UHRS – Universal Human Relevance System
UHRS (which stands for Universal Human Relevance System) is a platform that allows people to complete small Micro-Tasks on their platform. It’s open to people worldwide and is used by many other companies such as Clickworker (Read our review of Clickworker by clicking HERE), Appen (Read our review of Appen by clicking HERE), Teemwork.ia and OneForma as their Micro-Task platform of choice.
One of the major benefits of the platform is that it provides non-voice jobs, meaning you don’t need to ever make a phone call while working on the platform.
What does UHRS work involve?
UHRS was built initially to improve how search engines work. Specifically, to make them more intelligent by using human intelligence to judge and rate different aspects of how search engines work with the ultimate goal to make those search engines more intelligent.
Basically, you judge things the search engines produce in order to make the search engines better.
Then, you get paid for making those judgements.
Can anyone work for The UHRS?
Yes, anyone in the world can work using the UHRS.
However, you must pass different English tests and other tests the UHRS sets before you can begin.
Passing the tests isn’t straightforward, and many people are rejected.
Additionally, you may need a bank account located in a specific country or a PayPal account that can accept payments from UHRS. If you don’t have those you also won’t be able to work using the UHRS.
What you will be paid
There are so many tasks on the UHRS with different ranges of pay. However, typically each task is paid a range from $0.02c to $0.25c per task.
We worked using the UHRS for a few weeks and found that on average we made around $10 per hour.
Having conducted research we’ve found that some people can earn upwards of $15 – $20 per hour, but most earn less.
Additionally, many people report that while some months are good for earnings, there are also many months where there’s a lack of work available and therefore a severe reduction in income levels.
Is there enough work to make a living from?
Following on from the last sentence above, no, there isn’t enough work to make a steady living from using the UHRS.
Ultimately, this type of work should be seen as an additional income method (also known as beer money) rather than a reliable way to earn a regular income every week / month.
What else do others say?
Feedback is extremely mixed for people using the UHRS. Some people love it and only use this one platform to make their money, while others complain it’s too unreliable and challenging to make it worthwhile.
One of the major complaints we regularly see is that being chosen for the available work is too hit and miss. Meaning people often spend the majority of their time applying to complete the work available, rather than actually completing the work itself.
Another complaint is that the work that is performed is judged too harshly – which often means it’s rejected and the person who has completed the work doesn’t get paid. On occasions those people are also blocked / banned from ever working for the platform again.
In our opinion, it’s a little too harsh but when it does work people do make a good income from it.
Finally, we’ve also read that making an income during August and September months is especially difficult because of contract negotiations that go on between the UHRS and companies who use it.
The bottom line
The UHRS is a perfectly legitimate way to make money working online completing Micro-Tasks, but in our opinion it’s just not ideal for most people due to the complexities and operating processes the platform uses.
Give it a go for yourself, and if you’re accepted to work using the platform AND are accepted to complete enough Micro-Tasks then you’ll likely be able to earn a good amount of money every hour.
However if you’re not accepted or can’t get enough work then it’s definitely time to consider another company to work for.
Our Rating
The quality of the overall service and the job is very good. Tasks can be complex and require lots of research. However the frequency in which you’ll be chosen to complete work isn’t consistent enough.
It’s 100% free to work using The UHRS so we have to give a top rating here.
Anyone in the world can work using the UHRS, but you still have to pass multiple criteria to be accepted. In our opinion, it’s just too complex to be given a good Availability rating.
Mrs S
You will work for free.
You will need to do a lot training for free.
There are a lot of bug.
You will do a lot of training task to get too little paid task.
You will waste time reading guideline then you practice with training mode then do a qualify test and in the end there’s no task available for you to work on.
You will work for free.
You will need to do a lot training for free.
There are a lot of bug.
You will do a lot of training task to get too little paid task.
You will waste time reading guideline then you practice with training mode then do a qualify
David James Duncan
Hit app guidelines poorly written
The hit apps are mostly written with terrible guidelines. You pass the qualification but then all of a sudden you don’t meet their spam criteria and you get cut off. Only use UHRS is you are desperate!
Hit app guidelines poorly written
The hit apps are mostly written with terrible guidelines. You pass the qualification but then all of a sudden you don’t meet their spam criteria and you get cut off. Only use UHRS is you are desperate!
Mat Bowden
What is the point…
This domain appeared as spoof traffic from India to a UK based geo-targeted google campaign…
Only campaign was run on Google Paid Search, Even cost me the value of a click…
Web Guy
UHRS has Google hiring non English speaking morons to derank your site.
Morons who can’t possibly understand a topic get to decide your fate, income, survival on the web even after you have been on top of the SERPs for years.
Andy
UHRS = exploitation
UHRS is plagued with faults. Essentially the Microsoft version of Amazon Turk, UHRS offers microtasks. In order to keep those working on their platform honest there are multiple spam and test questions. I don’t think any rational person would have a problem with this. It is only after a while you find that a huge number of these test questions are incorrectly marked. Why is this a problem? If your spam score falls below a certain level you might be asked to take a break, sometimes you will be banned from working on certain hits outright preventing you from earning any more money. Ofcourse, it is your own choice to work here and if you don’t like it…
Essentially they take advantage of those with few other options and because there are no laws regarding this type of work they continue to do so. When you factor in everything about this company they truly are awful people. Their double standards regarding the quality of the work they expect and the quality of their source material is a joke. They are aware that they have an unlimited supply of workers and have no motive or incentive to change. You might read about Bill Gates and all his wonderful philanthropic work. Try working for UHRS for a while and you’ll see how big a con it all is.
UHRS = exploitation
UHRS is plagued with faults. Essentially the Microsoft version of Amazon Turk, UHRS offers microtasks. In order to keep those working on their platform honest there are multiple spam and test questions. I don’t think any rat
Doe Jane
Send spam to the email you create and their hits broken half the time. Microsoft owned so the quality shouldn’t surprise anyone.
MC Desginer
Sents bunch junk spoof traffic to my clients websites, seriously, go test your own sites
arubamon
Good Site
Internal website for Search Engine Evaluators. Good site.
LondonOnline
Doesn’t minimum wage exist online? Pure exploitation.
Pros
You can work from home if you are otherwise doing literally nothing else. Its probably slightly better than begging on the street, although (I imagine) not as well paid.
Cons
The money is laughable. It is so far off minimum wage, I wonder how they get away with it. I can only imagine the vast majority of the work force are too desperate to be able to treat it as the sham it is and walk away. I worked for 2 hours one morning last week and had a total of 3 euros to show for it. It’s a disgrace. I’m sure they justify the working practice by saying everyone has a choice while smugly knowing there are enough people in the world with limited employment options to keep the money rolling in for them, even if not for their employees.
Advice to Management
Pay an hourly minimum. Then you won’t look like such utter charlatans.
Doesn’t minimum wage exist online? Pure exploitation.
Pros
You can work from home if you are otherwise doing literally nothing else. Its probably slightly better than begging on the street, although (I imagine) not as well paid.
Cons
The money