Pros
I have been at TransPerfect for 3 years now. I came to this company after being an Operations Manager for 8+ years. I started out in the PC role and quickly moved my way up to Team Lead and now onto other special projects. TransPerfect has rewarded me, both professionally and personally, for all of my hard work. The more I did, the more I received. In the past year, I have travelled to 5 countries (either because of work or for personal trips) and developed a new specialty that my managers and I came up with together. I am in full control of my career and where I want to be in that process is up to me. My managers do everything they can to help me achieve MY goals. That is something I never had before. I have worked at many other companies, and TransPerfect is the only one that I feel truly values me as an employee.
Cons
This job is a lot of hard work. I won’t sugar coat that. It is NOT for everyone - just like any corporation, it’s a competitive environment and the bottom performers don’t get rewarded. Its merit based and they opportunities are endless, but there is a ton of competition for those opportunities. That being said there were many issues that management has been made aware of and are working on fixing. 1. poor hiring (too young, fresh out of college kids that don’t want to work at all). This was detrimental to the team environment that we work so hard to have. 2. poor management. Managers were promoted based on length and not merit. The first two years for me were very hard. I wasn’t on the same page as my manager (who I didn’t feel should have been in that role) and I didn’t see a long term plan. She was very young and had no formal mgmt training. Work was not evenly distributed. 3. Work life balance. It used to be very hard to leave at 6pm due to the issues I stated above. In the past 10 months, I have seen drastic changes. Management training has been put in place, hiring has gotten better and I haven’t stayed at the office past 6PM in months. I’ve been promoted and had the opportunity to voice the concerns I listed above and become part of the solution. Management has heard us loud and clear and responded with immediate solutions. We are now moving into long term fixes that have completely changed the culture at TransPerfect. I am very proud to say I work for this company and this management team.
