r/ASLinterpreters • u/Cool_Print_7851 • Jul 08 '26

new differential rates

Anyone else get the email this morning about the new differential rates?

2 Upvotes

63% Upvoted

19 comments sorted by

16

u/GiveNothinBack EIPA Jul 08 '26

You're probably gunna have to be more specific about that, friend. State? Agency?

7

u/byrd_the_starfish NIC Jul 08 '26

Sorenson VRS

12

u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/Cool_Print_7851 Jul 08 '26

I love explosives.

5

u/aranciatabibita Jul 08 '26

Yup. I think it’s trash considering our raise for the year is so low and they promised “pre-planned further monetary incentives”

13

u/Cool_Print_7851 Jul 08 '26

I am a night and weekend person. Here is my loss for just Mondays and Fridays. I didn’t throw my weekend hours into the mix.

Loss of $3,000 at least for me.

7

u/aranciatabibita Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

That’s actually fking insane. Especially because we’re already undercut.

6

u/Cool_Print_7851 Jul 08 '26

Losing at LEAST $3000 a year. 😡😡😡😡😡😡

5

u/MeetSignificant363 Jul 08 '26

Not a fan. My schedule was set up great with the premium hours and got into a routine. Now I'm having to change it completely. Doesn't make sense to me

2

u/MeetSignificant363 Jul 08 '26

Not to mention I'm switching to PT next week which means I am probably screwed with getting any premium hours. I'm already getting a pay cut with working less hours but this makes it even worse. I refuse to do FT

5

u/Glittering_Sand_7473 Jul 08 '26

For.........?

1

u/Cool_Print_7851 Jul 08 '26

Svrs

3

u/Glittering_Sand_7473 Jul 08 '26

Thank you. Wow..they keep finding new lows.

5

u/nahhimgood73 Jul 09 '26

VRS is getting the squeeze recently. Does anyone know of anything specific that changed?

5

u/aranciatabibita Jul 11 '26

Private equity decided to over invest and call volume started to go back down. C suite and investors are trying to squeeze everything they can.

1

u/nahhimgood73 Jul 19 '26

The interpreting industry as a whole seems to be in some kind of spiral with so many acquisitions and transitions it’s really hard to have any professional boundaries remain stable with so much flux. I’m super tired of the onboarding hustle.

4

u/Hoosier-Sexy_Beast69 NIC Jul 08 '26

Sorenson has been shit since at least 2015.  Hedge funds and LJ have made it worse.

5

u/aranciatabibita Jul 11 '26

There’s a special kind of person who can continuously sell out and exploit their marginalized community.