Are you wondering if you can succeed by working at Appen? In this Appen review, we will discuss how much you can get paid, if it’s legit, and more.
When I first learned about Appen — I was surprised to see such a huge network of remote jobs available to anyone. I was for sure thinking it was some sort of scam or it didn’t pay well.
For a long time, I wanted to work from home as a freelancer or blogger and not have to work for somebody else. Yes, I wanted to be my own boss and make money online fast.
But it’s difficult, especially if you are just getting started and don’t have a lot of monthly income coming in. So companies like Appen can help, right?
I wanted to dive deep into this company with an Appen review to see if it’s actually legit. I’ll also share some real reviews from current Appen remote workers in order to see what they think about Appen (and if it’s keeping the lights on).
Let’s get started.
What is Appen?
You may be asking, “What does Appen do?” To put it simply, Appen loves all things tech. They work with clients from across the spectrum: technology, auto, government, retail, healthcare, and financial services.
However, you don’t need to be a “techie” to join Appen’s team of more than 1 million flex workers. They take pride in the diverse international team and the flexible and full-time opportunities they offer.
How to work for Appen?
Remote work is not just a trend and it is changing how the world does business. Appen is a pioneer in the movement!
Let me preface by saying that this company pays on time so there is an opportunity for you to succeed. If you want to work from home, consider taking a job on Appen.
The company is operating in over 130 countries and in more than 180 languages and dialects, they support the work of some of the world’s top technology companies.
You’ll get to work on innovative projects and grow your skills – all on your own schedule.
There’s something for everyone at Appen! Please visit appen.com/careers.
Appen’s Mission: Appen’s mission is to bring together the best of human intelligence and technology to accelerate global technology solutions. They help its clients enhance their best-in-class products and services around the world, including search engines, social media platforms, voice recognition systems, sentiment analysis, and eCommerce sites.
Appen jobs
When you visit the Appen careers page, you will see 4 different types of jobs you can apply for.
- Raters: Flexible, part-time, home-based work that requires a computer and/or mobile device.
- Language Jobs: Flexible work in Transcription, Translation, and Linguistics.
- Micro Task: Simple tasks that can be completed in about an hour from the comfort of your own home.
- Corporate Jobs: Positions affiliated with our global offices focused on Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and Sales
Pro-Tip: Beware of phishing scams requesting your sensitive information. Please ensure that all emails that you using to contact Appen are coming from:
Is Appen legit?
If you work for Appen, over time you can take on multiple Appen projects on different occasions, and it’s a great remote job opportunity.
What you will get with Appen (in terms of pros) is:
1. Honest employer. I can’t stress enough how important it is, especially in the case of the third world countries where it’s basically impossible to meet employer that will tell you the truth about your future position and salary.
2. Competitive salary/hour rate for long-term, “pay per hour” projects. The hour rate is really great and above any remote job in this field.
3) There’s always more work. You will get occasional invites to some other Appen projects (in addition to your primary project/position), although they are mostly not long-term, it’s a great opportunity to make some more money.
4) Flexible hours. It’s one of the best things about this position: not only it’s flexible in terms of your schedule, but you can always go full-time (as there’s no hours limit now) If you hate morning routine and being stuck in the office — go for it.
Appen reviews
This wouldn’t be a legit Appen review without some of the real remote workers sharing their actual experiences working for this company.
This company has over 1,547 reviews on Glassdoor with an average rating of 3.2/5 stars.
Here are the highlights of the Appen reviews:
Appen Pros
“Work from home no time schedule” (in 442 Appen reviews)
“Excellent pay, working from home and flexible hours” (in 123 Appen reviews)
Appen Cons
“Low pay, not a full-time income” (in 35 Appen reviews)
“No benefits or insurance included” (in 31 Appen reviews)
How much does Appen pay?
To answer this question I surveyed the entire web to find real Appen workers are getting paid across the map, like this worker out of Poland:
I’ve found that this answer depends on what country you are working out of.
For example, a worker out of Poland was only making $6/hr but a worker in the United States can earn $12/hr depending on the state and project.
So, do not expect to get rich by working for Appen. But depending on the project and the extra hours you put in, you can surely make ends meet by working with Appen.
Appen review summary
In this Appen review, you have learned that Appen is a legitimate work from home opportunity. You can set your own hours and depending on the project — you can make above minimum wage.
However, some of the jobs offer low pay and can not substitute a full-time income. Also, do not depend on Appen for any employee benefits or insurance coverage. So if you are interested in remote work then we do recommend applying for projects on Appen.
Good luck!
I was excited to start working on crowdsourcing projects for Appen. However, I found it impossible to earn more than $3/hr. Consider: most assignments are to pick between 2 different search results (lists just like you see them in search engines). You have to scan both sides and pick the best rating it also and highlighting elements on the page, which defined your choice. It takes at least 30 sec. 30 sec if you have it on roll. It took about 1 min for me. then, you submit your choice and the nextbone comes up. You get paid for all satisfactory choices you made from 10c to 15c a choice. Before you get access to the assignment you have to complete qualification test (7-10 similar judgement choices) and training. This takes another 30 min. Now calculate: your pay is 10c a minute plus unpaid test and training. This is a joke.
Thank you for sharing your personal experience with Appen, I am sure it will help other people interested in working for Appen.
There are way too many technical difficulties for this to be a profitable job. You spend more time going back and forth via email and you don’t get paid for that. They also won’t pay you for the time you worked unless you “complete a full day”. I’ve never worked with a company that wouldn’t pay you at least the time you worked. That is completely unprofessional. You won’t even get paid that much for all the work you put into it. And of course, you don’t get paid for the training you are required to do in order to get this job. The structure is completely ridiculous. Go with someone else when you are looking for a job.
I would like to go with someone else who do you recommend?
Hi Mac,
In case you wanted to go with another site like Appen, I think you would find these resources helpful:
If you have any other questions, please let us know.
Their “support team” are the rudest and most unhelpful in the Industry! If you are lucky enough to contact another department/ or someone specifically; ie, quality@appen/ or survey@appen, etc then you’ll get a much nicer and more helpful reply. However, the reply you get from “support” (if you’re luck enough to get a reply) will make you want to quit. They make you feel like you are an interruption to their day? Despite it being their job to “support” and “help” yet they are just rude! They’ve never helped me and honestly have just made me say fk it- i’m done!!
It’s not exactly hard to provide support, but they make you feel like crap/ ruin your day type reply’s. Otherwise i’d be happy to promote and would sing their praises. But their support team is a joke and they make it so that you wont ever write back to them or open another ticket.. Their motto i think is- be rude and unhelpful- and then no one will contact us and we get paid for doing nothing. Appen are too stupid to check and there is no ratings/ or review process. So be as rude as you can to get the worker to fk off and not write back!! That’s my experience anyway- if I’m lucky enough to get a reply- it’s a rude and unhelpful one which will make you feel crappy!!
APPEN is a SCAM.
I qualified for it and I have been applying for about 50 projects.
I have been approved for most of them.
Every day Appen is sending me several emails to make me sign up to other websites and services, reply to the same questions over and over, give my personal information with the same excuses “I qualified for a wok” or they want me “try to qualify for a work”… after 3 weeks of me sending my personal data to god knows whos, wasting time filling up surveys, answering questions a looking at useless web pages, I still did not get any job. I have been selected ( “qualify”) for many jobs, but they are pending and there are no assignments. In 3 weeks I have been online for 2 hours every day, 6 days a week, and I made 0$ (ZERO). Looking at some other blogs, I found out they already scam a lot of people. I am not the only one.
I was afraid of that, so I never completed the qualifications. They were requiring me to all google to harvest all of this info on me and my net activities. They were also wanting me to work with adult material. No body is going to stick some sort of ultra illegal stuff on me. I don’t trust them.
I have worked for appen for almost a year and my main project is $9/hour and 40 hours a week with flexible hours and incentives. I love my job there!
^Guaranteed paid a lot by appen^
^Guaranteed paid a lot by appen^
This website always asks me to sign in and after putting my e-mail id and password it says your email and password combination is invalid.
I would like to ask you a question. I was interested in working from home with APPEN the only draw back at this point in the hiring process is they want me to reveal my password and username to my bank account and I’m not sure I can do that. Is this normal to ask for this? Thanks for any info you have on this company.
I want to let you know as well as anyone out there reading this that Appen does not ask for your bank information. Appen uses verified @appen.com email addresses to communicate and will never ask you for money or gift cards. There is no charge to join Appen. Please report the person you have been in contact with for fraud and discontinue the conversation.
Oh, whoa. NO WAY!
I have been with Appen for almost four years. It is a legit company and I have gotten paid on time every month since I have been an independent contractor with them. You can work as much or as little as you choose. With regards to support, it all depends on the project. I was on a project for two years with very little support or communication but the current project I am on has fantastic communication, support, incentives and resources. I recommend Appen
I am in the early stages. I have already applied and in the process of being approved. These comments here are really frightening but I will give them a benefit of doubt and wait.
Hmmm. Interesting. I wonder: Is this company assigning legitimate tasks and projects or is it observing how a broad swath of people complete them, so they can further develop AI for their clients? I’m not implying a “yes” answer to my question would be good or bad. Without visibility into what these projects and micro tasks are at the moment, it’s what makes the most sense to me. What I noticed in the Appen FAQs was the wording was a bit slippery about the hourly rate. It felt like they were saying a contributor should take whatever time is needed to complete an assignment, document actual hours, submit them, and then Appen will decide how many hours to pay based on the amount of time they think the assignment should have taken. If anyone has insight into this I’m interested to know more.
Was there additional insight at Glassdoor about why 1500+ people evaluated Appen and Appen netted only a 3.25% rating? Seems on the low side but I’m not clear where the dissatisfaction is/was for these people. It would be extremely helpful to have the concerns about the compensation itself stripped away, to understand if any other concerns exist.
Appen is BS. They pay low wages, flood your inbox and it’s impossible to delete your account.
how much did you earn and what was your job? I’m just looking for a side hustle atm, it would be great if you could give us some insight
Why do you have to give APPEN your personal information i.e. your street address etc. Most companies don’t do that they just ask for your email and name and the form in which you want to get paid
Hello, I’m looking for a part time under the table position. I’ve worked in medical for 14 years and would love to take care of patients. I’m very good with people. I can clean, cook, bathe and feed patients. I have a lot of experience and I’m able to assist any day and shift.
Beware of scammers on fb posting for Appen jobs. They want your credit card info sent to a bogus email address that is not @appen.com. FB account is under Alexandria Alexis which was removed after I texted back on fb messenger that she was a SCAM. Hiring agent was a Kerri Reynolds with an email address of [email protected]. Beware of scammers!
Some lady named Jo Ann Myers-Robinson posted about a job and advised that I download an app called “Signal” and I was sent an invite code to get in touch with a “Kerri Reynolds”. This Kerri started asking me all this information. There were many spelling mistakes. She also sent me a picture of her ID which had an office location of Seattle and it was spelled ‘Seatle’.
SCAM!!!