iTutorGroup Reviews

Pros

Good online training tools, good tech platform, good clients

Cons

They advertise $18 to 20 per hour. The reality is less than half of that. Getting enough hours seems to be a challenge. Hours very sporadic.Pay ends up being very dependent on a lot of things you can't control. If you factor in the time wasted waiting for potential lessons the pay is probably less than $5 per hour

Pros

They have a decent platform and your colleagues are always ready to help. The kids are great, but I think you will find that with any Chinese company.

Cons

The curriculum is terrible. Basically, anyone can write curricula; it doesn't matter whether s/he has experience or not. Even if the lesson has flagrant errors, you still have to teach it, or be penalized should a student complain. The company doesn't care about qualifications. You get paid according to where you live. For example, you could have Ph.D in Education or Applied Linguistics, twenty years of experience, and be a native speaker, but if you choose to live in the Philipines or Thailand, you could make 2 or 3 dollars an hour. However, if you live in the States, for example, and have a Groupon TESL certificate (120 hours), chances are you will be making 10 times what the Ph.D is making. I've never seen such a disregard for quality. In addition, they are quite punitive to their teachers- there is no grace period to learn the ropes. You basically have to sink or swim.

Pros

Flexible hours, Very understanding with cancelation, Always pay on time, a large number of great students

Cons

The rating system is very unfair especially in group classes with Juniors. I once had a child who refused to participate in class, when he did talk, he'll just argue with me on present tense and past tense, I tried correcting him, he got mad, gave me a rating of 1 without any tag. This negeatively affected my ratings and with student not rating classes and not getting about one class a day or hardly any, it's been a struggle getting the ratings back up. I used to be fully booked but now I'm getting nothing, and lots of other teachers aren't getting anything too. Lack of communication or reply to tickets/emails is also a big issue, we don't get informed or updated on certain things. I had my OUP tag taken away without any form of reason and this happened to a lot of teachers. 85% of my classes are OUP. Now I hardly even get one class a day. How do I boost my ratings when I'm not getting classes. I do this job full time working 7 or more hours a day, 7 days a week. Lots of people think I'm a fool doing this full time, But I like committting to anything that I do. I love this job, I commit my full time to it. I hardly ever cancel, I have not absences, have tons of regular student, no longer have any. I love this job at this point am almost getting depressed wondering what the future holds for me, as there are no classes to help me in bossting my ratings

Pros

Flexible for work from home job. Easy to get attendance bonuses and other bonuses.

Cons

Performance bonuses are not based on actual performance, rather if the parents like you or not, even though all session are recorded. So even if your performance was AMAZING, if the parents didn’t like you and give you a bad rating, you won’t get that bonus, which sucks.

Pros

There are no pros for this company

Cons

poor paying and false advertising

Pros

* Adults and Older Children--I prefer these age groups, even if the adult classes pay peanuts! *SUPER flexible schedule. I can open up classes and have them booked THAT DAY. I can cancel whenever I want...some companies will fire you for that. *Recruitment team is helpful and friendly *Pays on time, and wires directly to your account.

Cons

* Pay is not as advertised. I was told going in that 16/hr was the BASE for ITG. That may be true if you are teaching 25 min OUPs or REGs, but is CERTAINLY not the case for the 45 min REGS. Those give you $7. 50/hr for base, plus 'bonuses' contingent on student ratings. Student ratings are highly variable, so you can make even less than $7.50 if the student rates you negatively. *Oh, and your job depends on these ratings. If your ratings fall under 9 out of 10 stars, you are gone! Buh-bye! So, not only do you have to depend on these highly subjective ratings, but you will lose your job if some pissy student gives you a 1. No, HR will not evaluate the WHYS. People get low ratings because other students have loud backgrounds, because they showed up late to class and missed a ton of material, because they do not like to share group courses with other students, because they don't like your face, exc. * Local staff are dipshits, and the company is honestly a diva. ITG requires an elaborate background for teaching purposes. Mine was rejected several times because the idiot who was supposed to evaluate it was adhering to rules that had been changed months ago (nb, this was likely the only job the individual in question must do). I lost weeks of an income due to this. Now, it appears that they want me to make a new profile pic due to new, updated rules. Oh, yeah. And they want you to do unpaid training every time they update those materials. *Everything is so anti-teacher, and teachers are blamed for everything. *You can receive a class 1 hour in advance. I like the flexibility, but I do not like being on call for hours I may not even be paid a measily 7.50 for! Oh, and if you don't notice that class because you are....living in that one hour window, you get marked absent. 6 absences in 6 months get you kicked to the curb.