i) Low value to the client compared to what the client pays. Clients feed mostly useless bureaucratic departments, while the product producers are paid the least.
ii) Hidden socio-political agendas by individual department managers against certain translators, probably without the knowledge of the CEO (personal gender preferences by key department managers in how they respond to quality problems - one gender gets a slap on the wrist, the other gets the ax, for a lot less or for no real issue at all).
iii) Managers responsible for personnel and vendors are acting on impulse, proving that they have taken everything for granted. They do not explore a person's productive abilities, instead they "punish". Talking about ancient mentalities.
iv) Dishonest feedback and more dishonest encouragement: they seek reports about red flags, and then they punish the messenger. If you work at or with Transperfect, better have your mouth shut and keep your distance.
v) The entire company relies on desperate translators abroad willing to work at any price - there's no "arm's length" relationship.
vi) Zero loyalty to their most experienced freelancers - the closer you get to this company, the least the bureaucracy respects you and the more you feel in a toxic environment. Department and vendor managers vent their personal stress on them one way or the other with the first opportunity. Minor issues are blown out of proportions if the unproductive bureaucracy needs to randomly vent on someone. They turn every minor issue into their personal playground in an attack game. Then they spread even minor issues outside the company, exposing Transperfect to a sea of potential legal problems.
Managers trained by Transperfect need re-training if they move to other companies, as they get surprised by the reactions they receive by non-desperate people in other environments.
