Pros
You can pick your work schedule to certain extend one day here or there. If you go on vacation for one month, when you return you will get very little work initially especially if they have enough interpreters.
Cons
Lionbridge has always been a snail in paying. At first when they were not computerized it took between 40 to 55 days to get paid. Now that they are computerized the first year some interpreters were getting work 3/4 time on steady basis and got paid within 30 days. As of August, 2011 they changed their form of payment by deducting 5% of the earnings if an interpreter wanted to get on a Net-15 contract -- meaning one would get paid every 15 days. The other form of payment is after 45 days. In reality they are not paying every 45 days but between 47 to 52 days. Lionbridge finance department is managed with delaying tactics. There is no communication with management at all, except the coordinator of the region. Lionbridge does not believe in seniority among the few interpreters that have stayed and they keep hiring new interpreters. The rate when an interpreter starts is $25 and an interpreter can get an increment of one or two increments of $5.00. Any interpreter that receives an additional increment does not get as much work only the ones that get $25.00. Parking was reimbursed but that perk was taken away. All in all it is not a good company to freelance for.
