Teaching English online has so many perks.
- You can work from the comfort of your own home (or wherever you may be in the world). This is awesome if you want to travel or your need to move house.
- Both of these companies don't require you to lesson plan saving you vital time - so you are paid for the time you teach.
- You have can have a set schedule which means a relatively regular paycheque - though some companies aren't super flexible about booking time off.
- Continually hiring companies (there is a huge demand) so no need to wait to start.
- Decent pay, both of the companies mentioned above pay pretty well around the $24 / £17 mark - much higher than minimum wage that many students find themselves working for.
- You can even pick up some mandarin for free through the lessons.
There are some cons to teaching online.
- The first is that for both of these companies most of the work is 6-10pm Beijing time, so depending on where in the world you could find yourself working some nice hours (in the UK thats in the morning) but in other places that could be dead in the middle of the night. But you might find this works for you allowing you to fit the work easily around a 9-5 job.
- You are responsible for your own taxes (so don't forget to register for self-assessment if your in the UK) as you are not an employee but an independent contractor.
- You do not get any benefits that you may have as a teaching employee due to being a contractor.
Both VIPKid and DaDaABC require a bachelors degree and native english speakers. Though DaDa is much more flexible about these requirements and people have been hired who do not have either of these requirements if their English is sufficiently strong. VIPKid are much more interested in American accents.
Have you tried working for either of these companies?
Have you tried working for either of these companies?
I hadn't even considered teaching English as a way of earning money! Despite the fact that I do already have a full time job, I'm getting married soon so a little extra cash certainly wouldn't go amiss!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great way of making some extra cash, and not one I would have even considered! Definitely something to look into for when I'm on maternity leave!
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