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Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck (www.vice.com)

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Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck::"These workers provide critical support that keeps Google’s flagship Search results and Bard AI safe and functional for the company’s billions of users," the union representing the contractors said.

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[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

I'm surprised Google was still using raters. I used to be one through a third party over a decade ago. The pay was okay but it was a 1099 so taxes were a mess. Ended up getting "fired" for reasons I didn't understand, as there wasn't much transparency in the process.

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