What is a Senior AI Data Trainer, and why is a senior title being paid $15.50?

Also, fuck that job, do the bare minimum. Look for a new job. Let them fire you. Assholes get assholes.

I would suggest you make improving your situation your top priority. Do the bare minimum for them and focus on finding something else or growing your side hustle. Your own well-being and prosperity is your priority number one, use them as long as you need to discard them as quickly as you can

I don't know what country you're in so I can't offer any opinions or advice on your current pay or condition, but I will say micromanagement sucks.

I'll say personally, American, I was recently job hunting in the tech field and I got a whopping 0% callback rate from online applications. I honestly don't think HR even reads them anymore. No matter how I tailored anything, no one would reply. (It's also a theory that Microsoft and Amazon are just keeping positions open so they can say "Hey look, we're still hiring" while never actually hiring anyone).

Ironically, LinkedIn was my number one way of finding a job. I filled that sucker out top and bottom, SEO'd the shit out of it. Eventually recruiters started messaging me again, and that's how I picked up my new role.

Since it sounds like you're looking to get out, could try the malicious compliance quiet quitting route.

• You need to get that monitoring software off your personal laptop. That's for peace of mind and to speed up your ability to effectively job hunt.

• Ask a friend if they have a real piece of shit laptop they don't use anymore to lend you, or buy the shittiest laptop you can find for under €100.

• One day after work, completely reformat your laptop. Restore it to factory settings. Back up any files you want to keep but let anything related to work (except your activity metrics, see below) be wiped. Don't want to risk any part of that monitoring software surviving.

• If any files critical for your work are lost, good. Let your employer learn why it is dangerous to require employees to work on personal devices.

• The next day, reach out to your supervisor saying "My laptop died last night and now it doesn't turn on anymore. I'll need some time to get a replacement."

• Take the excuse to have a couple days off, even if without pay, and even though you already have the piece of shit laptop to use for work instead. Use this time to aggressively job hunt.

• When you return to work with the shitty laptop, if it is unbearably slow and kills your performance metrics, that's the idea. Use the time spent being less productive to job hunt on your now-clean main laptop.

• If you get shit from management about being less productive, blame the performance of the laptop. If they tell you that you need a better one, remind them that they don't pay you well enough to afford one. This is all to let your employer feel the sting of not providing devices directly or a stipend to afford something specifically for work.

• Keep a backup of your performance metrics if you can. Your employer is hopefully providing metrics and feedback to you. Let there be a noticeable dip when you "lose" your laptop so you can demonstrate that your change in performance is entirely related to the device. If your competency is challenged, you have the receipts.

• Hopefully you are able to find a better job quickly and leave your current job on good terms. However, if they fire you because of your lower performance, that can potentially be demonstrated as an unfair dismissal in Ireland. Especially if your employer is based out of the US and takes the American mentality of firing without cause.

Is there not a website where you can view your hours worked and download payslips?
My company uses ADP.

What's your question?

Isn't it illegal in most industrialized countries for employers to provide pay stubs/slips?

You might want to check with your applicable laws.

No need for micromanagement, they just need your corrected data, it all counts in Bytes, not hour.

It is toxic and a mess, jump off the boat quick.

I'm not sure about your country but in mine if I request documentation to prove my weekly pay then they must provide it.

thank you for putting the tldr at the top