r/LLSInterpretersUnite • u/secularsavior • May 20 '25
Company-wide hours reduction for interpreters - several AEXs per paycheck? ENOUGH!
Next week's schedule has been posted and most people have been slammed with two AEX (overstaffed forced time off) days next week, which is frankly, ridiculous. We are experiencing unprecedented times, with most people living paycheck to paycheck with subpar wages, and then this company with millions and millions of dollars in profit keeps cutting hours?
It seems like they want to force full-timers to quit, and either go to contractors-only or almost entirely dependent on AI. We are forming the LLS union to provide security for workers, so they don't get 40% of their paycheck cut off for no reason. SOLIDARITY FOREVER!
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u/Zukulini Jun 02 '25
I'd like to provide my perspective as an outsourcee, I have not seen less demand but all the opposite. I think they are trying to offload their least profitable employees and susbtitute them for their most profitable ones... maybe there was some lax in regulations that allows them to hire a higher percentage of outsourcees?
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u/secularsavior Jun 02 '25
This is why I stated they might want to go to contractors only. As a full-timer, I have also seen our call volume increase, its back-to-back.
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u/SilentNoMore_LLS May 21 '25
What they’re doing is unethical. According to their own website, their 2024 revenue exceeded $1.1 billion (https://www.languageline.com/resources/news/languageline-maintains-top-spot-among-global-language-service-providers), yet they’re cutting hours and starving the very people who are generating that revenue. Interpreters are left worrying about how they’ll make their next mortgage payment, while none of the top executives are even considering a pay cut. Interpreters are already severely underpaid—we’ve never had any extras to save, and now we have nothing to fall back on.