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Not worth the time - Crowd-Source, Transcriber Appen Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2016
Crowd-source, transcriber
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I applied, and waited three weeks for very slow communication follow-up, and was approved for the Crowd-source position. the only two "pro" marks I can see after playing with it for a week, are that there is work, and you can do it whenever suits you best.

Cons

If you've done anything like crowd-source work before (the closest I can compare to is Amazon Mechanical Turk) then it is VERY plain to see, that the tasks offered as work through Appen, are a complete waste of time. I have not seen a micro-task offered above the $0.20 mark. In 6 hours of doing these low-pay micro-tasks with Appen, I make $0.90. I made almost double that with Amazon Mechanical Turk the first two hours as a brand new user with no qualifications. So the entire application process for Appen, and qualification tests for Appen are a complete waste of time. I should also say that I took the qualifying tests on AppenScribe for transcription work, which I passed in the 90th percentile, and have sat around for a week with zero work offered. It's sad, I was hoping to made some dollars at least. But no.

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Appen Response
10y
Thank you for providing feedback on your experience with Appen. We are constantly working to improve our processes, and information like this is a big help to us.

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5.0
Dec 2, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work tasks are relatively clear, and my colleagues are very friendly and always offer help when I don't understand something. The company's policies and culture are also very transparent.

Cons

Sometimes due to urgent work delivery timelines.

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5.0
Sep 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at home on the computer.

Cons

Lack of proper communication. No phone communication whatsoever, only by sending in tickets and emails. They hired me for a project for me to review advertisements and I worked hard at this task and always looked back at the materials as a guideline to keep all my answers as per how they want them to be. However, this was not good enough for them and I was retested. Of course, I knew they would fail the retest and fire me immediately. In addition, I have been putting in my house on my time sheet and they have not paid me once. They claim I will be paid for the hours I billed for but I have not seen any money yet. I am giving up on seeing any pay and my working with Appen has been a total waste of my time when I could have been putting in my efforts working for someone else.

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Appen Response
8y
We’re very sorry to hear about your negative experience with Appen! Please feel free to contact us at feedback@appen.com; we would love to hear more information about your situation in hopes that it will help us improve our processes. - HR Manager
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