TransPerfect reviews

3.0

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,860 total reviews)

Phil Shawe

44% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

TransPerfect has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,860 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The TransPerfect employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
Jul 30, 2012

Hard work but very rewarding

Anonymous employee
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Pros

TransPerfect is a young and dynamic company. In a struggling economy, they are continuing to grow and provide a lot of career growth through that. It's the right place for a graduate looking to start a career. They're also open to change and so if you think something can be improved, you can speak up and make changes.

Cons

It's a hard work and definitely not for someone who is looking for a 9-5.

5.0
Jul 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coming out of university my family were convinced that I would not be able to make it in the corporate world as someone from an ethnic minority due to how "prejudice" the city was. They said it would be impossible to find a job that I liked and to get paid well for it, and to this day I am happy to keep reminding them how wrong they were. I joined TPT in the most junior sales role that they had and have spent the last 6 plus years progressing purely based on my own merits. Age, colour, gender or popularity have never been a factor I have had to worry about, it pretty much comes down to those who have the passion to succeed and ensure their working habits reflect this do well here. It says what it is on the tin, if you are in a sales oriented role expect to be focusing all of your time on business development and then once you start bringing in clients juggling your time between growing accounts, bringing in new accounts and most importantly keeping existing clients happy. If it is more account management focused there is a lot more administrative work involvedduring project management to make sure we deliver quality and cut out the opportunity for human error, with the challenge then being making sure you find time to grow accounts and make the next step in your career path. One of the biggest pros are the people I work with, I have lived with some of them, I go on holidays with them and I made some of my best friends for life at the company.

Cons

This is not a job to be bad or even average at. My biggest challenge stems from me being pretty average at organisation which means I spend more time doing things that some of my peers manage to get done in the normal working day. This is not a job you will be successful at overnight and it requires you to be willing to invest the time and knowingthat everyone progresses at different speeds. It took me 11 months toreally "get" what we did, and another 2 years to become what I consider to be "good" and every day you are learning something new, it is not a job you can rest on your laurels as there is always a strive to be better. This is not a job for someone who wants to work 9-5 as our clients demand more of us than that, we focus on WOWing them with our level of support and responsiveness and that is how we differentiate ourselves from everyone else out there.

4.0
Feb 10, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is an incredible growth opportunity for sales. I started in a California office and loved my boss and the opportunity the job gave me. I got promoted after a year, and after another 6 months I was offered an opportunity to manage my own office! We had 21 offices when I started and are now up to 65 and still growing...lots of room for advancement, transfer, and promotion. Also, you can be managing people within a couple of years; not many jobs can say that for recent college grads.

Cons

- Starting pay can be frustrating for new account managers, as the company pays low starting salaries to make AMs more "hungry" to advance and start making real money! - This is sales, so we're always at our clients' beck and call. If your clients have a lot of requests one day, you're going to work late...a lot of people complain about it, but that's just the way it is in sales!

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