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Avoid this company…RUN
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!!!Show lessTinaJMal
Used to be my favorite company. No longer.
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.Show lessSavannahBlayze
Crumbling company was once great
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.Show lessmarmee 8