Facebook contractor hikes pay for Indian content reviewers

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Facebook contractor Genpact has raised minimum wages for the content moderation teams it runs for the Silicon Valley firm in India, the latest ...

BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook contractor Genpact has raised minimum wages for the content moderation teams it runs for the Silicon Valley firm in India, the latest sign of improvement for workers after reports of stressful conditions at the social network's sites globally.

Facebook at that time rejected the Hyderabad employees' assertions about low pay, saying it paid competitive wages for the Indian market. Based on job adverts and employee paystubs, Reuters reported earlier that the starting salary for some graduate content moderators was just 100,000 Indian rupees ."We can confirm that Genpact did recently raise salaries for our team in India that supports Facebook as part of an annual review process that emphasizes paying a competitive market rate," the India-based technology outsourcing company said, responding to Reuters questions.

One of the sources said that the recent hikes applied only to new recruits and were not applicable to existing workers.

 

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