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      TransPerfect

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      TransPerfect reviews

      3.0

      40% would recommend to a friend

      (2,861 total reviews)

      Phil Shawe

      44% approve of CEO

      31% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      2.9

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      2.6

      Career opportunities

      2.4

      Compensation and benefits

      TransPerfect has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,861 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
      1.0
      Feb 6, 2014

      Please understand that this type of company is not the norm and something better exists!

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      You find out what you DON'T want out of a company and a career. I have no positive comments but have to keep writing to adhere to the 20 word minimum.

      Cons

      I am writing this review to deter anyone who is applying/thinking about applying for a job at TransPerfect to STOP in his/her tracks and withdraw the application immediately. I can honestly say that I have never felt more psychologically abused in my life. I attended a top tier university, graduated with honors, and arrived at TransPerfect ready and willing to embark on a fulfilling career. How stupid was I. From day one, every tiny mistake I made was pointed out and exaggerated to the point where I had no time to do my job because I constantly had to justify/correct tiny "errors" that even from an objective viewpoint, were absolutely negligible. I was mandated to copy my manager on every single email I sent to a client/the production team, and without fail, in seconds I would receive a response informing me how many "mistakes" I made and how they needed to be fixed immediately. This never stopped. For over half a year, I felt undervalued, unintelligent, and thoroughly unappreciated. I did my absolute best, but that was never good enough. According to my manager and the "higher ups" such as the VPs (who are mostly sadistic sociopaths), I was utterly and completely expandable. Thus, I decided to make TransPerfect the expendable party and promptly evacuated. I am now working at a company in which I am trusted to get my work done, only get (maximum) 10 emails a day (none of which are micromanaging in tone), and receive ONLY constructive criticism/positive remarks on my work. I also earn significantly more a year for a job that is far less demanding and requires that I only be there as long as it takes for me to get the job done. That's how a job should be...and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Recent grads, PLEASE heed my advice. No matter how much you think you need a job straight out of college, this company isn't worth it. You will find better over the summer, or even by the following winter. All my fellow graduates have done so. You can too!

      5.0
      Jan 30, 2014

      Great place to build a long term career

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Tremendous entrepreneurial platform. The founders have built a business framework that scales quickly and relatively efficiently. That has resulted in incredible growth in its 20 years and means that someone can come into the organization and have a significant impact relatively quickly, with corresponding financial and promotional benefits. Ability to work on large, complex projects. Because languages affect so many parts of a business and so many industries, TransPerfect allows its employees to work on large complex business projects that would typically be handled by simplistic consulting companies. This provides an incredible education on how to sell, launch and manage complex enterprise engagements. Diversity of background. Excluding folks who go to school to study translation, most people don’t set out for a career in the translation business. As a result, most employees at TransPerfect will have a range of liberal arts backgrounds, that you may not see in a traditional business services company, which makes for interesting employees and co-workers. It also allows people who may have taken a more esoteric course of academic study and entre into the traditional business world. Aggressive expansion, with conservative business strategy. While the company is very focused on growing aggressively, it has always been focused on doing so in a financially stable way. While this may not sounds like a very sexy attribute of a company, the practical application is that the company has sustained growth and profitability for over 20 years and means that it is great place to build a stable long term career. In my 16 years with the company, there has only ever been one instance of layoffs due to financial reasons. It is as pure a meritocracy as you are likely to see in the business world. Generally speaking the guidelines for success in any role are clearly laid out, and those that are able to exceed those guidelines are quickly promoted and well compensated. The reverse is also true, i.e. for those who do not perform against those guidelines, it is not a great long term environment.

      Cons

      As a relatively new company (20 years) that is growing at a rate of 20% a year, it is very much like trying to build a train while it is moving. The plus side is that there is constant action and challenges, the downside is that the infrastructure to support the business is probably always 6 months behind, which leads to some ongoing frustration. The primary goal of the company is to create exceptional customer experiences, which often translates into taking on large, complicated projects with aggressive timelines and budgets. To do those projects successfully and profitably sometimes requires extreme team work effort, which can put wear and tear on employees over time. Do to the aggressive growth of the company and its focus on promoting from within, it has a number of relatively young people in management roles, many of whom are managing people for the first time. As anyone who has managed people knows, it takes years to get good at it and there are definitely growing pains as TransPerfect’s management teams tries to mature.

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