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      What is the salary like at Appen?

      Appen reviews

      Fraudulant Company

      Online chat representative
      Current freelancer
      Philadelphia, PA
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      They make it seem like you will get a work from home job part time with decent pay

      Cons

      They are fraudulent. They were supposed to interview me on Microsoft Teams but took ages to respond to a guestion I asked. When I checked into them further I realized that there were many warnings about this place.

      Good flexible

      Metadata analyst
      Former employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      No issues of late salary, flexibility of time

      Cons

      Not a lot of work to do sometime n not good support platform

      Great place

      Project coordinator
      Former temporary employee
      Calgary, AB
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Would recommend working here great culture and good pay

      Cons

      low growth trajectory but assume things have changed

      Social Media Evaluator

      Social media evaluator
      Current contractor
      Beijing, Beijing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      As a social media evaluator employee at Appen, The job is easy because the instructions are clear and complete and the salary is quite satisfying.

      Cons

      Salaries are not paid immediately, you have to wait some time

      Work Is Great When Its Available

      Llm trainer
      Current contractor
      Virginia Beach, VA
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Hourly rate of pay is better for most projects (especially LLMs) than what I have seen with other companies. Majority of PMs are helpful, direct, and friendly. Guidance is given and easily accessible. The work is interesting and can be fun.

      Cons

      Inconsistency of project availability. Projects have shifted to more short-term lengths and work ebbs and flows. Hundreds of people added to projects so that the roster has to fight for scraps of work, rather than having something steady and consistent. Opportunities for growth within the company are few and far between.

      Disgraceful layoff and misled

      Search engine evaluator
      Former employee
      Virginia Beach, VA
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Offered a flexible schedule and decent pay

      Cons

      Being laid off and told a job would replacement would happen

      1

      Horrible "support" team

      Social media evaluator - rater
      Current contractor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work hours Social media projects are great Chat

      Cons

      1. I've been with Appen for 7 years and the Support team has always been slow (average 2 months response time) and unknowledgeable. There is clearly no training or concern with the support team to resolve issues. There are ticket ratings, however, the tickets are obviously to appease us as there has not been any improvement with support since I've been with Appen. Also, the support team at Appen will just push a button and reply to your issue with a generic/automated message that has nothing to do with the actual issue. 2. As Evaluator's/rater's, we have no one that we escalate issues to when the Support team takes 2 months to respond, responds with generic automated messages and when they do respond, they inquire if we are still having the "issue" which makes no sense. Why would we not still have the issue? They are aware there is no one for us to escalate to which is the reason they use the tactics they do, 3. The hourly pay is lower than the minimum wage of 48 states. Based on chat, most people are not doing this as a "side gig". It's the only income they have.

      Good Company

      Llm trainer
      Current employee
      Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good pay and good work

      Cons

      work can be a little hard

      Great WFH Position

      Independent contractor
      Former employee
      Milwaukee, WI
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Worked from home, easy tasks, pay was decent

      Cons

      needed more hours, only paid monthly

      Don't

      Specialist
      Former employee
      Georgiana, FL
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work is 100% remote and they send you a laptop-some of the co-workers are amazing

      Cons

      constant rolling layoffs, low pay, no raises, no work life balance since they laid off so many people

      1