At sea you check the same gauges every watch, and you learn that the boring check is the one that matters. Nobody told me that was a qualification. Here it is.
Quality reviewer, Manila
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Labellers’ stories
We do not publish photographs of the people who work at Rungwell. We asked each of them for an object instead.
My lola paid me per collar when I was fourteen. She said: do it right once, so you do not have to do it twice. I say the same thing to new labellers.
Senior labeller, Manila
In the market you learn to count fast. Here I learned to count carefully. The accountancy exams want both.
Senior labeller, Nairobi
Most jobs I applied for had a telephone in them somewhere. This one has a pen tablet, and I have always been good with a pen.
Labeller, Manila
Machines are learning Somali from people like me. I want them to learn it properly, with the proverbs.
Labeller, Rungwell at Home, Nairobi
Training a cohort is like coaching under-twelves. Nobody listens on the first day. By the third week they are correcting each other, and that is when you know.
Trainer, Nairobi
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