OMG - WHAT AN AMAZING YEAR!

This past year has been absolutely crazy; so many developments and changes. It’s probably been the most exciting year in the last 33 years since the company started.

‘Why is this?’ I hear you ask. Well, in the past we have talked about thebigword revolution and I confirm that it has certainly started. The revolution is powered by the enormous investment we have made in Technology. Many of our people, especially in Operations, are beginning to feel this and in the next year, we have a number of new projects that will enable us to significantly beat our competition and grow exponentially.  With this growth will come so many more opportunities and challenges. We need to increase our operational capacity in preparation for this.

It’s been amazing the amount of awards we have won in the last year. See the list below for a few of them:

·         The US office won a Gold Stevie award for the companies CSR/Sustainability Programme

·         Amy Thompson, our ScrumMaster won the country’s top award for the work she is doing

·         We were named as one of the UK’s top 100 companies for apprentice employers

·         thebigword was named as one of the best performers during the recession by Deloitte for making ‘an outstanding contribution to the prosperity of the UK’.

From January onwards there will be a rapid increase as we roll out our Technology roadmap. In 2013, thebigword added an additional 92 jobs to the company. In this next year, we anticipate adding another 122 jobs throughout the business. I really believe that never before has there been a better opportunity for career development at thebigword. We also anticipate an additional 1,000 linguists will be required throughout our global offices to help us cope with our growth. As always our most valuable asset is of course our staff and the 8,000 linguists working from 73 countries around the world.

I wish you all continued success in the year ahead and thank you all for the phenomenally hard work and commitment you have shown in the past year.

I had the pleasure this year of attending the holiday celebrations with our team in New York and I thought it would be fun to share with you the video that was created for this special event….

I look forward to catching up with you all in the New Year!

Best wishes,

Larry