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LanguageLine Solutions

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2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(253 total reviews)

Simon Yoxon-Grant

36% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

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1.0
Sep 10, 2018

Interpreter for more than three years!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work from home. That's it.

Cons

The pay is more than the minimum but they grind you to the bone. You get non-stop calls with barely a chance to breathe in between. There are different "pay scales" where some are not paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday (even when working on a Holiday). Overtime Pay is dependent on the state where you live, and in most cases, when one doesn't reach 80 work hours in a pay period, you don't get paid overtime even if you worked beyond your normal working hours in a day. You have to log out to use the bathroom - and those minutes are deducted from your pay check. Communication is one of the worst - you don't know what's going on until the last minute. You either get information extremely delayed, like a month or so, after they have implemented something or you don't get any response at all. There is no real training - you train on the job. If you do need to undergo some kind of so-called training, not only do you not get compensated, you also have to do it outside of your work hours.

1.0
Aug 28, 2018

Interpreter

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Pros

I gave one star because you HAD to give at least one. If there was a negative category that is what I would give. Working from home is the only pro.

Cons

Pay issues, schedule change issues, RESPECT for the LEP cultures and the job that is done by the employees.

3.0
Aug 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Excellent life-work balance, you work at home so there is no commute time so you get to eat with the family during lunch time and enjoy the full hours after the shift is over -2 days off per week -Great pay for the type of job -All of your equipment cost such as the phone and phone service are paid for during the first three months -You get feedback during the ending of each month that rates how you did and where you need to improve, it's all friendly and constructive, at least my supervisor was -You can put in more hours which has very good wages for overtime -They have a very wonderful interactive system and a good library that helps you do your job better and slightly easier

Cons

-Eventually you'll have to switch to a video module based work system and have to pay for internet out of your own pocket which won't be covered by the company -The stress is unbelievably high, if you want to work as a home based interpreter I suggest you look up the term "vicarious stress" and look up the first links that show up, you'll definitely experience it first hand here -There is no real "workplace environment" so to speak since you work at home there are no coworkers, managers, etc. I guess that could be a pro if you don't like socializing -Just like LLS, other american companies outsource all their retail and telecomm services, thus you will often have to interpret calls for people that speak very poor English especially if they're from an asian country such as India which just ups your stress by %5000 -Contract gets renewed yearly which means that you won't ever be able to have a "permanent" place with the company, and growth is close to none-existant -Also if and when you quit they won't respect the "2 weeks" that they supposedly ask from you to find a suitable replacement. Once you ask to quit that's your last minute working with them so make sure that you really want to quit at the specific day that you ask for it

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