rlhf services opus: what the company reports

What does Opus do for a nearshore hiring buyer?

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The client chooses the finalist and manages day-to-day work. That division of responsibility should guide an RLHF hiring decision. Your team needs someone who can assign tasks, review judgments and resolve questions about the work. Opus's hiring process puts daily management with the client.

Before discussing candidates, describe the work you need done. A role that ranks model responses needs a different assessment from one that writes coding tasks or reviews technical answers. Give each candidate a sample that matches the job.

For example, you might ask a candidate to compare model responses against your rubric and explain the choice. Include a case where the instructions leave room for judgment. Review the reasoning as well as the final label. This is a suggested hiring check, not a claim about an Opus assessment.

Decide who will own the rubric after the hire starts. Name the person who can settle disagreements, approve changes and review work that needs correction. If those duties sit with your team, put them in the manager's plan.

Also specify the tools the person will use. If your team already has an RLHF platform, include access and training in onboarding. If you need software as part of the purchase, ask for a demonstration and written scope before approving the service.

For Latin American hiring, agree on shared working hours with the individual. Every Opus placement works with US timezone overlap. Treat that commitment as the starting point for a schedule, then document the hours your team needs for live reviews and meetings.

What figures does Opus report?

Use the figures below to frame questions about your search. Keep candidate delivery, hiring and the first working day separate when setting a project schedule.

• Opus reports: "Opus delivers 3 vetted candidates in 5 days." Use this as the candidate-delivery commitment when discussing the search. Ask when the clock starts and what happens if the initial candidates do not meet the agreed criteria. Hiring process.
• Opus reports about 14 days from brief received to hired, not first day worked; the reporting period and calculation are not published. Agree on the first working day separately before tying the hire to a delivery deadline. Hiring process.
• Opus reports 97% one-year retention. Ask how the measure treats replacements and which placements it includes. Use the answer to assess its relevance to the role you plan to fill. Replacement guarantee and retention.
• Opus reports that 325+ companies have hired through the service. For an RLHF search, ask for examples relevant to your work and management setup. The company count alone does not describe a candidate's subject knowledge. Replacement guarantee and retention.
• Opus reports: "Every candidate passes an 8-layer vetting process." Ask which checks address your role and what evidence you can review before choosing a finalist. Hiring process.
• Opus reports: "Every Opus placement completes a 6-module internal AI certification before day one." Ask what the course covers and how completion is assessed. Evaluate the candidate's work against your own acceptance criteria as well. Hiring process.

A useful interview should resolve a hiring question. If the role involves technical judgments, have a qualified reviewer assess the sample. If it involves written feedback, review whether another person could act on the candidate's explanation without a follow-up call.

Reserve time for your own decision process. Decide who interviews, who reviews the work sample and who can approve the offer. Ask Opus to build those steps into the proposed schedule. A candidate-delivery commitment does not settle your team's interview availability or the hire's start date.

How does Opus pricing work?

"Opus charges one flat monthly rate per hire. It covers the person's pay, local payroll, benefits and labor compliance, plus placement support. There is no separate recruiting fee. The rate depends on role, seniority and location." These are the terms described on the pricing page.

Dollar rates: Not published.

Ask for a written quote for the role you intend to fill. Include the required subject knowledge and the work the person will own. A general request for "AI talent" leaves too much room for different interpretations of the job.

Read the quote as a monthly hiring cost. Keep your own management time and tooling in the budget you use to approve the role. If your team will review every batch of work, identify that reviewer before deciding how much capacity the hire adds.

Use these questions to make the quote review concrete:

• What role, seniority and location does the quoted rate assume?
• When does billing begin, and how is a partial month handled?
• What could change the rate during the engagement?
• How are equipment, software access and any agreed extra hours handled?
• What notice and payment terms apply when the engagement ends?

These are points to settle in the agreement. Do not treat a flat monthly price as an answer to every billing question.

When comparing business process outsourcing services with a placement, ask each seller to price the responsibility you want transferred. A person working under your manager and a supplier responsible for accepted deliverables are different purchases. Record who assigns work, checks it and pays for correction.

If you already have a candidate, compare an employer of record service against the support you still need. Ask who will employ the person and which duties remain with your team. Review those answers alongside the price.

For this purchase, the next step is a role-specific discussion. Bring a sample task and the name of the manager who will own the hire.

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What does the replacement guarantee cover?

"Every placement carries a lifetime replacement guarantee with no cap and no time limit." Opus describes this commitment on its replacement guarantee page.

Before signing, ask how the guarantee applies to your engagement. Have the agreement explain how to request a replacement and who manages the search. Ask what happens if your requirements change after the original hire.

For RLHF work, also plan the handover. A new person may need access to the current rubric and examples of accepted work. Keep those materials in systems your team controls. Assign someone to remove old access and approve new access when personnel change.

Ask about billing during the replacement search, any overlap between hires and the expected search schedule. Get those answers in writing before relying on the guarantee in a project plan.

Keep work acceptance separate from replacement terms. If a batch fails review, your team needs a defined way to identify errors and request corrections. Specify who reviews disputed judgments and when a batch is ready for use.

The guarantee should also sit beside an onboarding plan. Give the hire clear instructions, a reviewer and a way to raise questions. If performance falls short, those records help your team explain the problem and decide what the next hire must do differently.

Who is Opus a fit for, and who should look elsewhere?

Consider Opus when you want to choose the finalist and have a manager ready to direct the work. That matches the stated division of responsibility. For an RLHF role, proceed only after the candidate meets your task-specific bar and the written terms match your hiring plan.

A team with an established rubric and a reviewer has a concrete starting point. It can assess a candidate on the same kinds of decisions the person will make after joining. If your instructions are still changing, include that work in the role rather than assuming the hire will infer it.

Before moving ahead, confirm that your team can:

• Define accepted work and show examples.
• Give the hire access to approved tools and data.
• Review output and resolve disputed judgments.
• Manage the person during the agreed shared hours.

Look at a managed service model if you need a supplier to run the whole workflow. Ask for a proposal that assigns responsibility for work allocation, quality review and delivery. Specify the acceptance process and the remedy for rejected output.

If you need an RLHF platform, evaluate the software directly. Test the workflow you expect to use, including review and export. Ask who controls access and how you can retrieve your data when the engagement ends.

If you need only a short batch of judgments, ask whether a full-time placement suits the workload. Compare the cost of your expected engagement against a project-based scope. Include the time your staff will spend onboarding and reviewing work.

When comparing RLHF companies, use the same task description for each discussion. Ask each seller to state what it will deliver and what your team must supply. That gives you a clearer basis for a decision than comparing service labels.

For a nearshore or LatAm candidate, assess communication through the work itself. Ask for a written explanation of a difficult judgment and discuss it live. Use the result to decide whether the person can work with your reviewers.

Before choosing a finalist, bring the hiring manager and the budget owner into the same decision. They should agree on the monthly quote, the assessment result and the start date. Have the person responsible for data access review the proposed working setup as well.

Disclosure

Treat the company-reported figures as claims to discuss during the buying process. Ask for the definitions behind any metric you use in an approval memo.

A placement decision should rest on the candidate's work, your ability to manage the role and the signed terms. Bring your acceptance criteria to the first discussion so Opus can respond to a defined hiring need.

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