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AI training tasks including prompt writing, response review, coding, content labelling and video collection.
Mindrift says it deducts no platform commission from completed-task payouts and requires no deposit or advance processing fee.
Payment providers can charge withdrawal or transfer fees.
Mindrift pays per completed and approved task at the amount shown before starting. It processes payouts on the 5th and 20th of each month, adjusted for weekends and holidays, through Payoneer or Tipalti (PayPal).
Payment-provider availability depends on country of residence. Withdrawal thresholds and provider fees vary. Advertised hourly figures reflect expected task effort; actual hourly earnings depend on completion speed and approval.
Mindrift advertises $15–$30/hour for entry-level work and $60–$100+/hour for domain experts.
Homepage hourly advertising varies with expertise and project complexity. Currency and geographic scope are unspecified; payment is calculated per completed task.
Mindrift’s homepage also advertises monthly ceilings of $5,400 for coding, $6,000 for legal work and $8,000 for consulting. Its STEM figures differ: $6,400/month on the homepage and $6,000+/month on the STEM page, which currently says the domain has no active project.
Legal work targets attorneys/researchers; consulting targets MBB/senior consultants; STEM requires research depth and Python. The STEM FAQ separately lists $3,000–$12,000+ per project depending on hours. Currency and assumed hours are unspecified; these figures establish neither hourly conversions nor reliable monthly earnings.
Customers may require a particular country of residence, citizenship or work authorization. Platform eligibility does not guarantee access to a specific project, and project requirements can change.
No individual project country list is supplied by this general policy.
Moving to a restricted jurisdiction can result in suspension or closure and withheld payments. Concealing location through VPNs or proxies violates the policy.
This is an ongoing eligibility rule; it does not approve travel to every other location.
Selected public accounts. Experiences are self-reported.
Undated
One contributor describing the Tendem project said training was paid but took much longer than the reward suggested, and later tasks were rejected without payment. They disputed the reasons given for rejection.
One undated account of an AI web-scraping project. The cause and wider prevalence of the payment issue are unknown.
Source published: 2025-08-26
A Pulitzer-supported investigation found extensive Mindrift recruitment alongside reports of empty task queues. Mindrift said availability fluctuated and its talent pool allowed contributors to be activated when demand arose.
March–July 2025 recruitment, with African worker interviews and the company’s response. Historical findings.
Reviewed 2026-09-10.
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