Teacher - Professor/Teacher 51Talk Employee Review

5.0
Jan 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I currently teach English at a local university, and up until last month I was also working full time as a high school English teacher. What 51 Talk has allowed me to do is stop the high school job, and start freelance writing and researching again. Now I have freedom of schedule. The company is very professional; they expect their teachers to be reliable, on time, and professionally dressed. So even though I work from home, I still have to do hair and make up. But that's okay - - I'm at home! There is always room to grow at 51. When teachers first begin teaching, the pay is pretty low; however, the more lessons you teach, and the more training you do, the more often you get promoted.

Cons

Sometimes the technology is bad on the other end. I know that in the USA, my Internet is pretty reliable. So, I worry about students who might complain about a lesson even though the technological issue wasn't my fault. I also wish there were more training opportunities at better times of the day. Because I teach college at night, I often cannot make their training sessions, so my promotions are slower in coming.

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51Talk Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback. We have prepared training modules specially for our new teachers on the platform to help them with their transition in online teaching.

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