Welocalize Reviews 72

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After taking around 30 hours of courses, and 8 hours exam, they came up with good news that I was approved. But after registering my financial information, they wrote they cannot move forward with my... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Received emails encouraging me to apply for map work. I answered three questions, revealing that I'm a 55 year old male living in California. On that basis, they failed me. So, agism & sexism seem to... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I worked on a job for Welo and after spending over 8 hours carefully working on it, I received an email that there were quality issues and that I wouldn't be paid, but they believe in me, review the g... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was contacted with a role and when I passed all required tests (about 2 hours of my time) I never received any assignments. When I contacted the talent team, I was told there were no tasks available... See more

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Welocalize delivers content solutions for translation, localization, adaptation, and machine automation to enable global brands and companies to reach, grow, and engage with international audiences.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Welocalize is totally unprofessional.

Welocalize is totally unprofessional.

The company post on linkedin and other platform non exixtent job opportunities pushing you into subscribing to their platform.

Once you are there if you ask why the situation is not as they promised they immediately kick you out without any explanation.

If you ask for explanation you only receive automated responses.

After that every now and then they will send you email telling you to go back cause there are several new job opportunities (unexistent).

If you try to go back you still are locked out they still do not reply.

It is a total scam, it is just a money machine that works without producing anything. The people that managed to work for them say they are not payed that much and it is time wasted.

November 17, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They all are fraud

They all are fraud, first I say that I'll not pay any kind of upfront, then after completing the work, they say that you pay the upfront fee.

Awful experience

November 15, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor labor ethics

Shit company with very poor labor ethics.

Made me lose time with tests and security like it was for The Pentagon ( passed everything, nothing to hide) and then just said for reasons we will not reveal your out...

Maybe they just steal personal data...

November 7, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a big scam

This is a big scam. They ask you to May a payment before they can pay you for the work you did. They continue to lie about paying and give you work without payment. They use alias names. They don't even deserve a 1 star.

September 24, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrendous experience

My experience with this company has been incredibly disappointing. I started working for them as a linguist a few years ago, and during the COVID period, I had to call the head office repeatedly to get paid—despite sending numerous emails that went completely unanswered. After that, I stopped accepting projects due to their horrendous invoicing system.

A few months ago, I received a job offer from Welo Data, which seemed to be their brand for AI projects. I went through weeks of back-and-forth emails, sending documents, etc., only for their platform to automatically reject my application after I entered my country of residence (which was in line with the job requirements). I spent hours trying to resolve this issue, but they ignored me and eventually ghosted me.

Soon after, I received another job offer from the same company. Willing to give them another opportunity, I shared the issues I had faced previously. Instead of addressing my concerns, they simply instructed me to fill out the application form again. So, I began the process from the beginning. I created a new account on a different platform, followed all the new instructions, and spent additional time sending emails to inquire about the status of my application, as they failed to follow up.

Once again, the person I was in contact with stopped responding. Shortly after, I received an email notifying me that my application had been rejected, despite not having taken any test—I had simply followed the necessary administrative procedures.

After reaching out to their support team, they simply replied (paraphrasing): "We can’t tell you why, but your account has been deactivated, and you won’t be able to apply for any jobs in the future."

I would advise others to avoid their job offers. It’s a complete waste of time, and they don’t have the decency to provide explanations or proper support. This has been the worst experience I’ve had by far.

September 15, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I've been working for Welocalize for…

I've been working for Welocalize for over a year now. While the tasks are relatively easy and fast to do, the lack of them over the past months has been kind of annoying. However I always got paid on time and there has been a good support when I had questions or made a ticket.

September 21, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

auwful experience

Get started with your tasks ! Welcome to the Lyrics Translation Reviewer Team at Welo Data!
I have started the job a few days ago, after going through a month-long recruitment process, only to find myself unpaid.
Stay away.
auwful experience.

July 21, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

🙄Do not apply for their remote jobs!

🙄Do not apply for their remote jobs!! That's a total waste of your time!!
After spending nearly a month to finish their test, training, and assessment, the process is not as smooth as you imagine. Sometimes when you finish one step, it takes a few days to update your status.
When I finished all the stuff, and moved to the final step, submitting my financial information. They will require you to submit your bank account, ID, passport photo, and your photo. In this process, the verification websites went wrong a few times. I retried and submitted it twice, and it shows it's done. Then I refreshed the website and updated my status. Guess what?? It shows "Verification Failed. It won't be possible to move forward with the process." At this point, when I try to go back to their main page, and no jobs are shown, I cannot do anything!!
I have also found that some people experienced the same thing as me. Are they truly hiring or is it a SCAM for getting your personal information????🙃

August 4, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam company - Welocalize

A girl named Evalina Jesse has posted some jobs on Threads, and my friend messaged her to work then she has given her 55 pages pdf to retype and she said she will pay her $1500 for that work. But after she completed the work, she said her to connect to her Payment gateway manager and after getting bank details, he just said to pay $85 for ID Card and sent some ID card reference. After that now they stop replying. They all are fraud named Evalina Jesse and Andrew Nelson.

July 31, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I wasn't paid for work I did for this company

I did a long editing job for Welocalize.com. Was promised 1600 Euros. They told me they were extremely pleased with the job I did, but then they didn't pay me. In fact they asked me to pay them 110 Euros for a code I needed in order to get paid (they said they'd pay it back), and stupidly, I paid that. I didn't get it back nor did I get paid for my work. In fact they kept asking me for yet more money for brokerage fees and for proof that I was a freelancer! (I didn't pay)

April 26, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disonesti! Alla larga

after they entrusted me with a translation and complimented me on my work, they told me that in order to receive my payment I had to pay them an annual membership fee of at least €200. obviously when I asked them how the work worked and what they need by my side, they didn't say.

February 22, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Please don't waste your time

In the second week from december 2024 they invited me for a role, for which they "urgently" needed people in my country. I applied immediately and received the inventation to the onboarding process on the 24th. Because I was eager for some extra work and really wanted the role I did the whole course (~5hrs) on Christmas day. In the following weeks I heard nothing... So a few days ago I asked for a follow up only to receive this message:
Due to the overwhelming number of qualified candidates and recent changes in the project scope, we need to reassess our capacity before moving forward to the next step. Unfortunately, this means we are unable to include you in the next stage of the campaign at this time.

Mind you I had to ask for a follow up and they invited me... Don't waste your time like me.

December 24, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It’s a dumb “job,” honestly

It’s a dumb “job,” honestly. So basically you apply for the job send them your resume and boom they email you. I was emailed a day later saying they wanted to move forward. I’m thinking im already hired because duh. However I wasn’t, they gave me a study guide that was extremely long, watched boring long videos about the company but im like okay. I studied EVERYTHING and got the point of the job which is clearly why I applied. Took the test I knew the answers were right and boom they email me saying I failed… im confused so they email me days later to retry this Exam I try again still fail then again fail again and the final time fail again. I looked ever the internet and apparently lots of people are studying hard just to fail, so I knew it was a scam and waste of time at that point. So basically they have you doing dumb exams and will fail you. It’s pointless honestly.

January 17, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Salary far less than it claims. Never apply! RUN!

I see this job on a recruiting website. I urgently need a job at that time. So I applied.
The task process is lengthy and tedious, and the work relies entirely on luck. One month's salary is equivalent to a single dinner in a regular restaurant.

December 20, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deceptive From the Start

After receiving the application response email, I went through the whole process of setting up the Okta account. Then, they ask this question about whether or not you agree to the salary in the listing. There wasn't a salary listed. I'm not foolish enough to agree to an unknown wage. This is indicative of deception right from the start. I chose "no," and I guess they don't like that I paid attention to that (despite the job description requiring excellent attention to detail), and of course, they sent me the denial email :) ...

December 6, 2024
Unprompted review

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