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Statement Regarding My Experience with/ Lionbridge I am writing this statement after personally experiencing one of the most fraudulent practices a freelancer can ever face. What Lionbridge has done cannot be described as a technical error or poor management; it is a deliberate and systematic pattern designed to exploit workers and seize their earnings in an organized and calculated manner. ✔ What happened to me in detail (all of which the company has records of): • I was assigned to work on an official Amazon-related project through their platform. • I completed all required tasks with high quality. • My work was reviewed and officially accepted with no remarks. • The full payment appeared in my account on their system. • And just a few minutes later… The company permanently closed my account without any prior notice or legal justification. ✔ Attempting to contact them? • I sent multiple messages via email and support channels, and received no response whatsoever. • I tried reaching out through Discord, only to find that they block anyone who asks about their payments or exposes what the company is doing. ✔ What this means legally: What the company is doing falls under: • Exploitation of remote workers • Illegal withholding and seizure of earned payments • Misuse of digital agreements and breach of contract terms • Suppressing complaints and preventing transparency by blocking affected workers According to international freelance regulations, this constitutes a Fraudulent Pattern, not a one-time incident. ✔ My message to anyone considering working with them: If you are thinking of joining any project with Lionbridge, you are literally putting yourself at risk of: • Doing work for free • Wasting your time • Having your effort stolen • Watching your earned payments disappear with a single click What happens there is not a “glitch” — it is a deliberate mechanism designed to extract as much work as possible and then discard the worker. ✔ My message to the company: What happened to me will not go unchallenged. I am keeping all digital evidence, communications, timestamps of account closure, and confirmations of task acceptance — all of which are sufficient to initiate a full legal escalation with the relevant authorities, in addition to documenting my experience publicly so this kind of fraud does not happen to anyone else.

I was recruited for a Lionbridge testing project and asked to complete onboarding steps with the utmost urgency. This includes forms, registration for accounts, e-learning modules for onboarding, and even requesting a physical security key. Despite investing hours in the onboarding process to get started, I never received any actual tasks or compensation. Months went by with zero communication. Follow-up inquiries were met with silence or vague dismissals, or even MORE forms to fill in. In-project meetings were scheduled without organizers present, where participants where just asking each other what the actual goal of the meeting was. I was even invited to meetings that had nothing to do with the project I was recruited for, which made the process feel disorganized and careless, and potentially a security risk. Very unprofessional and incompentent company. When I raised concerns about misuse of my personal data and requested removal from their database, responses were sympathetic but showed no willingness to improve the situation. I still haven’t been given a clear channel to file a formal complaint. Lionbridge's lack of transparency, accountability, and respect for testers' time is unacceptable. I cannot recommend participating in their projects.

Unfortunately, I went through an extremely shocking experience with Lionbridge / TELUS International. An experience that clearly shows how some of these companies can operate with zero transparency, zero professionalism, and absolutely no respect for the people who actually do the work. I completed all assigned tasks. The work was fully accepted. And the moment they received everything, here’s what happened: – My account was suddenly closed with no explanation – My earned payment was withheld – No response… no clarification… no professionalism whatsoever When a company behaves like this, anyone has the right to question: Is this how a trustworthy organization operates? Does any legitimate, ethical company take the work, shut down the worker’s account, and disappear without paying them? I am sharing this publicly as a clear warning. What happened to me is outright exploitation, completely unacceptable behavior, and strongly resembles practices that no reputable company should ever be associated with. I have already submitted a formal complaint to Amazon with full evidence, and I will continue with every legal step available. If you are considering working with this company… Keep your eyes wide open. Anyone who needs proof, details, or documentation— I am fully prepared to share everything.

freelance translators often center on low pay, complex proprietary software, poor project management communication, and payment issues, rather than the quality of the work itself. Lionbridge itself highlights a rigorous quality control process, including human post-editing of AI translations, to ensure accuracy

I’ve been with Lionbridge for over three years and it’s been a positive experience. I feel supported by my managers and team, see room to grow. It has been a great place to start my career.

So I'm at a project manager named Mark on telegram who offered me a contract position translating English document to French when it came time to pay he sent me to some bogus bank manager from bogus unregulated bank called Apex in which they expect me to pay money to get paid which is absolutely ridiculous don't trust Mark the project manager on telegram he's no good he will rip you off and you will not get paid

Incompetent AI peddlers. I work in one of their subcontractor teams and we've had a running project with them for 3 years now. We spend more time arguing with them about incorporating AI features (which make the translation unusable or force us to spend twice as much time on editing) and upkeep of resources like glossaries (that they don't even bother to update/correct) than we do on actual work. Their managers are incapable of handling even the simplest tasks or answering the most basic questions. Stay away if you care about the quality of translation for your project.

Lionbridge has great company culture but they recently cut my shift pay for not meeting criteria I didn't know existed until they cut my shift pay. The lack of transparency made me lose trust in them.