Pros
Teaching Nomad provided me with a lot of important skills. I was able to spend the majority of my time talking with people from around the world, and this not only expanded my worldview, but it also gave me communication skills that I am confident will follow me throughout my life. Since it was also a small company, I felt that there was room for employees to voice our complaints and speak our minds. Management is definitely working on expanding the benefits like work from home, more PTO, etc. Before you get hired I'd ask to see the handbook just to see what all of the policies look like, since I think they may have been recently changed. The hours in the Denver office are flexible, so you can work any period between 7am-7pm as long as you're there for 9 hours (with a 1 hour required lunch - this can be a negative for a lot of people, as you can't skip lunch regularly to be there for 8 hours, for example. The days ended up being very long.). If you're interested in recruiting, I would recommend Teaching Nomad because it really does help you to be independent and be a better recruiter. But it's important to know what you're getting into.
Cons
I had hoped that, in joining such a small company, I would find that there were more opportunities for growth and development, as well as more benefits and incentives to stay rather than moving to a larger company with perhaps shinier opportunities. However, I really didn't get those things at Teaching Nomad. There are scheduled promotions, but they're really just an increase in commission. If you want to get more experience and do more things within the company, you have to be very persistent in asking, and it's not clear why certain people get promotions over others beyond seniority. You can start managing accounts with the schools after a year but there's not too much else that you can do in terms of more responsibilities, unless the team gets bigger and there's a need for a second team lead. If you want to just put your head down and focus on recruitment, that's fine, but don't expect too much exponential job growth. For me, it got monotonous without new things to learn and do. The commission model is also not for everyone. Because of the nature of how commission works and how the company gets paid, you get the majority of your commission in October. For the rest of the year, your paychecks are pretty much just the base salary, which, when I left, was $30,000 per year. So you have to be really mindful of saving those big commission paychecks. It's also super important to note that they require 1 month's notice before leaving. If you don't give a month's notice, you don't get your commission. For some people this is fine, but for some people this did cause a problem, and people did wind up losing their commission when they got a better offer and needed to leave sooner than a month, which is thousands of dollars depending on how long you've been there. Because of the nature of the work with countries in Asia, you can also feel some pressure to check your email in the evenings and early mornings to stay in communication with the other office, candidates, and schools. This was never required, but it was encouraged, and if you want to do really well, you pretty much have to be available to talk with candidates and schools at any time. Management seems to be working to make the company policies more compliant with American standards, but small perks that other companies give like MLK Day, President's Day, summer Fridays, etc., are nonexistent at Teaching Nomad. It's not for everyone, but some people I think really thrive in this environment, so just consider heavily what you're looking for and what's important to you in order to feel that you're maintaining a solid work-life balance.