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LanguageLine Solutions

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LanguageLine Solutions reviews about "pay raise"

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83 reviews
2.0
Mar 25, 2022

Poor pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Remote, work from anywhere. Training is good.

Cons

No pay raise, no management to speak directly with

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It is unfortunate you did not find the support you needed available. We strive to provide the most up to date training available, we have 24 X 7 support and self-support available in our extensive eLibrary. We have Chatter Groups for support & activities. Additionally, we have many other resources available to support and help our interpreters grow and be successful. After doing an extensive evaluation of our compensation in comparison to other employers in our business, we find that while not above average, is consistent with the industry. Please note: we regularly review industry compensation. We wish you well in your future endeavors.
3.0
Nov 29, 2022
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Pros

can work remotely, you will be paid if u pass the training

Cons

The rate they pay is quite low and there won't ever be a raise.

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking time to leave a review. LanguageLine has many partner relationships in the industry and we appreciate all of them. Your employment relationship is through one of our partners and not directly with LanguageLine. We would encourage you to reach out to them directly and share your feedback.
1.0
May 27, 2022
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Pros

WFH, Device provided, Good training at beginning(one month) if you have no experience, but that is the only honeymoon period, everthing afterward was a nightmare.

Cons

Pay is definitly horrible, always 30% if not more lower than industry standard. No holiday off, if you work on holiday, no holiday pay either. No PTO, only unpaid time off, which is even hard to get approved because they are always short staffed. You get two 15mins breaks and 30mins lunch, anything other than that, they deduct from your pay check, you have to either control your bladder to fall right in the break time; or you have to run to bathroom, which affect your adherence, and they always deduct more minutes when you are logged out to use the bathroom. Calls for busy languages like Spanish and Mandarin are back to back, you only get 15s between calls, but they expect you to make call reports for every situation happened. You could be dealing with delivering death message to people on one phone call and then in 15s you have to report everything and pull youself together to take the next phone call. When problem arise, you asked for support, management cannot care less about your wellbeing but only care about the customer no matter how rude or unreasonable they can be, They always give you script answers but not really answer your question at individual level. That is the easiest job I have ever seen as manager being remotely copy & paste standarized answer to every question even though it does not help solving the problem at all. No raise or growth opportunity, but they every so often require you to do more, they promote you from L3 to L4 medical and then to L5 All call interpreter, but you still get the same pay with more responsibility. Insurance is like non-existense, its coverage always ashame me when I go to Dr.'s office. They don't have any drug coverage but instead a discount program where you can basically get better discount with other free program. WORST thing is they hide information from you, so they can pay as little as they can get away with(legal issues).

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
4y
LanguageLine is an Award Winning communications company enabled by technology. We are human at our core and our linguists are our heartbeat. They meet the industry’s highest standards, earning the privilege to interpret or translate for our clients and the communities they serve. Furthermore, LLS uses a strict standard of call handling protocol that has been refined over the past nearly 40 years and has been evaluated and validated by numerous outside agencies. It is unfortunate this was not a good fit for you and we wish you well in your future endeavors.
3.0
Sep 1, 2022
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Pros

glad its flexible and its job from home, it takes me 2 min to get to my work place its very independent ; I m supervised but its remote and I m not bothered if its not needed; I know what I need to do and how

Cons

they are paying too freaking little baring in mind that russian is very very in demand language to translate ; lots of calls, they are constantly asking us to work overtime because there is a big demand but not willing to pay min wage I was paid for almost 2 years basic $14 an hour, then they raised to $15 and recently jumped to $18 but as a part time employee I don't get paid time off ; I dont get paid sick time, I dont get insurance, I dont get any benefits beside only 401k ; we work all holidays there is no extra pay for those either and if you work over time ... no extra pay just your normal regular pay FEMA calls paid almost $30 an hour but you often dont know what calls are FEMa and we dont get them that much ; i keep hearing that Spanish interpreters paid like 30-36$ an hour, arabic paid more as well now Russian interpreters are even more in demand coz lots of Ukrainian ppl all over the world speak often russian too and its an options for them to communicate they need to pay more!!! I mean someone with two language skills should be able to make more money than a barista ... they want us to know all the terms and medical and legal and banks and insurance but pay us like we were good after 4 hours training

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We are always striving to be better for the employees who are LanguageLine’s core. After doing an extensive evaluation of our pay and benefits in comparison to other employers in our business, we find that our compensation and benefits while not above average, are consistent with the industry. Please note we regularly review industry compensation. Payments are made within the Labor Law. If you would like to discuss further, please email interpretercommunications@languageline.com.
3.0
Oct 23, 2022
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Pros

Good schedule and good supervisor

Cons

Low pay without raises after two and a half years there

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. After doing an extensive evaluation of our benefits in comparison to other employers in our business, we find that our compensation and benefits while not above average, are consistent with the industry. Please note: we regularly review industry compensation. We wish you well in your future endeavors.
4.0
Dec 9, 2021

Working for LLS

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Pros

- Flexibility - Easy to communicate any issues to management - Provide emotional support services

Cons

- Consistent technological issues with the application - Lack of transparency when it comes to pay raises

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As a “Great Place to Work” taking care of our interpreters is very important to us. One of our core values is continuous improvement and we are always looking for ways to ensure our interpreters feel valued and the feedback shared is put to good use. We do have a team of managers available as well as 24 hour support. Our interpreters are encouraged to provide additional feedback at interpretercommunications@languageline.com.
3.0
Apr 11, 2023

OK

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Pros

get to help people with language barrier

Cons

no pay raise , bonus or what so ever

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. As a “Great Place to Work” we really care about our interpreters and are continuously working on improvements. After doing an extensive evaluation of our pay and benefits in comparison to other employers in our business, we find that our compensation and benefits, while not above average, are consistent with the industry. Please note we regularly review industry compensation. We wish you well in your future endeavors.
4.0
May 15, 2023
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Pros

It's a remote position. The training is good, and the instructors take time to teach you.

Cons

I am hired at 15 an hour and I won't get a raise anytime soon, definitely on the lower spectrum of the pay scale for being bilingual.

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We appreciate hearing about your personal experience. As a “Great Place to Work” we really care about our interpreters and are continuously working on improvements to make taking calls for us even better We regularly review industry compensation/benefits. If you would like to discuss your compensation package further, please email interpretercommunications@languageline.com.
2.0
Feb 2, 2022

Low pay

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Pros

I get to work remotely

Cons

The pay is very low with no bonuses or raises. Only work here as a starter, and after a year, make your way towards another company that pays fairly.

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. After doing an extensive evaluation of our benefits in comparison to other employers in our business, we find that our compensation and benefits while not above average, are consistent with the industry. Please note: we regularly review industry compensation. We’d like to learn more about your experience and how we can improve. Please email us at interpretercommunications@languageline.com.
1.0
Apr 9, 2023
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Pros

Pay is fine Remote Easy enough job you're able to slack off and still be a high performer Good people

Cons

Bonuses are revenue based. Our 2022 personnel costs were too high (as in costs relating to paying people their hourly wages as well as overtime) and as a result they cut our bonuses by 57% Raises and information regarding them are few and far between Poorly managed, especially in the middle of an ongoing movement from one business management platform to the other. Little to no movement for upward progression/promotions

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We understand that occasionally we miss the mark. We highly value the feedback and appreciate you taking the time to let us know there is room for improvement. We always strive to meet and exceed market standards when it comes to compensation. This is evaluated on a yearly basis and we are always interested in learning how better we can become an employer of choice based on your feedback. We will take this into consideration and share with the team.
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