TransPerfect Reviews

Pros

Work-life balance Learning new things every day Excellent team Everyone is working together

Cons

None that I can think of

Pros

You will meet some great people.

Cons

Misogynistic and old fashioned culture. The sales organisation is a pyramid scheme.

Pros

Potential to earn a lot of money.

Cons

You will sell your soul for the "potential" to earn money.

Advice to Management

Get some perspective on life

Pros

As an employee for more than 3 years, I learnt lots of skills at Transperfect (software, management, training). Being a huge company, there are employees from any country in the world and the environment was mostly good thanks to that. I would only recommend working for Transperfect if you cannot find anything better.

Cons

Employees are exploited, translator rates are really low and in dollars (which are even lower against the Euro, for example). Salaries are quite low (sorry, but I got a better salary working in a bar). Employees are forced to penalize translators when client spots a mistake, this penalization comes through a reduction of the PO obviously. Most mistakes are due to the fact that all translations are rush and... budget is very limited, which means project managers have to contact the cheapest linguists. Business representatives (sales people) have no idea about the translation business. They accept any request from the client and estimate absurd budgets and deadlines. Then the Project Managers have to deal with it. Little chance of negotation in order to get a better deadline or budget even if the quality of the translation is at stake. Project managers are penalized if they don't reach a monthly goal (high number of projects, high income obtained for the company, few errors and positive feedback). Some employees have been fired due to that. I have seen employees crying, staying until midnight in the office, on sick leave due to stress and even skin diseases (due to stress and scratching). I have even seen employees quitting on the same day because they couldn't stand it anymore. It's impossible to have a life of your own if you're working for them. Obviously this is a company that only cares about the money, not about the quality. It's like comparing McDonalds with a cozy family restaurant. We all know which one is bigger, cheaper and faster. Still, big clients prefer bad translations, otherwise Transperfect wouldn't be that huge. It's a big concern if we consider we are taking medications and many investigations are being translated by this company.

Advice to Management

It's not all about the money. If nobody opens their mouth, nothing will change.

Pros

pretty close commute for NY

Cons

Needs more structure on research.

Pros

Freedom to do what you want.

Cons

Not much sales structure or support to help employees succeed

Pros

Great work life balance - yes some days you do have to put in more work, but not too frequently. work culture at TPT doesn't expect you to work once your 'off the clock,' my manager never messages me outside working hours regarding work - something I cannot say about other jobs I've had. PT, holiday and healthcare are all perfectly in line with, if not above average. The work is super interesting and I think the... growth opporunities are there if you show your worth.

Cons

Teams are pretty siloed from other departments, so I never really know what goes on elsewhere - doesn't usually bug me though. Pay isnt as competitive as I think it should be - but it's not unreasonable.

Pros

Managers are very supportive

Cons

No cons at ll. Very nice company