Language Line tightens screws on Translators
A firm that does language translation for the police and NHS has slashed pay for workers by up to 50%.
Language Line Services provides instant help when, for example, someone calls who doesn’t speak English.
They are put through to a network of freelance inter-preterwho often work from home.
They used to earn up to 35p a minute during the day and 50p at night.
But a memo seen by Your Money reveals the rate has been cut to 24p at all times.
“We appreciate this will not be welcome news,” it reads. One worker fumed: “We have no benefits or security whatsoever and the profit they make from our services is obscene.”
Language Line claimed it affected about 200 workers, and added: “Prices are being driven down by customers and we have had to act.”
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