Does Outlier AI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Outlier AI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Outlier AI. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Outlier AI?

61% of Outlier AI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Outlier AI 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Outlier AI?

Remote AI Trainer (363) , AI Trainer (189) , AI Prompt Engineer (68) , Contributor (61) , AI Data Annotator (58) , Freelancer (58) , Generalist (58) , AI writing evaluator (52) , Software Engineer (44) , Freelance AI Trainer (39) , Reviewer (39) , AI Model Trainer (31) , AI Evaluator (27) , AI Tutor (24) , Online Tasker (23)

What are the pros of working at Outlier AI according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is good and perhaps based on your skill level and experience when you apply." ((in 296 reviews)); "It's fully remote and the hours are flexible." ((in 106 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and you work from home." ((in 65 reviews)); "Can be good money but not consistent" ((in 59 reviews)); "good salary here very nice" ((in 37 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Outlier AI according to real employee reviews?

"Poor communication about when tasks are available." ((in 94 reviews)); "Unpaid trainings (which are a lot without an actual task)" ((in 66 reviews)); "Poor management and lots of platform/technical issues." ((in 44 reviews)); "No benefits for contract work." ((in 25 reviews)); "The support team are not friendly just burning account" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Outlier AI redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Outlier AI redundancy and their outlook for job security at Outlier AI in 2026.

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3.2

61% would recommend to a friend

(670 total reviews)

Sean Byrnes

52% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Diversity and inclusion

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Culture and values

2.7

Senior management

Outlier AI has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 670 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Outlier AI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

670 reviews

1.0

24 May 2024

Essentially shadowbanned

Flexible writing consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Good pay (missions and bounties provide higher pay, on top of existing salary) - Very good flexibility

Cons

- Terrible communication within the slack channel and between support and TLs. Usually when you raise issues with TLs they'll be unable to help and will tell you to contact support... who also can't help. - Personally, I've not been offered any tasks or work for a month, following a training module for which I recieve no feedback. When contacting support, I regularly recieve responses that state I should be patient and wait since no tasks are available - however I know others who are working within this role who all regularly receive tasks. Therefore I cannot say that this job is suitable or reliable for the longterm.

2.0

3 Sept 2024

Owned by Scale AI and just as poorly run.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work from home. Can work any time of day.

Cons

Not as much work as they promise in the ads, and the pay is lower than promised too. Often have trouble paying on time, or make mistakes and pay you less than you're supposed to get. There is no culture to speak of, and the company is very faceless. You never hear anything back from support and have to access to the people who make the mistakes you're affected by.

3.0

8 May 2024

Shaky ok?

Data researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

It's a relatively straightforward application process. I was paid 150 dollars so far for completely 7 hours worth of tests during the assessment period (100 dollars actually received, 50 to be paid next week, including a 20 dollar bonus for completing all the tasks). There's a slack channel where people can give each other advice.

Cons

A lot of confusion on the slack channel about who is doing what and when the assessments are completed. It isn't clear when you're doing the tasks how many there are to do or when you will receive feedback or payment. The information is out there, but it's confusing at first to find it. Questions are answered on the Slack channel, but you may have to wait a little while. It's not clear after completing the assessment when/if you will receive any more work.

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