Projects can end in several ways. Understanding each scenario helps you know what to expect and how to prepare.
Normal project conclusion
When a project wraps up as planned:
- You'll receive advance notice from your project lead about the project's end date.
- Submit all remaining work before the deadline.
- Your final payout will cover all approved work up to the last day.
- You remain eligible for future projects — a project ending normally has no negative impact on your profile.
Policy violation
Certain actions result in immediate removal from a project:
- Submitting AI-generated work: Using LLMs or AI tools beyond the allowed scope (your browser's spell-checker only) to complete evaluation tasks.
- Sharing project data, prompts, or client information: Any disclosure of confidential materials outside the project.
- NDA breach: Sharing details about the AI companies, specific tasks, or data you encounter.
In these cases, removal is immediate and may result in a permanent ban from the platform. However, legitimate work completed and approved before the violation will still be paid.
Performance-based ending
If your work quality does not meet project standards:
- You'll typically receive warning signs first — feedback on submissions, quality scores below threshold, or direct communication from your project lead.
- Probation: On many projects your first few items are reviewed before you can work at full pace, so you get feedback on your work early.
- If quality does not improve despite feedback, your contract may be ended.
- A performance-based ending on one project does not automatically disqualify you from future work. Each application is evaluated independently.
After offboarding
- Final payment: All approved work will be paid on the next regular payout cycle, regardless of the reason for offboarding.
- Tool access revoked: Access to the project platform, Discord channels, and project-specific tools will be removed.
- Confidentiality continues: Your NDA and CIIAA obligations remain in effect permanently, even after the project ends.
- The reason: The offboarding email tells you why you were taken off the project. If you think it rests on a factual error, for example work that was not yours, contact support@sovrano.ai with the evidence and the team will review it.