Why would anyone choose this job? What am I missing? If you’re absolutely desperate, what about working at a fast food restaurant?
Not sure about FB, but Youtube reportedly pays moderators an annual salary of $37k [1] and Glassdoor reports the average content moderator salary is $45k. The US Health and Human Services put those salaries between 3 and 4 times that of the poverty guideline for a single person.
This poverty guideline describes the bottom 12% of the US population. The Youtube salary describes the middle 33%.
In the referenced Youtube article, the man "worries that he will not be able to find another job that pays as well as this one does".
Sorry but 37k does not pay enough to force me to pollute my mind every day.
In the U.S. it’s been discussed how the recent stimulus has led to the improvements in the unemployment rate slowing. People aren’t interested in going back to low-paying, degrading jobs — like fast food. It’s forcing businesses to increase their hourly wage to find willing workers.
It makes you wonder if Facebook will face the same fate soon with its moderation jobs.
Will there be a point where the cost to hire and support these people becomes unsustainable? Will they master moderation by machine learning before this occurs? Seems Facebook may be faking it while it’s making it.
I used to work at a company with notoriously tough expectations. The sales team was worked so hard that if an agent lasted a year they were viewed in the community as generally able to sell anything to anyone. Ketchup popsicle to a lady in a white dress, type stuff.
Contracting to Facebook is 1 degree from a real FAANG job, and I'm sure the money is good, requirements are minimal and expectations are high. There will be a certain prestige to the job, even if its terrible.
- This can be done from home.
- It can be done by individuals with mobility issues, or other conditions preventing them from leaving home
- Ability to have a flexible schedule (not sure how FB handles this, but I can see the work being done ad-hoc)
It's probably done to prevent them from sharing what they see with other members of their household, just like the NDA they have to sign.
> Isabella claims she was not allowed to work from home, unlike her counterparts who were employed directly by Facebook who did the same job.