Some quotes from the article:

There is something very strange about having this very intimate view into someone’s life. It feels odd to see someone’s daily drive, but it’s also an important part of correcting and refining the program.

We review about five and a half to six hours of footage per day. It can be very hard to focus. You can get in this kind of fog when you’re just watching clip after clip and it can be difficult to keep yourself sane.

Anytime you’re not clicking around in the software program, it tracks you as if you aren’t working and it basically sets off an alarm to your superiors.

These jobs sound very dystopian to me, and a bit psychopathic as well. All the movies I watched growing up about dystopian societies is reflected in what this guy says about his job.

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    20 days ago

    These jobs sound very dystopian to me,

    Absolutely, this too from the article:

    “Why didn’t you make any changes to the software program for 15 minutes?” You could basically get fired for spending too long in the bathroom.

    This is absolutely a hell hole of a job, they 100% need a union.
    Also this actively undermines quality in what they do, a requirement to make changes, may make people make changes that aren’t needed, and even possibly changes that can be detrimental to the function.

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      20 days ago

      That definitely sounds like an Elon thing to say. The same dude, who demanded people print out a week worth of their commits on paper.

      These people have just about zero idea about how the engineering process works, and it shows.

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    20 days ago

    Holy shit. I sometimes forget just how grateful I am to not live where it’s possible/legal to treat people like this.