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    3.2
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    63%
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    Appen CEO Mark Brayan
    Mark Brayan
    450 Ratings
    Pros
    Cons

    • "Low pay, not a full time income" (in 35 reviews)

    • "No benefits or insurance included" (in 31 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "social media evaluator"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Agent 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Appen for less than a year

      Pros

      flexible hours. you make more money with more projects

      Cons

      You can't put all your hope on appen. you need to save. project may end anytime but you can be working on other projects but if you dont have any other project after the end of a project. that means nothing for you again. until there is work again for which you may apply for.

      Appen2019-06-25

    2. "Good Part Time Opportunity"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Voice Data Collector 

      I have been working at Appen

      Pros

      Hours Flexibility with the different tasks

      Cons

      Inconsistent frequency of assigned projects.

      Appen2019-05-15
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    3. "Independent Contractor"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Appen

      Pros

      Telecommuting job that provides IT training for search engine evaluation. Pay is worth the work.

      Cons

      Not much growth opportunities, or any increase in pay rate usually over the years I worked with them when it was LeapForce prior to acquisition by Appen.

      Appen2019-05-04

    4. "Unless you are very desparate yet patient for income"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Appen

      Pros

      Easy tasks, usually takes less time than said for me.

      Cons

      To complicate simple things further, they now use this payment company called "Payoneer". Google it, it is definitely something. Their finance team would tell you a whole life story to your issues but never actually solve what your problems, and wait until some given deadlines so that your problems can no longer be solved. I suspect there might be some type of scam involved. In short - to solve a simple problem with complications.

      Advice to Management

      It is simply hard to work with incompetent staff who does not take the time to read your issue and just pick out words from it and reply. Take concerns a little more serious please.

      Appen2019-04-15

      Appen Response

      May 3, 2019 –

      Thanks for taking the time to write this. I have taken the time to read through your review and I"d like to learn about the issue you referenced with Payoneer. If you have a moment to send us a note with more detail, please email appenhelpdesk@appen.com..

    5. "Smart people won't work for crowdsourcing"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Appen

      Pros

      Great concept and work from home.

      Cons

      Well. It sounds great initially able to stay at home and work on my own schedule, but it was almost like a scam. I have a Master's degree and was a part-time student. - inflexible and energy demanding tasks: They don't always have work available, so basically you have to sit in front of your PC refreshing their website. Even when there are tasks, usually it requires you to pay full attention like having an exam....

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      Appen2019-03-31

    6. "Online map analyst"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Appen

      Pros

      work from home and extra cash

      Cons

      low pay. long hours. No good documentation and training. Low tolerance for mistakes. Long hours spent to figure out non sense info due to poor docs and not billed. Always complain about productivity and quality of work. No motivation or real coaching. Desperate for workers and demanding at the same time.

      Advice to Management

      Change your processes so that you can maintain your workforce and fulfill your customers promises and deadlines for the projects. You keep on cutting people that took lots of time to get trained and started to understand the work due to non sense small mistakes blamed on your bad docs and training.

      Appen2018-07-20

    7. "Crowdsourcing/Voice Evaluation Canada"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Appen

      Pros

      Work from Home, when you want, as little as you want, or as much as you want assuming there are tasks available. Voice Evaluation pays fairly.

      Cons

      Crowdsourcing pays slave labor wages. Each task pays pennies and you have to evaluate a page on 20+ variables so you're lucky if you can make $3/hour. I've totally lost respect for Appen, I can't believe they would think this is fair compensation. Voice Evaluation work is sparse. I've only worked on two evaluation jobs in the last year.

      Advice to Management

      Read a book on ethics and reevaluate your compensation for crowdsource workers. Or at the least tell them upfront that you'll be paying pennies before they waste their time qualifying and working.

      Appen2018-05-01

    8. "Accountant"

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      Current Employee - Accountant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Appen full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Good hours. Helpful staff. Free coffee. Benefits. Dogs allowed.

      Cons

      Bad location. Crowded washroom. Always warm. Management is out of touch. Sticky floor. No beer.

      Advice to Management

      Let people wear what they want

      Appen2018-02-28
    9. Helpful (6)

      "Would not recommend"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Appen part-time

      Pros

      Work from home is a benefit.

      Cons

      Not a very good job.

      Appen2017-07-03
    10. Helpful (1)

      "Part-time, easy enough, work from home"

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      Current Employee - Web Search Evauator in Ottawa, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Appen part-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - Work from home - Easy work

      Cons

      - Not enough work - Contract basis - Monotonous

      Appen2016-10-28
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