Pros
*Great scheduling flexibility! You can drop shifts as you need to and other teachers pick them up.. or you can pick up other dropped shifts and work them. *I love meeting professionals from all around the world, mainly South and Central America, so there is lots of variety in the classes. *There is a social media site where you can connect with other teachers and ask a monitor (supervisor) immediately for help. There is also a button to call for help with the class you are presently teaching should you experience any issues. When I first started working for the company, these communication tools were not in place, so it's a real improvement in my opinion. *The classes are done using the Adobe Connect platform which I find really easy to navigate. *I have always been paid on time with no problems whatsoever. *The company went through some growing pains over the last couple of years because they changed the platform, reformatted the lessons, changed our scheduling tools, and went through some changes in management. So, that was a bit tough for awhile. But now that all of the glitches have been ironed out and we have adjusted to the changes, things seem to really go very smoothly I'm glad I stuck with it! The changes have made things more efficient and the company continues to ask for feedback from us teachers in order to improve. Great company to work for!!
Cons
Pay- they don't pay quite as much as other companies, but for me, it's worth it because I can pick up hours whenever I need to. You are not locked into a schedule. Say you will be home on a Sunday evening and you want to work a few hours, you can pick them up and work them. The flexibility makes it worth it. Schedule- As with language teaching, they do go through high and low demand seasons, so you don't want to rely on it as your only source of income as they can't guarantee a fixed schedule. I work for a second language teaching company in another country and when my Open English hours go down, I increase my availability with them, it works out just fine. This is very normal with online language teaching and they don't have any control over it. (the other company also has high and low demand months). Hours- Just remember that during those low demand months, you have to be flexible enough to work late evening hours if you don't have another backup job (EST time zone). Not a "con" per say, just something to keep in mind.