TransPerfect reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(450 total reviews)

Phil Shawe

45% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

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5.0
Feb 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and team environment.

Cons

Some departments don't have enough structure so you're not sure of your upward progression

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TransPerfect Response
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Hello, we are thrilled to hear you enjoyed your time working/interacting with TransPerfect and our New York team. We are always working to provide a safe, inclusive and productive environment for all of our employees, prospective employees and clients alike. Should you ever wish to reach out and provide additional comments please reach out to glassdoor_feedback@transperfect.com. We appreciate you and wish you the best.
4.0
Feb 12, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility with hours as long as you completed 8hrs. Work in an office environment and a good management team.

Cons

Contract work and no employee benefits. Promotions and raises are not offered either.

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TransPerfect Response
5y
Hi, thank you for your feedback, we are constantly working to improve our policies, processes and experiences for current and prospective employees alike. Please feel free to reach out to us at glassdoor_feedback@transperfect.com if you’d like to discuss further your experience, we appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.
1.0
Feb 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Made friends through commiserating with colleagues who were just as miserable - Had opportunities to interact with speakers/linguists of a variety of languages - Boosted my resume due to having what was probably an illegal amount of responsibilities, many of which were not even included in the job description. At least I gained some skills.

Cons

- ZERO work/life balance (had to work past 9pm regularly with other coworkers) and sometimes had to log on over the weekend (off the clock) to monitor progress of certain jobs/projects, and check to see whether linguists had claimed phases, language pairs, etc. - TransPerfect is known as the sweatshop of the translation industry with great reason - Delivery deadlines are often in other time zones so you will be expected to stay well into the night in order to accommodate a 9AM deadline for the Barcelona office's time zone, for example. - Micromanaging is a serious understatement - Sales Dept. has no regard for Production Dept. and treats all employees in the production department like dirt, at least in the NYC office. - Unmanageable and unfathomable workload - No lunch break - Regularly had to bring dinner to the office so that I could heat my food up in the microwave and then eat it at my desk while working into the night - Came out of TransPerfect with clinically-diagnosed PTSD - CAFs (formerly referred to as "CRs" or "compliance reports" will get filed against you for things that you did not even do) - Current employees are forced to write positive reviews on Glassdoor in order to lessen the blow of the truthful ones. That is a FACT. - Expected to come into work when sick--one of my hardest working colleagues had to come into the office with a 102 degree F fever, and I did too.

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