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LanguageLine Solutions

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Very bad experience, would not recommend to anyone. - All-call Interpreter LanguageLine Solutions Employee Review

1.0
17 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Work at home. - Earning an income to survive if lack of other options.

Cons

- Job requires great skills , education, effort but in the other hand Miserable pay, minimum wage, no respect. -No paid vacations, hard to get days off without them seizing the opportunity to count it against you, inflexible schedule. - According to their client companies LLS charges them high bills , for one day of an interpreter's work about approximately 10000 USD , the interpreter gets less than 90, that's how cheap they are ... - Slave driving Greedy company only interested in profit and exploitation of employees. - They sometimes claim mistakes in the calculation of payroll but mysteriously these "mistakes" always give you less than they owe, never more. you always have to be vigilant and document and watch the number of hours you worked which gives you extra work in addition to the already high demand, stressful work you are doing. - Clients/agents from companies you interpret for are sometimes, rude , stressed, uneducated, stupid, not trained on how to work with an interpreter and tend to blame the interpreter for their incompetence, in which case your own company does not get your back and throws the interpreter under the bus to appease the client. Interpreters are considered disposable, and that is why the company cannot retain a lot of experienced competent interpreters and counts on continuous hiring with low standards. management is cheap in compensation of equipment etc, they always try to find excuses to give you only partial compensation or nothing at all. they refused to pay for equipment claiming it is not the kind that they want, then after I proved to them it was not the case, they only paid for one piece of equipment and not the other. Despite having outstanding evaluations and excellent performance there is no reward or incentive in the long term except for a tiny taxable performance bonus of about a hundred and smth dollars twice a year. you only hear from them if they are trying to police you, or if they get an inaccurate complaint from a from a 1 over 100 mentally unstable frustrated client trying to use the interpreter as a punchbag to blame for his own issues, problems, incompetence, etc. in which case LLS takes his word over yours. -The Fact that they post fake positive employee reviews here to mislead possible prospects.

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5.0
10 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I feel that I work for a very organized company.

Cons

Just have to get used to/be ready for same day job assignments.

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
3mo
Thank you for your 5-star review and for the more than one year you have been part of our team in Monterey. We are glad to hear that you feel supported by a well-organized company, as we strive to provide a structured and professional environment for our interpreters. We also appreciate your perspective on same-day assignments; flexibility is often part of the meaningful work we do to support clients when they need language access most. Thank you for the important role you play in delivering quality interpretation services.
2.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

We are given the tools to do the work and management is good. Very talented, small team of engineers. You are left alone for the most part.

Cons

Some managers are very abrasive and hard to deal with. Pay is dismal (better negotiate a good salary up front) and we haven't had raises in a long time. They don't even keep up with inflation, yet health insurance prices go up yearly. Bonus has no logic to it. It's decided by made up projected numbers that are completely unrealistic some years. There is very little guidance on where we are going except for one meeting a year.

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LanguageLine Solutions Response
2w
Thank you for sharing your experience and for your more than 10 years of service with LanguageLine Solutions. We appreciate your recognition of the supportive management, talented engineering team, and the tools provided to support your work. We also value your candid feedback regarding communication, guidance, compensation concerns, and team collaboration. Input like yours is important as we continue reviewing our practices, resources, and internal communication efforts to better support employees and teams across the organization. We encourage you to continue sharing feedback with leadership and, if you would like to discuss your experience further, please feel free to reach out to interpretercommunications@languageline.com.
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