Pros
-Young crowd, most people in 20s/30s so it's easy to make friends -Nice midtown office -Interesting position, you get to speak with people from all over the world everyday
Cons
-Very long hours, 60-70 hours per week is the norm -Very low pay, about $36k/yr. When you break it down to the houry wage, its somewhere around $15/hr. -Most people burnout or get fired within 6 months-1 year. Or management will try to find a reason to fire you anyway. Within 4 months of when I started, 7 out of the 11 people in my training group were gone. -Hard to take time off since it's always so chaotic and busy -Sometimes management overloads you on projects with ridiculous turnaround times (aka 3 hrs) -Dirt cheap budgets on projects which in turn makes you feel scummy for asking translators to work for .03/word (yes, 3 cents!!). -Much of the blame on mistakes gets put on project coordinators, even for things that are out of their hands -Very bureaucratic operation. For everything that happens, there is a form to file to make something happen. If you do well, a form is filed to recognize it. If you do poorly, there is a form to recognize it. Quality Assurance must be a very busy department.