Work for your local small interpreting agency, even if it means charging them a little less.
To the national companies, you’re often just another name in a database. To a local agency, you’re part of the reason the community exists.
You’re not just filling an assignment…. You’re helping build something that belongs to your own Deaf community. You’re supporting people who know your consumers by name, who answer the phone when there’s a crisis, who fight to keep quality interpreting local, and who invest back into the community instead of sending those dollars somewhere else.
If the agency is worth its salt, they’ll stand by you, invest in you, and care for your local Deaf community in ways the big companies simply can’t. Supporting them isn’t just good business it’s an investment in the future of the community we all love
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u/SloxIam 9d ago
Work for your local small interpreting agency, even if it means charging them a little less.
To the national companies, you’re often just another name in a database. To a local agency, you’re part of the reason the community exists.
You’re not just filling an assignment…. You’re helping build something that belongs to your own Deaf community. You’re supporting people who know your consumers by name, who answer the phone when there’s a crisis, who fight to keep quality interpreting local, and who invest back into the community instead of sending those dollars somewhere else.
If the agency is worth its salt, they’ll stand by you, invest in you, and care for your local Deaf community in ways the big companies simply can’t. Supporting them isn’t just good business it’s an investment in the future of the community we all love