DataAnnotation reviews

4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(620 total reviews)

73% positive business outlook

DataAnnotation has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 620 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The DataAnnotation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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620 reviews
4.0
Dec 10, 2025

Perfect Job For Me

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Pros

I have really enjoyed working for them; it's flexible, I can choose my hours and how much I work, I work from home, I have very little interaction with co-workers, which is a plus for me. One week, I might work 30 hours, then I might take 2 weeks off, then I might come back and do 10 hours, and this has never impacted how much work I get. This really suits my neurodivergence and the rhythms of my life. I feel like the work is fun, and I am a part of shaping something super important for the future of humanity and AI. I am learning a lot about how LLMs work, and a lot of the time, I get to choose to work with something I am interested in, like creating prompts about researching video games or fun history. I also really like being able to see preview versions of features in major AI's, and once they release, knowing I had a hand in building that. Projects are also paid very fairly, in my opinion. The lowest-paying tasks require very little creativity and expertise, while higher-paying project tasks require more effort. It's really up to you how much you earn based on the hours you put in, doing qualifications (which are unfortunately unpaid), and how well you perform.

Cons

If I were to say a tiny issue it's that communication with them is not always the easiest, and there is certainly a lot of pressure to do well (as there is in any job of course) or risk being removed from projects. Other than that, though, it's a great platform with a lot of opportunities. I have already made a few thousand dollars on there!

1.0
Dec 9, 2025

No jobs available

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Pros

Good interface, easy to use

Cons

No actual projects ever available, all an empty promise and the biology assessment was a waste of my time

3.0
Dec 9, 2025

Flexible job with downsides

Anonymous employee
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Pros

This job is extremely flexible, and the pay is not so bad. Also, you can usually find something to work on on any of the seven days of the week.

Cons

My biggest gripe is that workers never receive feedback on their tasks. Sometimes you get removed from a project, and you have no idea why; thus, there is no way for you to improve. Your work gets rated by other workers and then by admins, but I wish there was a way to view your performance AND if you're doing bad or performing a task in correctly, I wish an admin would contact you and give you feedback and a CHANCE TO DO BETTER before just removing you from a project, leaving you confused and no better than you were before (skill-wise). So basically, this job is good as long as you make little to no mistakes. Also, there are times of the year where work is really slow, so you have to be financially stable for those moments.

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