Lionbridge Technologies, LLC Reviews 

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Without a doubt, the worst company. They contact you via third-party platforms and ask you to communicate with them by email; then, they request an urgent, extensive job for a high fee—all to gather y... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

This company used to be a good place until AI slop became a trend. Yes, there are low high middle management and scam contractors who only want to exploit both the company and other workers, they even... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Overall, a very good experience. I have been working with them for many years and have never had an issue regarding payments (which is rare enough to be worth mentioning). Rates are fair, some pr... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I started from lionbridge.com and clicked “Join our Team” which took me to careers.lionbridge.com and found the job I’m looking for which opened a registration page……where you had to input all your... See more

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Lionbridge partners with brands to break barriers and build bridges all over the world. For over 25 years, we have helped companies connect with their global customers and employees by delivering translation and localization solutions in 350+ languages. Through our world-class platform, we orchestrate a network of passionate experts across the globe who partner with brands to create culturally rich experiences. Relentless in our love of linguistics, we use the best of human and machine intelligence to forge understanding that resonates with our customers’ clients. Lionbridge is based in Waltham, Massachusetts and has offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.


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  • 890 Winter Street, Suite 225, 02451, Waltham, United States

  • lionbridge.com

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

These guys created a study about Human…

These guys created a study about Human Interaction for AI. First thing everyone noticed including myself is that they issued everyone a 239 address number when come to find out the address was 259. After searching around for what felt like an hour I finally realized their company name on a bulletin board when I walked passed a location that was across the street. Other than that I had no immediate contact person that would answer my email to correct this in a timely fashion had to find myself.
I showed up to the Interaction Video which was very sloppy and had almost ten other people there with the same date and time which is impossible due to only 2 being able to be scheduled for a session at a time. I inquired about pay which was very shady between every staff I asked. One Person Jose, told me 24-48 hours for pay and stated that I would receive what is called an annotation follow up for the study via PM night team. I've done 2 studies already started on October 7th and received no follow up and hardly any communication.Then I received an email today stating that I have to make sure I'm registered which they saw that I was. Was told that they process payments on the 10th and 25th of every month, this is a gig. Not a regular 9-5. Why wasn't I told ahead of time before any study started, what my pay schedule would look like. Very unfair. I don't want to further anything with this company

7 October 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I started from lionbridge.com and…

I started from lionbridge.com and clicked “Join our Team” which took me to careers.lionbridge.com and found the job I’m looking for which opened a registration page……where you had to input all your personal information including Social Security Number……..
This is a red flag 🚩
Most job websites only required verifying your email and phone numbers so they will contact you if your initial profile matches their needs…… but this one asks for your personal information upfront……SCAM SCAM SCAM

15 June 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FAKE - SCAM

Alice Sharon from “lionbridge” told me I had to translate a 100 page PDF in 3 days. Firstly, she said “KINDLY SUBMIT THE FELLOWING REQUIREMENTS
Email:
Country:
Name:
Age:
Profession:
Method of Payment:”, then she told me their company was called “Phoenix Media inc” when before she said “Lionbridge”and that they’ll give me the payment through their server, not a direct bank transfer.
Everything looked like a scam so I searched online and I found this page. I sent her a screencapture saying “I don’t want to work with you” and automatically she deleted the picture she had and blocked me which shows IT’S A SCAM.
Be careful.

14 March 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It is completely a fraud

It is completely a fraud. I corrected an article for this website that was in PDF format and had grammar mistakes and made it as a Word file and sent it to them. They asked me to pay 100 dollars for depositing money, and no matter what I said, they did not reduce the cost of the work I did. Marissia and @Judegotze123 from the staff who spoke to me, do not work on this site and do not trust these two people.

22 July 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dont trust him this biggest scamers…

Dont trust him this biggest scamers dont belive and share your details
Plzzzz you can read this mail i am subiment the my project file and they will send answer
HELLO DEAR EMPLOYEE

WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MADE YOUR

PAYMENT TO YOUR ACCOUNT YOU

SUBMITTED. WE NOTICED THAT YOUR

ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN LINKED TO OUR

COMPANY PAYMENT SERVER. YOU ARE

REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SOME DETAILS TO

PROCEED WITH THE LINKING.

NOTE: YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN SENT BUT

WOULD NOT REFLECT ON YOUR ACCOUNT

UNTIL YOU HAVE LINKED YOUR

ACCOUNT TO OUR COMPANY RECOMMENDED PAYMENT SERVER (CITI BANK PAYMENT SYSTEM)YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT SOME

DETAILS BELLOW FOR LINKING TO BE

PROCESSED.

1: SAMPLES OF PHOTO

2. PHONE NUMBER

3: DATE OF BIRTH

4: REFUNDABLE LINKING FEE ($100)

THE DETAILS ARE REQUIRED TO BE

SUBMITTED

KINDLY CONTACT YOUR PROJECT DIRECTOR VIA

TELEGRAM HE / SHE WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO

MAKE UR REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT

CONTACT HIM / HER IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID PAYMENT

TERMINATION. NOTE THE REFUNDABLE

LINKING

FEE DEPOSIT IS GOING TO BE REFUNDED

ALONG SIDE YOUR TOTAL PAYMENT ONCE LINKING IS PROCESSED

ONCE AGAIN WE APOLOGIZE FOR PAYMENT

DELAY

31 May 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They are scammers

They are scammers, please run away from them. They never stop asking for money against nothing. It is not only the issue that you will not get paid for your job, it is beyond that , you will find yourself paying more than the unpaid project budget from your own pocket.

4 May 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Totally unreliable and unprofessional

Totally unreliable and unprofessional. They offer fake jobs which are not paid with false arguments and denying any feedbacks. I'm so upset!!! I did the job within the due date!!! But they never settle a payment.

25 February 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

good company

good company, I work with uhrs in lionbridge and i prefer this company better than all the others
the payment is fixed and good, you can choose the task you want, the maximum hours of work per week is 20 hours
for me this company is better in terms of payment, so if you need money try it, they pay well

25 October 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Very disappointing - very amateurish. Exploitive.

I'm quite amazed that such a long established and large online organisation, has such a poor quality of technical operation, and management.

I have done work for this company off and on for a number of years, and in summary, I would say that they are generally incompetent, due to having continuous technical issues, which never seem to be resolved - despite constantly notifying them. Ultimately, this results in it costing you time in trying to sort things out. And you never get compensated for all of your wasted time.

I have over 25 years online IT / full stack experience - and I can tell you that some of their technical glitches are basic, and easily resolved, if the right people were involved to sort things out. Sadly though, when raising a support ticket, you often get the same answer; "we are aware of the problem - please keep notes, and contacting us with any further problems". I'm aware of some crucial technical glitches, which have been happening for over 1 year!

One major problem, is actually getting paid for the work you've done. They often rely on you to raise a support ticket, just to get paid what you are owed. I wonder how much free work they are getting off thousands of people.

Some of their training is poorly written, ambiguous, and badly organised. And their client portal is poorly organised, making it sometimes difficult to locate the correct information - which is very amateurish.

They are untrustworthy when it comes down to working tasks - and can suddenly stop work without prior notice.

In fact I've just discovered, that myself and others have not been paid for a portion of work - which once again, I will have to raise a support ticket for - again taking unpaid time, to chase what is legally mine.

Another one off task I took on with them, had a technical problem, which meant I took longer, just to try and make it work. After raising a support ticket, I was told later that the fault had been fixed (to me it seemed it hadn't been tested properly before being launched) and that [to get paid] I had to do the tasks again. I didn't get paid for all of the earlier failed attempts, due to their faulty setup.

The payment portal they use, makes it very difficult to accurately locate what you have actually been paid for - further giving them an advantage with their incompetency and exploitation.

Personally, I feel the company should be fully investigate by an independent 3rd party - and that the CEO and all senior personnel, be personally accountable for any proven exploitation or even illegal trading practices.

I certainly wouldn't want to be associated with such a bad operation as management.

My advice for anyone considering working for Lionbridge, is to be aware of technical problems, poor training, badly organised user interfaces, poor payment handling - and unreliable source of income. And of course your hourly rate will probably be below the minimum legal requirement - if you factor in all of the extra time you have to work, to resolve the technical, admin, training, and payment problems.

17 June 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Proffesional scam company. Avoid them!

Scam. Run away from them.
They hide all the info, put you to work after a couple of 'exams', and if you're lucky you make a misery, 'but next month you'll do better, you'll see' they'll add.

Typical Scam Company paying for lawyers and marketing guys and using new slavery methods for real workers.

If you search properly, you'll find some groups of affected users. If you don't and just Google for 'Is Lionbridge scam' (as I did in the beginning), you'll find reviews written/paid by them (everything sounds really nice) in order to appear on top of the search results and hide the real reviews. Bunch of liars!

Just a tip: don't waste a minute with them!

13 May 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They said I didn't get the 80% pass…

They said I didn't get the 80% pass mark but I had all the questions checked by an ex-colleague who has a Masters's degree in the English language. She said 95% of my answers were correct.
Anyway, today I decided to log back in and, hey presto, I got in but the website was more or less blank. People, avoid this like the plague. Obviously run by a bunch of amateurish ars*holes!

10 February 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t be sure to get paid for your job…

Don’t be sure to get paid for your job at Lionbridge. I have had a job that they cannot pay for, because they refuse to have received any of the documents. Their platform didn’t work, and I was allowed to zip the files. I have no chance to solve the problem, and I only find out that there is a problem by contacting them to hear the status for the payment.
I have had other jobs for Lionbridge, where I have been paid. (Some of it worked just fine, other after asking for the payment more than once though).

7 July 2020
Unprompted review

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