How was your shift?
Get it off your chest.
Data labellers, AI trainers and raters, red-teamers, safety reviewers and evaluators. You read and write the worst of it so AI doesn't have to show it to anyone else. Put down what you're carrying before you log off.
Which best describes you?
This changes a few questions and which support lines come first. You can change it any time.
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Take a moment.
Look away from the screen. Close the task, or minimise the window, and stand up if you can. Taking a few minutes is allowed, even if the timer says otherwise.
Breathe with this
What you might be feeling
- Shaky, sick, or a racing heart
- Numb, or oddly calm
- Tearful, angry, or both
- The words or images replaying, or feeling dirty from what you had to write
These are normal reactions. They usually settle over hours or days.
If it was child abuse material
Stop looking. You don't need to see more to flag it. Follow your platform's escalation process, and in Australia you can also report it to the ACCCE. You did the right thing by stopping.
Ground yourself
Look around. Name them, out loud or in your head.
Call someone now
Add your team lead, a colleague or your EAP in so they're here when you need them.
Not sure who to tell?
If you don't feel safe telling your team lead, the platform or the company, there are other people you can go to. Or write down what happened, just for you, while it's fresh.
What helps after
Handover to yourself
A few minutes before you log off. Notice what you're carrying, then leave what you can in the queue.
Please talk to someone now
You said you've had thoughts of harming yourself or not wanting to be here. Please call one of these now. If you're in immediate danger, call 000.
Light load
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About the material you saw
Child abuse material is never something you should have to keep looking at. Use your platform's escalation process, and you can also report it to the ACCCE. Ask for time away from that queue, and talk to your EAP or GP if it stays with you.
Your safety
You said you didn't feel fully safe. That matters, whether it's what you're reading, pressure from the platform, or something at home. Tell someone you trust, and ask to move off the queue that's affecting you.
Switching off
You said you've got very little energy left. Before you do anything else, step away from screens for a while: a walk, a shower, food. If you're working from home, close the laptop and leave the room it's in.
What might help
People you can call
This isn't a medical assessment. It's a way to notice how you're going over time.
How it's been going
Last 14 days
Handovers
This phone isn't letting the page save, so handovers won't be kept.
Privacy & your data
Add a PIN, download what you've entered, or delete everything from this phone.
Seeing the worst so others don't
What to watch for, and what helps. Tap a heading to open it.
Disturbing text, images and video
Labelling and reviewing violence, abuse, hate and self-harm material is some of the hardest work in AI. Feeling affected by it is a normal human response, not a sign you're not cut out for it.
- Use any blur, greyscale, mute or thumbnail tools you have. Ask for them if you don't.
- Don't look longer than the task needs, and don't rewatch to double-check.
- Take a proper break between hard items, away from the screen.
- Ask for rotation or a limit on time in the hardest queues.
- If images keep coming back after a couple of weeks, see your GP or EAP.
Red-teaming: thinking like the worst person
Writing prompts to make AI produce harmful things means spending hours imagining how a predator, abuser or attacker thinks. That can follow you home.
- Have a ritual to step out of the role at the end, like saying out loud that the session is over.
- Notice if you start seeing threats everywhere, or feel ashamed of what you had to write.
- The words you wrote were to protect people. They don't say who you are.
- Debrief with others on your team, without repeating the details.
Reading conversations with someone in crisis
Reviewers and raters sometimes read real conversations where a person told an AI they wanted to die, or were being hurt.
- It's normal to wonder what happened to them. You may never know, and that's hard.
- Follow your escalation process if there is one. That's your part, and it's enough.
- Talk to someone afterwards, even briefly.
Child abuse material
- Stop looking as soon as you know what it is. You don't need to see more to flag it.
- Use your platform's escalation process. In Australia you can also report it to the ACCCE at accce.gov.au/report.
- Don't save, copy or forward it, even to report it.
- Ask for time off that queue, and talk to your EAP or GP.
- Bravehearts and Blue Knot can help if it brings up your own past.
Quotas, piecework and losing access
- Speed targets on disturbing work make it harder on you. Write down the targets you're given.
- Rejected tasks, pay cuts and sudden account suspensions are stressful, and often unexplained. Ask for the reason in writing.
- If you might really be an employee rather than a contractor, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) can help.
- A union can advise you before you decide anything.
Worried about what you're helping build
- Many people in AI carry real worry about where it's heading. You're not alone, and you're not naive.
- Write down the specific concern, and when you noticed it.
- Most AI companies have a way to raise safety or ethics concerns. If you work in Australia, whistleblower protections may apply.
- Talk it through with someone outside the company before you act.
Working alone and unseen
- Many people do this work from home, at odd hours, with no one to debrief with and an NDA that stops them talking about it.
- An NDA doesn't stop you talking to a counsellor, a GP or a helpline about how the work affects you. You don't need to describe the content.
- Find one person who knows what your work involves, even in general terms.
Bullying, harassment or conflict
You don't have to put up with it, and you don't have to sort it out alone.
- Write down what happened, with dates, while it's fresh.
- If your team lead is involved, talk to someone outside your reporting line.
- The Fair Work Commission can make orders to stop bullying at work.
- For sexual harassment, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is there 24/7.
Signs you're carrying too much
- Dreading logging on
- Feeling numb, cynical or suspicious of people
- Words or images coming back when you don't want them
- Trouble sleeping, or drinking more to switch off
- Pulling back from people, or not wanting to be touched
Repeated exposure to disturbing material affects everyone. It's a normal response, not a weakness.
If you're outside Australia
A lot of this work is done in Kenya, the Philippines, India, Latin America and elsewhere. The phone numbers in this app are Australian. Find A Helpline (findahelpline.com) lists free, confidential lines in your country.
When to get more help
If your load has been heavy for two weeks or more, you dread logging on, or it's affecting sleep or home life, talk to your GP or EAP. A GP can set up a Mental Health Treatment Plan for Medicare-subsidised sessions with a psychologist.
People to call
Save the ones that apply to you. They stay on this phone and show up on the Help now screen.
Support lines
You don't have to go through the platform
Sometimes the person you'd normally tell is part of the problem, or it just doesn't feel safe. Here are other ways to get support. You choose what to do, and when.
From your organisation
Your company or vendor can add its own EAP, wellness and escalation contacts here.
Someone outside your reporting line
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Free, confidential counselling. Your manager isn't told that you called. Ask your employer or vendor whether you have one.
- A union. Confidential advice about your rights, including if you're a contractor.
- Fair Work Ombudsman. Pay, contracts and whether you're really an employee, 13 13 94.
- Someone else who does this work. Even without sharing details, they'll understand.
- Your GP. Outside work altogether, and can refer you on.
Text or chat instead of calling
For when talking out loud isn't possible, or feels like too much.
For particular situations
Child sexual abuse material can be reported to the ACCCE at accce.gov.au/report. Outside Australia, findahelpline.com lists free lines in your country.
Spiritual and religious support
Some people find strength in prayer, ritual or their faith or cultural community after a hard day. Others find it in nature, music, exercise or quiet. Whatever gives you meaning counts.
If your workplace has a chaplain or wellbeing officer, they support people of any faith or none. Their role is to listen, not to persuade.
Words to start with
The first sentence is often the hardest. You could say:
"I'm not ready to make a complaint. I just need to talk this through."
"Can this stay between us? Is there anything you'd have to pass on?"
"I can't tell you what I see at work, but it's affecting me."
"I need to come off this queue for a while."
What happens if I tell someone?
- Counsellors, peer supporters and helplines keep what you say private. The main exception is if someone is at serious risk of harm. If you're unsure, ask at the start.
- A union can give you confidential advice before you decide anything.
- Your team lead can move you to different tasks if you ask. You don't have to explain every detail.
- An NDA doesn't stop you getting health care. You can talk about how the work affects you without describing the content.
- Your private record in this app stays on your phone unless you choose to share it.
Not ready to tell anyone?
That's OK. You can write down what happened, just for yourself, and decide later.
Numbers and services are for New South Wales and Australia-wide. Check with your organisation for its own services.
Write down what happened
It stays on this phone. It isn't a report, and nothing is sent anywhere. If you later decide to raise something, notes written at the time are easier to rely on than memory.
My entries
Entries can't be edited, so each one shows when it was written. To add something, write a new entry.
No entries yet.
If you decide to share it, you can download it or send it to yourself.
Your phone, your data
PIN lock
Ask for a PIN when the app opens, and after it has been in the background for a minute.
PIN is on.
The PIN stops someone else opening the app on your phone. It doesn't encrypt what's stored, so keep your phone locked too. If you forget it, you can delete everything and start again.
Hide the screen
Tap the eye button at the top of any screen to cover the app straight away, for example in a shared office or at home. Tap to come back, or enter your PIN if you've set one.
Download my data
Download everything you've entered (handovers, private record and contacts) as a text file. You could keep a copy, or show it to your GP or counsellor.
Delete everything
Deletes your handovers, private record, role, contacts and PIN from this phone.
Delete everything from this phone? This can't be undone.
About Unladen Loop
Unladen™ Loop is a prototype made by Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd, Newcastle NSW. Unladen™ is a trade mark of Co-Synthesist Pty Ltd. It isn't a medical or emergency service, and it isn't connected to any AI company, labelling platform or government agency. The questions haven't been clinically validated yet.
What's stored: your role, handovers, private record, saved contacts and settings, only in this phone's browser. Nothing is sent to anyone. There are no accounts, analytics or trackers.
Feedback: the feedback form is the only part of Unladen Loop that sends anything, and only when you press Send. It doesn't include anything else from the app.
Keep in mind: if you clear your browser data or remove the app, what you've entered goes too. Download a copy first if you want to keep it.
Version 0.1 prototype · October 2026