Pros
At first they pay 3.5$ per 25 min. lesson, and every 6 months your rate per hour gets increased by 0.5$. Bonuses are okay if you conduct certain amount of lessons per month. Platform is good, but lately tech support or any kid of assistance is poor.
Cons
Booking can fluctuate and one month you can have 95% booking , and then 4 months in a row your booking drops to 57%.. They convince you that there are enough students, but many of us have experienced a huge drop in booking, but they keep hiring new teachers for some reason. You get fired if you receive 2 verbal and 2 written complaints. First time in 4 years I marked the wrong lesson page and I got written warning. Then I got one verbal warning because I didn`t have a poster with company`s logo behind me ( i moved to a new location, and it took some time for me to get a new poster..). A parent complained that my room was not too bright ( window was right next to my right shoulder), so I had to move my table and PC so that I am facing the window. The company gave me a verbal warning. A few weeks ago I had a 16 year old boy and we were doing advanced level material. The boy is intermediate level at best, and he was showing little interest in the materials. After the class I gave him homework in the lesson notes (it was grammar related ,tenses, passive voice..) A few days later, his mother complained that the homework was too easy. I got contacted by the administrator and I have explained everything to him. He said no problem. 7 days later I got an email that my contract has been terminated starting today. They closed all of my lesson slots and I was only able to see my rating, parents` comments etc. My former trainer contacted me vie skype to tell me that I have been fired and that there have been too many complaints. At that time my rating was 4.94 out of 5. And a few days later it changed to 4.95. It appears that parents have left comments saying that they are sad that I had left and resigned. They were shocked. They all gave me 5 star rating. So parents kept booking me, I have had regular students for 4 years , they were all satisfied, but the company wasn`t. My hourly rate has reached its maximum which was 7$ per 25 minutes, and 8$ per 25 minutes on weekends. I guess I became too expensive for the company. It is easier to hire 2 new teachers and give them each 3.5$ per 25 minutes, and they can do 400 lessons together, while I can do between 150-200 and get payed double their salary.