51Talk reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(2,471 total reviews)
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Jack Jiajia Huang

70% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

51Talk has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,471 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 51Talk employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Jan 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High Positive Service Score gets teacher to be more visible to students and get chosen for more classes

Cons

I am Canada-based and cannot register for a BPI account. 51talk advertised in October 2915 that PayPal is one way teacher can receive salary. Now, they're giving me the run around and my November 1-30 salary was finally credited to my PayPal account on December 21. Now, it's already January 17 and I still haven't received my December 1-31 salary. Please be fair!

1.0
Feb 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The kids are cute and I enjoy making my own hours

Cons

TOO MANY to count. My biggest peeve is how little the support team seems to care. When you express your concerns (most in which are real-time issues) you will most likely get ignored or your concern will be addressed AFTER the damage is done. By time you hear from support about an unjust penalty, you've already been charged and have to jump through fire hoops in order to get reinbursed but it's seriously not worth the time spent trying to prove that the penalty given was beyond your control. When it comes to tech issues, there is essentially nothing you can do except suffer an absense (not worth the time spent trying to have your page unblocked) or advise your student to contact 51 Talk Support whom will just ignore the customer, as well. It also seems that everytime you need support, the Support Team office is closed and you have to wait until the next day when your problem is irrelevant. The assistance Support provides you is sloppy, insincere, and unhelpful 99% of the time. Someone will only partially address your concern and then you are placed back on "ignore" until your next six concerns arise. If your concern requires conversating with Support (bless your soul!) then you are really screwed because you will have a different Support member each time and their response is extremely inconsistent (you will need to explain the issue multiple times to multiple staff). They also love to pass you on to someone "senior" who also has limited aid for you. In reality, this job pays you crap because you will have sooooooo many problems that you will spend your entire day trying to resolve and/or will lose a crap ton of money in unfair penalty points. DO NOT WORK FOR 51TALK, they are highly incompetant and unprofessional and you deserve better.

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51Talk Response
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We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced with our support. Rest assured that our support is driven to continuously our service towards our teachers. For specific concerns regarding fees and tech you can use our support portal to direct you to the experts in these areas.
3.0
Mar 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great money to be made. I've made over USD 3000 working 3.5 hours every weekday, and 7 hours on weekends. If you stick to your routine and make sure you're NEVER absent or late, this is a great opportunity to work at home. - Kids are great for the most part. About 95% of them are kind and considerate, and try VERY hard to learn. If you can build rapport with them they will treat you with love and respect, and WILL keep coming back to you. - The support team tries to be as helpful as they can, and are unfailingly polite. Still, their responses are formulaic for the most part. - The company has been trying to institute changes, such as specific support portals for specific concerns.

Cons

- The company is far too keen on retaining customers, to the point of brushing their teachers' concerns aside. If a student decides to destroy your hard-earned rating with a single bad grade, the company will NEVER do anything about it. Regardless of whether you deserve that grade or not, they will shrug it off and tell you that student reviews are irrevocable. Teachers have ZERO leverage or control whenever things go awry.

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