Flexible wfh gig - Search Engine Rater Appen Employee Review

3.0
Jul 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great for people with disabilities for whom leaving home / working full-time is difficult or impossible. Able to work any hours of the day, so you can fit it around your schedule as needed. Decent system for reporting unavailability. Online spaces to connect with other raters if desired, or you can keep to yourself if that's more your speed. No micromanagers. Lots of resources and guidance if you need help understanding a task. Most of the work is very intuitive, and anything harder usually comes with thorough guidelines and examples to demonstrate.

Cons

Pay could be more competitive. Weekly minimum number of hours not quite as friendly for people with chronic illnesses. Task shortages are common, especially at certain times of the year, meaning there could be days or weeks where there simply is no work for you to do. Part-time by design so no benefits.

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5.0
Dec 2, 2025
Anonymous employee
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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
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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Appen Response
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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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