Good learning experience but this company is most likely on the rocks - Project Manager Appen Employee Review

2.0
22 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good to have AI on your resume. You can get exposure to LLMs, chatbots, etc.

Cons

The people are nice but the company seems directionless and lost, partially because the AI landscape changes every week and its hard to figure out where you can add value. They're laying off and outsourcing everything. It seems like they're out of money and scraping by. The AI bubble might be popping as all the big companies are probably developing their LLMs internally and cutting out companies like Appen. Meta buying Scale and then freezing AI hires is probably a really bad sign. It's also likely that most companies will cut back on AI because they lack the energy infrastructure. I wouldn't be surprised if they file for bankruptcy by next year and/or get acquired by a tech giant and cleaned out. I would avoid if you're looking for American/Australian salary. If you're in India or the Philippines it might be fine for a bit.

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5.0
2 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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
28 Sept 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
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