Pros
First, I want to acknowledge that my experience isn't everyone's at the company's. Some people have had bad experiences -- some felt they were set impossible tasks and not appreciated. And I'm sure there's some truth to that. However, one thing you'd never believe from reading most of these comments is that there are many happy employees at TransPerfect. At it's best, TransPerfect is about accountability and responsibility -- with departments run like they are independent small businesses. This leads both to some departments being run very differently than others and to pressure being pushed down to PCs and PMs when it shouldn't be sometimes. There are great opportunities for personal and career growth. The company is always growing -- and so new opportunities keep arising. I've learned more at TransPerfect than I did in my last 2 jobs combined.
Cons
The culture can be a bit confusing -- and many new project managers don't know what they've gotten into. A PM is in a position where they need good relationships with Sales people while at the same time, they need to be pushing back. It takes some time to get this balance right and which is why you need a strong manager you can escalate matters to. They also need to find a way to differentiate themselves -- which a good manager can help with -- but TransPerfect is full of young managers, having their first crack at managing teams under pressure. TransPerfect starts out with a low salary offer -- though with good performance, you can move up the ranks and rapidly change that.
