were several team leads and coordinators who were ready to answer questions and support the project, which impressed me. A very good structured crew with great mutual respect. It took me a few hours to go through guidance and get familiar with the domain tasking before I was able to start my first task. Then I climbed up my learning curve and contributed to many tasks. It was very decent hourly rate, and I earned a good number to cover my living cost. I devoted about ~20 hours to this project every week, while I also worked on my other routines and other job. No conflicting and very good flexibility as WFH. I also feel it is a rewarding experience as this is my first time to get a hands-on experience of real AI annotation while contributing my technical expertise (STEM major).

The project was seasonal and it did require quite a bit of learning curve. For some domains, you may have no sufficient tasks to do all the time. This project lasted for few weeks. You don't know if there will be another similar project to do (and make money) after this wrapped up.

My pre-hire research found Mercor rated as an "above average to very good" AI-modeling platform, which is in line with Glassdoor's 4.0 employee rating. Based on my experience at Mercor, its employee rating is inflated, and the AI-modeling platform industry is in dire need of improvement if Mercor's industry is above average. Here are my pros: - Being paid for time spent on training. - Pay for Generalists is among the industry's highest. - Working remotely and on your schedule.

Communication at Mercor is horrible. For example, most of the emails I receive in my Mercor email account are coworkers who have no idea what to do next or who to ask to find out. Prompting emails from our Project Lead that instruct us to disregard said emails. Here are a few more cons: - Blaming everything on our clients. - Communication's ineffective and inefficient. - Disorganization. - Fear of being offboarded suddenly and without explanation. - Lack of employee rapport. - Not being valued. - Projects don't last long. And you may wait weeks for the next one.