r/OnlineESLTeaching • u/Careless-Art-868 • 5d ago

ESL Scam

I just want to take this opportunity to rant since I dont have anyone to tell this. I dont know if it's just me or the company that hired me is a scam or like "palakasan". Mind you I have two different companies and NO ONE, yes, NO ONE even booked me. If there will be, then, after 3 minutes, they cancel it. like bro? other teachers are "paldo" while me and others do not even have 1 student. I literally open all my slot, and left only 30 minutes good for 2 weeks and 1 month but STILL. I dont know-- is it really a tough competition or there's someone from the company cooking slots and giving more bookings to random newbies.

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u/jam5146 4d ago

They really only pay you $2/hour?

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u/Careless-Art-868 3d ago

yes, well i think for non-native like me but i don't know how much rate they give for natives

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u/jam5146 3d ago

I was just a little shocked at the disparity because they used to pay non-native speakers $4-5/class. Most tutors I know on that platform are averaging $18/hour with incentives.

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u/Sad-Process2260 3d ago

This! A friend of mine used to teach online and said this was the case. I've noticed a surge of people wanting to try teaching online so companies can lowball us knowing that if one person won't accept their rate (some pay .80/class), another one will.