TransPerfect reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,859 total reviews)

Phil Shawe

44% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

TransPerfect has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,859 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The TransPerfect employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Mar 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are absolutely no pros to working at TransPerfect. This was the worst place I have ever worked in.

Cons

Overworked, artificial budgets to work with, unpleasant & un happy staff, high pressure, terrible pay, hours are the longest I have ever worked (20 hours plus in one day), high stress. Treated like slaves. Top bosses earn millions, staff earn peanuts. Like to hire young recruits who have little work experience (or none) and think the ridiculous objectives are normal.

5.0
Feb 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-The company has a simple formula for success in sales, and it seems all those who stick to it, do very well. -Management is very accessible and supportive of their people taking ownership in their employees careers. Management won't ask you to do anything they have not done themselves. -The opportunity I have been given in the 2 years at TransPerfect outweighs my previous two employers combined. They have sent me to industry trade shows in Chicago, Palm Desert California, San Antonio, and Denver. I have been to internal company conferences in New Orleans, DC, and soon to be Austin, TX. They have let me travel to Europe and Canada for client presentations. I was even allowed to accompany our CEO to a C-Level networking event. -If you have a good idea to improve processes, you are encouraged to suggest it and even run with implementing your idea. -You will be working for a company with the best portfolio of solutions in the industry so you should win the majority of your sales deals -Ability to move up quickly. -No ceiling on compensation

Cons

Managing email is challenging at times

1.0
Feb 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I made some great relationships with colleagues who are now my friends. Interestingly, none of them are still with TPT.

Cons

I cannot believe how the senior management team treats their employees. If you want to be looked down on, made fun of, and constantly criticized, this is the place for you. the senior leadership team seriously thinks they are a bunch of celebrities and act like it - refusing to talk to anyone other than themselves at social events, despite yelling at your manager the next day if you don't approach them and say hi. They will also do anything they can to somehow take over your accounts and give them to DBD's/DSA's that work under them so they collect the revenue for it. Hours are absolutely horrible. You can expect to be e-mailed and called 24 hours a day, and if you don't respond to an e-mail within minutes, you get in trouble. You also have to send a "EOD" Report at the end of every work day - listing IN DETAIL what you did all day long. If your manager or a VP decides your "EOD" isn't good enough that day, they REPLY ALL and humiliate you in front of the entire company (the EOD report goes to the entire sales organization, right up to the CEOs). I was at that company long enough to really understand how everything works behind the scene. I was lucky when I first started in that I reported to a VP who actually seemed to care about the people who worked under her. Unfortunately, she left the company after my first 2 years there and it all went downhill from there. It's really sad how stressful and horrible the work environment has become, because the colleagues I worked with were some of the nicest people I've met. Unfortunately, we all bonded through the horrible stress we were put under by sr management. What's even more pathetic is that both Phil and Liz are very nice people and are very smart. I am shocked that they have let their sales organization turn into this circus. If I can offer any advice, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE. I am serious when I say that I developed anxiety from working here. i've been in a new AMAZING job for 6 months, and I stlil have nightmares about getting e-mails from production at 3 am saying a project was never started. I still get nightmares that a VP responded to an EOD and yelled at me in front of the company. It is NOT worth it - and this is from someone who was making close to 6 figures as a DBD. It took a huge toll on my personal life - my boyfriend of 5 years was ready to leave me because this job was making HIM so miserable. also, I recently heard from an employee that is still there that they have blocked the company from accessing glassdoor.com. So all of the positive reviews you've been reading are fake. They know how horrible it is to work there so the sr leadership have been tasked with creating positive fake reviews. This is a fact.

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