Lionbridge reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,705 total reviews)
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Sebastian Bretschneider

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56% positive business outlook

Lionbridge has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,705 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lionbridge employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Nov 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Lionbridge is a large company with a lot of offerings in the localization, web services, and marketing fields. You'll have the opportunity to learn a lot about the loc industry and the various tools involved (many of which Lionbridge is on the cutting edge of). There's great flexibility regarding work hours and working from home, but this is becoming more and more rare (if not totally removed) with new hires. Direct managers are fantastic, dedicated, and want their teams to succeed. Co-workers are a fun, smart, bunch, making the best of what they have.

Cons

Company culture is non-existent. HR is completely overworked and never seem to get anything done, and there's very high turnover in most departments. Senior management has no idea what those on the "lower rungs" do, and often roll out policies and changes that make little to no sense. Direct managers hold little power, so don't expect a lot of recognition/raises/promotion, even if you truly deserve it. If you do manage to get promoted, don't be surprised when HR low-balls your salary! Things have improved in the last year or so, as there were some new hires in senior management; however, I don't expect that to change culture or the rewards system much. Prepare to work a lot with little to entice you.

2.0
Nov 29, 2014

Soul-sucking, avoid at all costs

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Super nice/helpful people to work with, even if they're few and far between. Learned a lot of skills to use in the future Decent cafeteria

Cons

Where do I start? -Lack of communication between departments/employees -Technology is outdated -Boring products -One employee in particular had it out for me and made it hard to be productive

1.0
Nov 21, 2014

A downward spiral

Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people at Lionbridge though upper management is abysmal. Lots of opportunity for getting a start on your career or if you need a place to rest between jobs.

Cons

How much space do I have? The offering continues to get worse as the focus is not on Customers, Quality or Innovation but rather profitability and return to investors (notably upper management). The moral is horrible, fragmented leadership (loaded with ineptitude and politics), and just overall toxicity in the environment. Oh and the technology is a joke (think Lipstick on a pig when looking at the marketing collateral) I am embarrassed to have worked there.

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