Language Services Associates Reviews

Pros

Ability to be trained and work from home. From the comfort of your house you can work in a highly regarded career without the expense of a wardrobe, commute, gas and parking expense. This company will train and give you all the resources necessary to perform well.

Cons

This company offers one of the lowest per minute salary regardless of the ability, training and documentation required to perform it. Many of their interpreters have court qualified status, have been working for them for some time, are in the list of several judges and companies as preferred interpreters, have bachelors, masters and even PhD;s but their pay continues to be the same as recently hired, non-professional, non-degreed interpreters.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to revisit per minute offer based upon years of service, experience and interpretation quality and accomplishments. Everyone is the same across the board.

Pros

None I can think of. There are plethoras of interpretation/translation agencies mushroomong in the US, and it this particular professional area it's an employee's market...

Cons

One major downside is ridiculously low pay rate for an over-the-phone interpreters. I have contracts with six other agencies, and LSA is definitely offering the lowest per minute rate. We, interpreters are here for money, not the charitable assignments...

Advice to Senior Management

You need to overhaul your pay rate system. You cannot pay the same rate for a seasoned and experienced OPI in a high demand language pair and an unexperienced novice.