TransPerfect reviews

The translation industry can be incredibly fast-paced sometimes and so you might have to work a long day or skip lunch.

In my interview I was lied to about what the job entailed. Staying late is not a rare occurance but an every day reality. People stay until 9pm on a regular basis. If you work here .. don't let managers walk all over you. If they can get away with it they will push you to do ridiculous amounts of work and will have no sympathy when you have to stay until 9pm every night. The managerial pyramid scheme isnt based on competence, just length of time you have worked there. Most the managers sit around shopping online or chatting on skype... whilst the project coordinators often don´t have time to take a lunch break. They exploit linguists by paying them next to nothing for translation really technical and complicated documents. Linguists are threatened if they don´t accept low rates with lower volumes of work. The company culture of working hard all week and going and getting wasted on the weekend really suggests that people are not happy in there jobs. Most my friends would spend every lunch break and friday night complaining to me about the stress of the week. It is not in the companies policy to give a reference or even acknowledge that you worked there post employment.