Lionbridge reviews

All employees are hired on as flex-pool to start with. This means no guarantee of steady work and no benefits (no health insurance, dental insurance, retirement matching, etc.). Out of fairness, they will tell you this before you are hired. What they will not emphasize is how rarely they hire on full time employees and even more rarely will you see a leadership promotion available (because that IS the only type of promotion available). Many Lionbridge employees will agree that promotions have not been handed out fairly over the past year. I could go on about the absurd politics and clouded judgment of upper management at the Boise site, but I'm sure that you will read the opinions of others here with REAL disdain for the company. I tend to feel more loyalty to the customer than to Lionbridge.

No raises or benefits, no matter how long or hard you work. No HR, or lack of competent resources. High expectations to work hard/overtime without compensation. The company has you work on vacation, and after hours unbilled. Poor management. Responsibilities are pawned off of management/peers and are given to bottom level employees, while those peers play World of Warcraft all day or watch Youtube. "Morale is at 0." No classes or training for furthering your skill set or role within the company. No feedback or criticism on work performance (they'll rate you, but neither tell you your rating, or give feedback about what you could improve). Peers that lie, backstab, and blackmail you into getting what they want. Employees that don't like going above and beyond or "the extra mile" due to lack of company loyalty - directly related to how they're treated. Poor billing practices - often employees are asked to bill on "projects" just to fill a billing slot, even if they are not working on that "project." Undisciplined peers (getting away with whatever they want because they make more money), causes even further company disloyalty. Promotions are based upon favoritism, not skill set or seniority. Often employees are "promoted" out of convenience without pay increases or actual title, just to fill a billing position. - Putting more responsibility on employees with little to no experience without compensation. The lack of morale is caused from being treated like disposable, worthless billing positions. The company often hires employees with no experience and expects them to perform jobs way out of their skill set with no pay increase, or training. There are no company initiatives to improve morale, improving work environments or training/classes. Comment boxes are not honored, as well as written requests to help improve morale. Unless you've written about ways the company can make or save more money, these requests can take many, many months to implemented, if at all. Concerns brought up to management are almost always blown off rather than addressed - further lowering morale. Also, there are no opportunities for advancement.