Venga Reviews

4.4

88% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Kare Lindahl

100% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Venga has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Venga employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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28 reviews
5.0
3 Dec 2018

Production

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company to join - they do a lot of things very well. As a new-starter, I have nothing but positives to share. - company culture evident across the board - on-boarding process - tools, equipment, systems - use of modern, cloud-based and collaborative tools. - processes - documentation and training - collaboration / teamwork - co-workers

Cons

I don't have any negatives to share

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Venga Response
7y
Wow. What fabulous feedback. We thank you for taking the time to review. We hope things continue as well as they started :-)
1.0
25 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great onboarding process. It’s a very thorough training on the localization process and how the company works. You get to meet all the heads of other departments right away and understand how you will be working together with them. Since the training process is so great, it encourages new hires to post positive reviews after very little time with the company. Great use of technology and localization tools that help employees be more productive. They go above and beyond for clients.

Cons

This company will try to lowball you hard on salary negotiations, as there isn’t a set base salary for any of the positions. Benefits are the bare minimum for each country, which means that across the company, employees don’t have the exact same amount of benefits (for example, the amount of vacation days you get depends on the minimum required by law in the country where you live). Also, they will try to increase your responsibilities without increasing pay (especially when someone resigns). The hours are normally longer than negotiated in the contract, and they do not pay overtime. So you’re expected to work longer than agreed, with no compensation for it. In localization, sometimes there are busy times and less busy times, but here the busy times are the rule and not the exception. They’re also not very good about showing appreciation for hardworking employees, which results in a high turnover rate. There aren’t any gestures to show appreciation, aside from a pat on the back or a mass email. Most companies have holiday parties at the end of the year as a gesture to thank the employees for the great work they did during the year. But here, the ‘holiday party’ is a potluck lunch paid for and organized by employees and takes place during their lunch break. They do make a lot of effort to show appreciation for clients (as in sending them cards and gifts regularly), but the same appreciation is not extended to the employees. Most of my colleagues who left during and after the time I worked there did so because they were feeling undervalued and overworked.

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Venga Response
6y
Thank you for your feedback. We are very pleased to hear you feel that we would go above and beyond for our clients. We are disappointed to hear you do not feel we do that for our staff. We will take on board your comments and do our best to address your concerns.
5.0
19 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The Venga family is awesome! This is a highly international group of good, caring and friendly people. Venga is the right place for you if you are looking to build strong professional and personal bonds with coworkers and clients, work with cross-functional teams to tackle interesting and important L10N challenges, constantly learn about technology, have the opportunity to be part of process and workflow creation, provide the best quality and customer service, spend most of your day in an environment where your well-being truly matters and opinions are heard by the CEO, your supervisor and coworkers. The CEO, upper management and the other Program Managers are extremely knowledgeable and bright localization professionals. At a personal level, they are approachable, supportive, always willing to listen and have healthy conversations. As a company, Venga cares about creating partnerships with all its clients and will go above and beyond to take care of their needs. As an employer... keep reading, more details below :-). Professional advancement is based on merit: I was promoted from project manager to program manager after one year at the company (I was there for three years) because the performance of my account had significantly improved and stabilized since my arrival, the client and upper management were happy with the decisions I made and trusted me and my judgement. I had shown leadership within the company and proven my capability to take on more responsibilities. Venga always encourages everyone’s professional development and growth: 1. No matter what your role is, everyone has the opportunity to be the author of a blog/blog series, that the marketing team helps draft and edit before publishing. 2. Venga also provides assistance with abstract creation to attend conferences. Of course, you need to come up with your own idea on what to present. 3. If your abstract is accepted, the team helps you review your presentation and gives you feedback on what to improve. 4. Other project managers have been promoted to program managers. 5. Interns became full-time employees. This is the best investment I’ve seen in people: Interns are hired with the goal to be converted into full-time employees. Whoever didn’t make the cut from intern to PM was because they were not ready to make it to the next level (for example: didn’t perform above average, didn’t communicate effectively, and therefore, could not have direct interaction with clients). As an employer, Venga is very supportive with the needs of its team. 1. Offers relocation to international offices if you cannot longer work in the U.S. 2. You can work remotely if your team is not based in one of the offices, you actually live far, and you are experienced in your role (rookies, come to the office). 3. Flexible hours and WFH are allowed after training has been completed as management trusts that you are doing you job and not taking advantage of the system (it will be obvious if someone is slacking and that person/behavior won’t last long). 4. You can also work from home for an extended period of time if you have a personal situation that prevents you from coming to the office. My supervisor didn’t hesitate to allow me to work from my home country for 3 weeks when one of my parents was ill, even my clients were supportive and understanding with the situation. 5. Upgraded health benefits (up to you to decide the plan) 6. Fair compensation Overall, you get to manage some of the most interesting accounts in Silicon Valley and skyrocket your knowledge of software, multimedia and marketing localization while working with the most talented people in the vendor and client sides and having fun along the way.

Cons

None. I was a happy Venganite for three years. As a piece of advice for anyone looking for positions on the vendor side: work can get busy here as it will be at any other language service provider. This was a huge positive for me as the exposure to diverse projects, content, clients, and responsibilities accelerated my professional development and I enjoy a fast-paced work environment.

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Venga Response
8y
Thank you very much for taking the time to write such a positive and detailed review of Venga. It is pleasing to hear that you found the culture supportive and friendly while being a place where you can learn a lot from our many knowledgeable professionals and face many interesting localization challenges. The Venga team is strengthened not only by the current talent that works here, but by the legacy left by the amazing people who contributed to the knowledge and processes during their time with us. We take on board your suggestion about hiring more experienced project managers to sustain growth and are always on the lookout for the right people to help carry the company forwards. Thanks again!
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