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ALC CIRCLING THE DRAIN! - Anonymous employee AllWorld Language Consultants Employee Review

1.0
29 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mid-level employees stick together and look out for one another; solely because all employees have been so severely mistreated by upper management (a disasterous husband/wife CEO/CFO combination whose personal problems and screaming matches became the focal point of their daily operations), who demonstrate daily their complete lack of appreciation, consideration or concern for their employees.

Cons

Management still trying to survive off of their previous successes as the company circles the drain. ALC has been in a downward spiral for a few years now due to the complete incompetence, lack of business acumen, professionalism and work ethic demonstrated by executive staff. Staff has dropped to a bare minimum, and their crumbling office in Rockville, MD sits empty a majority of the time. Management will mislead, cheat, steal and threaten lawsuits at every turn, especially after losing multiple lucrative contracts in recent years. Management will lie about available opportunities to potential employees/contractors, and has a history of submitting the credentials of past and potential contractors without the individual's knowledge in an effort to gain new clients. Executives will lie, steal and cheat in a vain effort to be awarded contracts for which they are completely under-staffed and unqualified to provide services. In reality, ALC should be investigated for fraud, misappropriation of funds, tax evasion, etc., as their expense reporting is non-existent and company profits are funneled for personal expenses of the CEO/CFO (cars, cell phones, meals, tuition and travel expenses for their children, etc.) The CFO has blatantly refused to pay contractors and employees for work that has already been completed, while charging clients for the work these employees complete on ALC's behalf.

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5.0
28 Dec 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff at HQ is always very responsive with emails and taking calls. My service agreements are always sent to me before assignments with all the information I need for the assignment. My payments are processed in a timely manner.

Cons

The company does not provide direct deposit and not all checks clearly state what assignment is covered in that payment.

1.0
25 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay was competitive, when there was no formal interview to be hired it should have raised a red flag.

Cons

Firstly I should mention I was offered a contract for employment which was rescinded less than 24 hours after I signed on with the company. Three months later I was offered the same contract over again, and out of desperation, I accepted. Though the pay was good, it didn't make up for their gigantic lack of other benefits (matching 401K, FSAs, career development, etc). Terrible paid time off plan (less than 10 days in a calendar year, and no sick time allotted for, and it was cumulative). In order to be vested in their profit sharing plan you need to work for the company for a minimum of 5 years. Most contracts last three, and if they're not extended / renewed this removes any of their profit sharing responsibility. My project manager did nothing to go out of their way to help me with any problems or issues, most times my phone calls and email messages would go completely ignored (even for urgent issues). When finally addressed it would never be an answer in favor of the employee. If you choose to work for this company be prepared to feel like you're just a revenue generator. If I could give them less than a one-star rating, I would. For the record, I was NOT fired from this company, nor was I laid off.

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