Palfish Teacher-English Tutor

Seemed like an easy concept, I am a Native English speaker, have done lots of teaching and online teaching, plus I have the 120 hour TEFL certificate. The mock/trial class went very bad. Not enough direction given so I was told to do it again. I prepared and tried again, but still no full explanation of anything. Then I was told I was not wanted. It’s ok, not the first time I’ve been rejected, but this was just strange. The whole layout and concept didn’t make much sense, wish there was more explanations so I could do the job correctly.

This is a great app and they are improving it all the time! I have taught on PalFish platform and I absolutely love it! I recommend teachers and friends to PalFish and I plan on teaching again on their platform because I miss it so much!! Thanks PalFish!!

I have been teaching with power face for quite some time now and I really couldn’t be happier.The extra cash has definitely been helpful and I love the job! The children that you teach are so sweet and eager to learn, for the most part. I look forward to going to work and that doesn’t happen very often for me. I highly recommend anyone should do this!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

I used to really like waking up at 4am to teach with PalFish. I worked with them for over three years and was a well established teacher sometimes bringing in over $3500 a month. Even before the changes in China happened things started to go downhill. Pay cuts, fines for silly things, making you watch silly videos on how to teach. Anyway in early 2021 I had to cancel 7 classes as I needed emergency surgery. I appealed with all my documentation and was told sure you will get your money back. Months passed and no money was reimbursed to me. Finally one day 12 months after my appeal I decided to ask again for the money I was owed and in return I was sacked and my account was deactivated!!! Thanks PalFish 👍👍 So if you are thinking about teaching with PalFish my advise would be….don’t RUN, RUN, RUN!!!

I taught for PalFish for 3 years. What was once a beautiful place to work for where you got paid fairly and had good relationships with teacher admins has changed completely. After the Ministry of Education in China changed their rules on foreigners teaching ESL online pay has dropped to an unlivable wage for most people. Teacher and student customer service is almost non-existent because of lack of staff. The company no longer cares about well-being of teachers and I haven’t heard of a successful appeal for real emergencies in about a year. Instead, when my home was in range of a forest fire and I was suddenly evacuated during the night I was told I should have found somewhere to teach that morning (it was impossible- im in a small town. There was nowhere to go and cell service was barely operable and main roads out of town were closed. I was never reimbursed for fines - teachers in the Philippines have been fined for cancelling while there have been serious life threatening typhoons threatening their homes and families. It’s all very sad. If they do pay enough for you to live in your country then great! But, don’t expect to be helped or feel cared about as a teacher when it comes to the company itself. If PalFish ever gets its act back together I’ll happily change this review. Until then, I feel people should be informed while considering to work for them.

They paid their teachers competitive wages at one point. I was successfully teaching for more than 4 years, and had complete 5k class hours. But the dishonestly along with the pay cuts was not only a factor in my leaving, but an enormous let down that a company I once loved had become what it is now: a complete failure. They are failing their teachers for sure as they pay so little now. However, it -s much worse when you realize they are failing the students as well. Parents and teachers share screenshots of schedules, showing clearly what the teacher thinks they are opening fir availability, is wrong. Deception and bad news with e dry decision they make, concludes a zero recommendation for this company an employer as well as an edu actor.

Very good amazing

Palfish has become a complete joke. I was a teacher here for two years and used to make $30/hr. I really enjoyed teaching the kids and was the #2 ranked teacher in the company in 2019. It was a great job for traveling and working remotely. Recently, I decided to start teaching with them again and unfortunately realized very quickly that the company has become a total scam. They advertise that you will make $11-$17 per hour which is a huge deduction from their previous pay rates. THEN, when you begin teaching, you actually only make $8 per hour ($4 per class). Palfish has gone from being a good, fair company to work for, to a falsely advertised scheme. Also, they are now outsourcing most of their teachers to the Philippines and literally pay them $2 per hour ($1 per class). This is a horrible and unethical company! Do not waste your time with them.

Every time I try to enter the classroom demo the app crashes

The admins don’t appreciate teachers at all. In fact they don’t even care if you succeed or not, if you’re ill one day or not. They don’t understand that without teachers, this app wouldn’t exist. They’re rude and ignore you when you have a question or need help. They can remove you from the course for no reason any time they want with no explanation. I have never been disrespected like this in my life. Stay away!! I was hired by BLINGABC and it’s been great! They even pay much more. Bye ungrateful PalFish!