Good stepping stone, but not for longterm - Program Manager Appen Employee Review

2.0
Feb 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

They do hire some really great people. The teams that I've worked with have been amazing. Great stepping stone for someone who wants to be in the AI/ML industry

Cons

Sadly, the company has just continued to overburden its people due to the organization decisions that it has made. They laid off a lot of people, with some getting same day notice, and then those that remained then had to cope with all the work left behind by those that were laid off. They have justified this by saying they have overhired, but my team specifically did not experience that and have been short of staff since history. Salary is also quite low when I left. Maybe it has changed now but during my time, not only were we overburdened but also underpaid.

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5.0
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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
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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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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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