Worst experience ever - Face to Face Interpreter thebigword Employee Review

The MoJ paid millions for the interpreting services contract. The money was pocketed by MoJ. Their app looked and worked as if created by a teenager who has just learned coding, the invoicing was subpar and the staff were overworked and rude. Interpreters were paid ridiculously low fees, no travel time, abysmal travel costs. If you booked a 3 hour assignment and the defendant was no show or the case was dismissed or dealt with in 5 mins you would only get paid for one hour. You could end up travelling for one hour or more to go to a court, then back, and make £25. After deducting the travel you were out of pocket. This experience caused me to completely give up the profession after studying and passing exams to get the diploma in level 6 interpreting. Many interpreters did the same. When I left the profession most interpreters in courts were unqualified because no good interpreter was interested in being exploited by TBW.