Lionbridge is a global company that provides support to companies all over the world. One of the many services they offer is to help companies improve user experiences on their website search. Better user experience is very important to a website because it usually leads to increased revenue for a company. Think about how many websites you've visited and soon after left because it was too hard to navigate or couldn't find the information you searched for. Well you may have stayed longer and probably bought something if this website had a company like Lionbridge to advise them on what improvements to make.
I'm sure you probably have a lot of feedback to give when you see crappy sites. Well with LionBridge you can get paid for that by becoming one of their Internet Assessor.
What does an Internet Assessor do?
The role of an Internet Assessor involves evaluating results of a web search, for appropriateness based on the search query inputted. For instance, let's say you visit a company's website and you do a search for salary. You would expect the search results to come up with pages that discuss salaries, how you get paid etc. But let's say the pages that came up were actually porn pages. Then as an assessor you would probably flag those results as bad based on a set of guidelines that Lionbride may have provided you. So that's pretty much how that works.
What are the requirements to become an Internet Assessor ?
You need to be comfortable with the ins and outs of Internet usage, a high speed Internet connection, have lived in the country you are applying to work from for at least 5 years, be fluent in English both reading and writing, and have consistent 10-20 hours a week to put into this. This is a lot of time to dedicate to an online gig each week. Personally, I would rather spend that time working on My Top Free Recommendation.
Anyways, Once you are accepted, there is quite a bit of pdf manual reading. This is necessary to learn about the business. Fortunately, you are given a couple of weeks to learn the material. They continue to send more pdfs to read as you take on new jobs and different sorts of websites. So this probably is not a good fit for those of you who fail to read articles meant to help you or job descriptions carefully. (Yes, you know who you are! lol)
In all honesty though, not many of us like to do a lot of reading so this might be a turn off for some. If you are one of these people then you can look into other opportunities that might suit you better. Surveyjunkie.com, and Fusioncash.net are doesn't require a lot of reading. But they pay you for things you already do online such as watching tv, playing games and more.
Is it an international opportunity?
Yes, they do hire people from all around the world. Check the open recruitment section of their Internet Assessors job page to see if it's available in your area. However keep in mind you're expected to be fluent in speaking and writing English.
How do I sign up?
Work at home seekers must first successfully pass an exam before being able to work as Lionbride Internet Assessor. The exam consists of two parts: Section 1 has 24 theory questions and Section 2 consists of 150 practical questions.
After you've completed the application process, they contact you via email if you are accepted (or not). You can apply by clicking here.
What's the work availability like?
Work opportunities listed on the site today, my not be available next month, so be sure to double check what is available. If this Internet Assessor job for the US is not listed, then come back in a month or two to see if the status has changed. Here's a link to their job page for your reference.
How much and how do I get paid?
You would be an Independent Contractor, so all the tax stuff is on you. Be sure to check out my tax article for more insight on this.
It appears that the earning potential is nothing compared to My Top Free Recommendation. It looks like the pay is about $14.50 an hour but I got that from forum babbling. So that can be totally off and based on someone that has been working with the company for a while. Once you've worked a given amount of hours, you submit an invoice once a month and you need to keep your paperwork up to date to get paid. I would think there is a system in place that tracks this automatically where submitting an invoice would be unnecessary. But it doesn't appear that way from what I can surmise.
I couldn't really figure out if the method of payment was paypal, check, direct deposit or all of the above. It wasn't too clear on their website. I don't know why companies make us dig for this information. I did read on one thread that payments made to U.S. residents were assessed some type of bank fee.
Ultimately I'm sort of sketchy on the details of the payment situation because the information wasn't clearly spelled out on the website. Or I couldn't find it. I don't know but it sounds like they need to use their own Internet Assessors to improve the user experience of their job page, talk about irony! lol
So I am going to really depend on you my loyal subscribers to fill in more details about the payment or correct me on anything else I get twisted in this article. I will be anxious to hear clear details from you all on how this works. So far on paper this looks like a decent potential work at home opportunity. But before you go off skating off to their website, let me tell you what the bad stuff is, at least from how I look at it! So here we go.
LionBridge Complaints
– Suspect Invoicing system?
The main complaint I found was with issues with the productive time chart that keeps track of your hours and where your payment gets figured out. There are two clear camps on this. There are those who have never had a problem and do not know what people are talking about, and those who claim they have to keep lowering their time numbers on their payment invoices until the system accepts it.
It all has to do with something called minimum productivity numbers. These people claim that Lionbridge is like a slave labor force, and even though the pay may be $14.50 and hour, due to all the things you cannot count as paid time it really ends up being closer to half that. What they are saying it may take two hours to build up one hour of enough productivity minutes. There were enough complaints about this to let me know it was more than a few whiners. So that's something to consider. Maybe it's people not really understanding how the company works in this respect. Or maybe it's a case of the company making things more complicated than it has to be. Damned if I know. But I'm sure those of you who have worked for them might have some words to chip in.
In any event, it seems like the job requires quite a lot of time and energy for little pay. Fortunately you don't have worry about with the other opportunities that I recommend like Surveyjunkie.com and Fusioncash.net.
– Non Paid Continuous Training.
The fact that they keep sending you pdf updates and manuals to read, shows they want their workforce to be up to date and competitive which is great. However not paying you for that time, can get a bit old after rather quickly. I have no problem whatsoever with not paying for INITIAL training. Some companies will pay you during training which is great, but the reality is many do not. So I can swallow that. However not paying you to read frequent updates that get sent your way, is like workers having to clock out to read a memo from the boss. Even McDonalds pays the workers for mandatory meetings when there is a procedure or menu change! I can see if these updates come all the time, that this would be frustrating and time consuming.
– Walk the walk and talk the talk.
How the hell are you going to offer a service on improving website user experience and your job page fails to provide some of the most basic information that work at home seekers would be seeking? That just doesn't make any sense to me. So hat's a con because a lot of people may not apply just because of the fact that you fail to provide them key bits of information. It would make me wonder why are they hiding this stuff?
So is LionBridge Legitimate?
Based on what I've seen on the web, this looks to be a legit work at home opportunity that has a decent pay scale, but a few questionable practices. I'm not saying not to look into this further, but do it with your eyes open and I would suggest some comparison shopping with other companies in this field. (We'll review those soon.) Just know, like most of these things, it may not replace your income. But it might supplement it and be one of the multiple streams of income that I always preach you should have. If you want to learn more about an online opportunity that can replace your Full-time job then feel free to…
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By the way, they also offer a similar work at home opportunity described as Social Media evaluations. To do that you must be an active Twitter user. Anyway, I did not look into that part, but if you are interested, here is the link.
If by chance this opportunity doesn't appeal to you, feel free to check out Surveyjunkie.com and Fusioncash.net which are all great opportunities that I recommend. You can also check out our work at home jobs page which is updated daily with various opportunities that may be better suited to your needs.
Well I'm looking forward to any feedback you have about this company. Take care and good luck.
I don’t know how many times I’ve applied to their jobs. They don’t even acknowledge receiving my application nor do they ever contact me, and I’m more than qualified. I’ve given up.
…I can’t even get through on the phone number they provided, I’m thinking It’s a personal information scam or something.
I have completed my application to Lionbridge work at home. But submit application tab is missing . I mailed to lionbridge team and i followed the instructions sent by them,that also not helping me to find the submit application tab
I think the way these companies operate makes them employers by definition. They use the contractor thing to justify clipping people’s payments because they took 90 seconds longer than they should have on a particular job. They aren’t a “scam” in the usual sense but they aren’t all that upstanding either. It’s another Uber situation waiting to happen. You aren’t supposed to be tracking your independent contractors’ hours and you aren’t supposed to be supplying them with invoice forms that you require them to use.
A year or two ago I ran across a copy of their guidelines, with their name and their graphics on it. It made me feel good.
I know people have issues with the independent contractor status. But honestly if you think of it from a business standpoint it makes sense. You also get a lot more tax benefits as an independent contractor that you couldn’t leverage as an employee. So it’s a gift and curse. But I think it can benefit both the company and the worker if you know how to leverage it.
I went 99% of the way through Training with LionBridge Crowdsourcing before I decided the job wasn’t for me.
I have several reasons to look for work elsewhere.
I found them incredibly unprofessional in their communications… sending me the wrong dates, then sending me corrections 48 hours later after some of the time had lapsed, then sending me warnings for not meeting dates, which they had wrong…
I also sent them two emails with questions about what I was reading that were never returned.
I was using their training software and it crashed many many times, I did not get any definitive answers on how to fix it and was told that some of them are temporary errors so I could try again in an hour.
Also had to redo some of the training as it would jam at the end and not record the results as completed.
I was writing the exam today and again it jammed 3 times over 6 questions of 35, then threw a 503 server error.
I double checked the directions and I’m using it correctly, I was told to log out and log back in but after 5 or 6 logins I get the impression this company is not for me.
Felt like too much time wasted, and a really frustrating experience, I have enough going on in my life I don’t need to be wasting time troubleshooting a tech companies software or getting hassled for their incorrect dates and times.
I was trying my best but getting no give back from them. I’m so desperate as to put up with it. I’ll go elsewhere thanks.
Hey Rose,
Thanks for sharing your experience. Sorry to hear about all the issues. Fortunately there are many other fish in the sea so I don’t blame you for looking elsewhere.
I’m waiting to take the exam, which is now three parts. According to correspondence I’ve received, I will be given the study materials at the same time that I have access to the exam. (They recommend spending a maximum of two days completing the first part, as parts two & three are more difficult.) One must pass the part of the exam before receiving access to the subsequent part (pass part 1 to reach part 2, pass part 2 to reach part 3, pass part 3 to get hired). Pay is $13.50/hr, & the pay dates seem to correspond with what previous commentors have said. It is paid via direct deposit, & there was no mention of associated fees. A 1099 must be faxed or emailed to them upon hire. Taxes are the worker’s responsibility. Workers are not employees of Lionbridge; they are contractors. Effectively self-employed. They are adamant that they are to be informed if one has previously worked for Leapforce, as it can cause conflicts within the exam process…or something. Not informing them is grounds for terminating the contract. Contracts are for one year. It isn’t clear to me whether one can continue working for them beyond that. Failing the exam results in never being eligible to take it again.
This is most of the current info I have on the job, & some of it is different than what was posted 2 & 3 years ago here. I just thought I’d offer the update. Off to check out the rest of your site. Thanks!
Aly, thanks for the update. Keep us posted on how you do. Enjoy the rest of the site. I’m sure you’ll find it useful.
Truthfully, I think this job only works out for quick and accurate readers. I see below that some people took 40 hours to do the exam? Jesus! I read the guidelines once (162 pages), referred to it during the theoretical, and glanced at it a couple of times during the practical exam. It took me a grand total of 10 hours to study for and take the tests. If you’re a quick reader and typist the tasks literally fly by. I can see how LionBridge would be onerous if these qualities aren’t in your skill set, but if they are this is a decent job.
Thanks for sharing your insight Jenny!
TOTALLY A SCAM
AFTER SPENDING 2 WEEKS STUDYING THEIR DOCUMENT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE COURTESY OF SEND ME MY TEST SCORE…IF THEY HAVE SO MANY APPLICATIONS THAT THE CANNOT HANDLE WHY THEY STILL ADVERTISE THIS TYPE OF JOBS ONLINE???
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Dear MA,
Thank you for your interest and application for the work from home position with Lionbridge.
We regret to inform you that you were unsuccessful on this occasion and therefore we will not be processing your application any further at this time.
Unfortunately we are not in a position to provide individual feedback at this stage in the recruitment process. This is due to the large volume of applications that we receive.
However, we do appreciate your time and effort in applying for this position and would like to continue to hold your details on file for any suitable future vacancies.
If you do not wish to be contacted in future, please let us know.
Thank you once again for your application and we wish you every success in your future career choices.
Kind Regards,
Lionbridge Recruitment Team
Ma, I understand your frustration but the company isn’t a scam because you didn’t get in or they wouldn’t give you your test score. That’s life in the job market. Sometimes you get in and other times you don’t.
Stop taking it so personal. Just move on to another company which there are many. We list new companies daily here:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/jobs
We also have other recommendations that can be started today:
http://www.workathomenoscams.com/recommendations
So you have other options. But running around calling this company a scam isn’t helping you get a job.
Just passed the Test!!!
it was way harder than I expected.
so much is left to opinion even after following the guidelines.
if you want some tips on passing send me a message I can’t really post them on a public space
you can email me at “paul at lymekick.com”
just take out the space and change the at accordingly
good luck
Paul
Congrats Paul! Keep us posted on your experience with them if you can!
Sorry you would need to discuss this with a tax professional in your area.
I’m working for them since 6 months ago (from Italy).
Always got payed in the exact day they told me.
The people that has not been payed and tell its a scam, well, they just didnt understand how to work so they got kicked out from the program. totally normal.
you cannot expect to receive money if you do a sh**ty work (when they also give you the possibility to work at home and with a quite good wage).
both thumbs up for me.
I don’t think it seems scammy at all. But it definitely makes you jump through a lot of hoops that seem unnecessary. However judging by what you and others have said, if you can survive the initiation process, it’s definitely a legitimate way to make some money. You sound like you’re doing pretty well with it! So congratulations and thanks for sharing!
I think, not only do they want to make sure you’re capable of doing the work but that you will stick with it. If you’re willing to spend the time reading and learning the guidelines then in most instances you will stick with the job.
You’re preaching to the choir about that. I purposely direct folks to read my articles. The folks that do usually make money or avoid a scam. Then there are folks that just aren’t willing to and then complain they can’t find anything legitimate or they’ve been scammed.
Unfortunately reading is like a d