Once you are working
Getting set up, getting paid, and keeping the contract
- Mercor onboarding: from accepted offer to first paid taskWhich steps after a Mercor offer you can finish today, and which ones you can only wait on.
- The software you will be asked to install, and what it recordsSlack, Deel, Feather, Hubstaff and Insightful: the tools AI training platforms use, what the time trackers record, and why untracked hours go unpaid.
- How you actually get paid for AI training workPayment schedules, processors, minimum cash-outs and tax forms on each platform we track, and what to settle before your first task.
- Mercor's pay week runs on Indian timeMercor's week closes Friday 23:59 IST, which is Friday morning in California. How that boundary explains missing hours, plus the four payment statuses.
- Which Mercor hours get paid, and what happens when some are questionedMercor pays tracked time by default and names three reasons it can withhold hours. Weak work is not one. How the review, email and dispute reply work.
- The four ways Mercor work stops, and what each one meansPaused, project ended, performance offboarding and policy violation are four different Mercor events. What each means for you and your pay.
- Can AI training work be a full-time income?The rates are real and often high. Whether they add up to a living depends on how many hours of work actually reach you, which is the part no listing states.