Does DA Languages pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, DA Languages employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at DA Languages. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at DA Languages?

64% of DA Languages employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated DA Languages 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at DA Languages?

Interpreter (78) , Interpreter/Translator (25) , Freelance Interpreter (24) , Booking Coordinator (20) , Linguist (7) , Freelance Translator (6) , Operations (6) , Translator (6) , Recruiter (5) , Client Relationship Executive (4) , Team Leader (4) , Translation Project Manager (4) , Telephone Interpreter (3) , Administrative (2) , Bookings Coordinator (2)

What are the pros of working at DA Languages according to real employee reviews?

"Friendly teams and an efficient onboarding process" ((in 11 reviews)); "Great colleagues" ((in 11 reviews)); "You meet great people, the only reason I gave 2 stars" ((in 10 reviews)); "Awful communication." ((in 6 reviews)); "Free breakfast and one day wfh" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at DA Languages according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and the job isn’t that easy" ((in 29 reviews)); "Bad management with lack of experience" ((in 11 reviews)); "very low payment compared to the duties and complexity of the assignments" ((in 5 reviews)); "no benefits as it is freelancing so 11£ per h is plain brutto with nothing more" ((in 4 reviews)); "High staff turnover" ((in 4 reviews))

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3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(179 total reviews)

Matthew Taylor

75% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Culture and values

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.1

Compensation and benefits

DA Languages has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 179 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DA Languages employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

Reviews by job title

179 reviews

1.0

10 Sept 2023

Join this organisation if you wish to take part in questionable practices

Admim

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

I cannot think of one positive thing about my experiences at this sham organisation. I saw one or two lovely dedicated employees taken advantage of and felt very sorry for them.

Cons

Biting off more then they can chew and their greed and rapid expansion will be their eventual downfall. Amateur, unprofessional and untrained street urchins with no clear leadership to help them do their job. Humongously high staff turnover No sick pay for genuine sick employees who have to pay for the numerous lying employees who can't be arsed to come to work. Treating interpreters very poorly - they are the ones who keep the ship running and if you abandon them all what's going to happen? Scraping the barrel of professionalism with some of their employees. Fake positive reviews on here and elsewhere.

DA Languages Response

Thank you so much for taking the time to post a review. I am sorry that your time working at DA Languages wasn’t everything that we would wish it to be, the HR team are always keen to hear your feedback to improve our employees’ experience so please get in touch hrteam@dalanguages.co.uk. I wish you every success in your ongoing career. Thanks Jessica Recruitment Manager

1.0

24 Apr 2024

An utter joke for desperate times. Modern day slavery

Interpreter/translator

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CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You get paid more on Universal Credits

Cons

1. Modern day slavery 2. Condescending 3. Their contract stipulates if you do not attend an assignment, you get penalised £50. If the client does whatever they feel like you only get 50% of your time and effort. Even though you could have been accepting other assignments calls or video calls or even not rejected other offers to not be double booked. So on every assignment you're buying a lottery ticket. 4. Minimum pay even for the interpreters who run the show and are the real providers. 5. £0.25 per mile travel costs. This works out that if you drive for an hour you will paid less than minimum wage. I think these guys either pretend they're not aware of fuel prices or they are proud of being back in the dark ages of slavery. 6. Zero transparency on anything at all. Just because someone somewhere has written a ton of small prints does not mean they are a fair company. 7. Us and the clients are equals. Clients represents a need not superiority. Without the interpreters you wouldn't exist. 8. Freelance is just a word these guys camouflage under. Freelance you dont get to decide rates we do. Otherwise you pay holidays and sickness. Cause if we have to do that you are not paying minimum wage.

1.0

11 Jan 2018

Deceptive Company

Translator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

No pros to mention at all

Cons

1) They will give assignments to work as a machine & pay you after 2 1/2 months 2) They will agree to pay you £25/hr inclusive of transportation, but when it is time to pay you after 2 1/2 months, they will deny it & pay you half price for what you have worked for over 2 months

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