NativeCamp.

When I first started with Native Camp, I thought I was finding something really good. I am a very interactive and collaborative person, and all of the students were great! I had a very good rating and suddenly, after one day, I had my whole week's calendar filled. According to some websites I've checked before, I thought the paying was from 10 dollars an hour up to 20 dollars an hour, as you progressed. Then, suddenly, I discover after 4 hours of work I had earned around 12 dollars (reminding everyone I live in Europe, so in the end it's less than 12 euros). 

Well, I thought I would keep working there in my free time and see it climbing up the ranks fast would make me earn more. So one day, I wake up and start preparing everything for my first class and when I log into the Native Camp platform, I see that my account had been deactivated for 90 days. I thought "well, here's a system bug" - which is very common in the platform (according to its own students). But then I saw an email I had received an hour earlier, saying the needed a proof of my nationality (I have double nationality and double citizenship), something I had provided before with an ID. 

So I sent them an email with my passport, with a photo of me holding my passport, basically showing them what they already knew. But I lost, because of it, one whole day of lessons, which made me lose students. Do you know how screwed up this is? 

Does it matter the flexibility if they are disorganized and pay you (really) poorly?

I was an elementary school classroom teacher, have homeschooled our two daughters to graduation while helping my husband manage our small family business. After our daughters graduated, I went and obtained a 168 hour TEFL that required three assignments. I found the assignments in this course to be quite challenging. I love to teach English and my husband would like to travel, so an online teaching job is a win-win. 
I am not a techy person, so I looked for a teaching platform that provides ready lessons, so that I could relax a bit in that area while learning the techy part. NativeCamp checked all the boxes. The application process is very straight forward.  I have made myself available at times when there are many students waiting, have used the skills learned in my TEFL course, asked God for lots of help, and am doing well.  They do offer low pay at first, but since they do not advertise many requirements to apply, and have their own lessons available, and have little idea of how well I will do working online as an English teacher. It's okay. I am doing well learning what is expected and make more money each paycheck. 

NativeCamp offers many incentives, but often engages changes the rules to meet the goals without telling employees. For example, they offer a bonus for completing a certain number of lessons within 14 days of being "activated" however "activated" for the incentive means hired, not when they actually activate your account so you can work. As they will take a number of days to activate your account it makes it difficult to reach this goal. Pay is extremely low (payment for a sudden lesson -- 26 minutes -- is about $4) and since most of the clients of NativeCamp pay for the plan in which they can take as many classes as they wish, that means you will have fewer chances to students to consistently book your classes (about $9 for a booked class). Their "Open Space" chat for the teachers is incredibly toxic. The students are very nice, that is the lone good point.

I really love working for NativeCamp.  Getting set up was relatively easy.  You choose your hours, students come on at all times of day.  NativeCamp lets you know when it's high traffic hours.  They have a Learning Kit prepares you for classes, take a few before starting: FreeTalk, DailyNews, and Grammar.   The students are brilliant and fun to converse with, and are eager to learn when doing Grammar lessons.  As long as your motivation is to really help others and you have excellent English language skills, you should do well.  I have worked there for over a year and pay has been consistent.  It's easy to submit inquiries to them.  If you want booked lessons: teach a lot of classes but be fully versed on Grammar.   :)  Great company.  Highly recommend.

The pay is horrible, if you miss a reservation they will charge you 2x the price just to punish you. They sometimes run promotions and bonuses but last time I participated in the bonus +$3 per hour they didn’t pay and made up some stupid excuse why.

Students can leave subjective or inaccurate ratings or even lie about you and the company will never hear your side of the story 

If you have any questions or concerns they will take forever to respond and when they do I promise the response will be generic and unhelpful 

What is the best part of working at the company?
You can log online anytime and get students randomly.
You do not have to book reservations like other platforms.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The only con about Native Camp is the low pay.
It's Japan's minimum wage, which is about $8 an hour.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I only do online, so I do not know the culture of the company itself. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I logon when I have time off from work.
And get random students when I am "online".

Overall, this is ideal for beginner ESL teachers and tutors as they also accept non-degree holders and they don't require any teaching certificate thought it would be an advantage. What matters most would be the students' rating. Very flexible. Salary is low at 51php at the lowest (per 25 minutes). Filipino teachers are usually students' favorites but the rate for Filipino tutors are lowest as compared to teachers from other countries. Recently they have limited Filipino teachers since almost majority of the teachers are Filipinos.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Had good students who you could teach and help people 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You could not get help they penalised you in stupid things which where not told why 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People who worked for the company had a forum but the complaints where never resolved 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Ok not sure as it was a while ago had to wait long times for students sometimes

Working in the morning, learning /review class material before starting. In the start reviewing can  make you feel a little overwhelming  but teaching  and having conversations  with kids can lighten  your mood. With adults you can learn their language in exchange of knowledge  which is a plus point.

A typical day at work is sitting and waiting for a student to show up for a sudden class. Sometimes students book u for 5 min , the pay is so little,  you have to reach 30 dollars in order to get your first payment but no students book you and on average u get 1 student a day so reaching that target seems impossible. They have their own currency which I think is ridiculous the NCC currency to dollars is like 0.00028

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