51Talk Benefits

If you have a bachelor's degree, you get paid $18 per hour to teach groups of 4 kids or less. If you don't have a degree, the pay is $16 per hour for each group class. If you don't teach group classes, the pay is $7.50 per one-on-one lesson (half hour long). You also get $100 per referral. However, if you miss a booked class, not only do you not get paid for it but your paycheck will also be deducted by however much you would have gotten paid. For example, if you have a one-on-one class booked ($7.50 per half hour) and you miss the class, then not only will you not get paid, but you will also get a $7.50 deduction.

Tons of penalties, not a lot of incentives. No clear pay grade.

The best part of their benefits package is that they always deliver. The worst part is that there is no benefit package." The benefits" selected are what are offered. Just because they are offered does not mean it is necessarily good quality. Like the training for example. It is poorly done, poorly designed and trainers are inept. We are at times forced to do training and refreshers but they are worthless. You waste your time. The trainers are late, start late and provide no new insights. You have to close up to three hours worth of slots just to waste your time. They even charge you for the transfer of fees in addition to your own bank fees. You have to spend most of your salary on back up internet and internet and back up laptops and computers and if that fails internet cafes etc etc.

The best part of their benefits package is that they always deliver. The worst part is that there is no benefit package." The benefits" selected are what are offered. Just because they are offered does not mean it is necessarily good quality. Like the training for example. It is poorly done, poorly designed and trainers are inept. We are at times forced to do training and refreshers but they are worthless. You waste your time. The trainers are late, start late and provide no new insights. You have to close up to three hours worth of slots just to waste your time. They even charge you for the transfer of fees in addition to your own bank fees. You have to spend most of your salary on back up internet and internet and back up laptops and computers and if that fails internet cafes etc etc.

51 talk pays very low now. Very low. Pushing the group teachings, which is much harder to do with alot more responsibility and juggling, and pay you a touch more than a 1 on 1 class. Horrible in all respects.

51TALK INET only offers 5$ for a 25 minute class.

All contract workers work from home.

Best: Good coaches. Flexible time. Worst: Poor remuneration. No bookings. Poor technical and administrative support. Their platform always crashes. 2 big crashes in past month. Poor and unpaid training. If you are not US or Canadian they put you in the same payment bracket as Non-native. if you have an emergency, doesn't matter the nature you get fined unfairly. They used to have bonuses and all gone. Rude students. They do not have standards. They DEMAND native speakers with degrees but employ people without degrees and with thick accents. Poor training materials. They DEMAND you have back up generators in case electricity goes off and back up lap tops and back up internet. They expect ALL this despite their low pay, unfair fining system and no bookings. I have seen many stories of people being fired on the spot because of emergencies such as blizzards, maternity leave and sudden illness.

The teacher referral program seemed like a total fraud.

You work from home and set your own hours. The training is top notch.