SayABC Reviews

Pros

Where to begin! I have been working for this company since they started and there have been some huge improvements over the years as more and more updates to the platform have been made. You work from home, the kids are amazing, quick and responsive IT department, choose your hours, the pay is great, fantastic bonuses, contests and prizes... I could go on and on. Mostly, I love that it allows me to make enough money to support myself while only working a few hours a day. This allows me to go back to school full time and still have some time to myself.

Pros

-Everyone interaction I've had with the company during recruitment/training and now as an employee has been nothing but positive. They are very kind and understanding and go out of their way to work with you.

-You are assigned classes, you don't have to promote yourself! This was huge for me. Within 2 days of being signing my contract, I had 70% of my slots booked (and this was actually more than I wanted to start out with haha). It was nice to actually feel needed.

-The kids are hilarious and really make an effort to work with you. For some of them, the lessons are really tough (especially in the trial classes) but they are always positive and continue to follow along the best they can.

-Pay is definitely comparable to other online ESL teaching companies.

Advice to Management

Nothing. Just appreciative of the opportunity to supplement the income from my full-time job by working at this awesome company. I hope they renew my contract in 2 months!

Pros

There is plenty of work. Unlike other companies the parents don't select the teacher. A teacher can concentrate on teaching and not marketing themselves constantly. The platform is interactive. It is so much easier to teach than the static PowerPoints of other companies. The homeroom set up really helps build relationships between the students and me and among each other. It helps the students develop and practice their English in a very natural way. The SAYABC staff have always been exceptionally helpful. They don't look to penalize you for an honest mistake.

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work. I really love SAYABC.

Pros

I love working for this company, interview process was easy. They book the classes for you, no lesson planning.

Advice to Management

When you have hard-working, dependable and dedicated teachers, who love teaching and the kids and want to work and help grow your business, why not filled their slots (like myself). Getting very low booking is very FRUSTRATING, especially when you are dedicated and open all slots on a daily basis. Advertising that that there is a 90% booking is false advertisement, to attract teachers, then when they're hired.....the booking is very very low and not even close to what is being advertised. When I inquire about this issues, all I get is - "we will try to book you more sub classes, please be patient!" I didn't sign up to be a sub teacher....I don't mind being a sub, but I would like for my slots to be filled on a regular basis and then, be a sub teacher as needed. Please be fair!

Pros

There are a lot of online teaching opportunities and I definitely did a lot of research before choosing SayABC. I chose them because they have a fair contract and a truly fabulous platform. Their PPTs and materials from National Geographic are slick, fun, and interactive. You don't have to plan anything, just check over the PPT and make sure you know how you're going to teach it. Once you're accustomed to the lessons, planning time is minimal. You need to provide feedback for students, but not that often and it's not too much. They have English-speaking support staff that have really good English. They are also super quick about responding to teacher queries. I had several years of classroom ESL experience, but online teaching is a bit different, so the SayABC trainings (free trainings) on the platform were super useful. My first week of teaching was just two weeks ago, and I had four classes scheduled. I was a bit rusty at first, but paid attention to the training suggestions and did my best to improve. Now, for week 3, I already have over 15 time slots filled. If you put in the effort to teach in the style that SayABC prefers, you can get time slots filled up quickly.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Their pay is good.
Staff is usually friendly.

Pros

An alternative to Vipkid. Better pay.

Advice to Management

If there's a problem with someone's teaching style, let them know. Don't string them along with half-truths. If a teacher has never received negative feedback, is available to teach and has converted trials...book them.

Pros

Great kids and rewarding teaching experience
Pick your own availability
Classes assigned based on teacher commitment (you are not ranked or forced to compete other teachers)
No penalty fees and ability to take time off

Advice to Management

Please work on your communication with teachers and stop adverstising a 90% booking rate and hiring more teachers when you know you are in a low season. With these improvements you could be one of the best online ESL companies.

Pros

Great company to work with! You can select your own hours!

Pros

After much consideration and research on which online teaching company to go with, I absolutely could not be happier that I chose SayABC (and that they chose me!). Their platform is unparalleled: it is user-friendly, engaging, and makes every class fun for the children. The teaching material is easy to understand while simultaneously making each class a fun event every single time. Their support and IT teams are absolutely fantastic. Any problem I've ever had, from big to small, is answered and solved almost immediately. They are also incredibly understanding in terms of situations beyond your control and are always ready to help. If you want to work for a company with a team that cares as much about its employees as it does its students, SayABC is the place for you. They value and respect their teacher's time and effort and working for them is one day of fun adventure after another!

Advice to Management

It would be great to have more trial classes with students at similar levels and ages. It can be very tricky when you have one student who is quite advanced and another who is a true beginner with no English whatsoever. I also think some sort of short tutorial for students and parents before trial classes could be useful in terms of students knowing how to use the mouse and emphasizing wearing headphones. But overall I continue to be very pleased with the company staff.