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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
THE WORST
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.Show lessSav2795
The worst teaching platform
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!Show lessMelmc26
Chinese of this company are still sleeping
they only give clases and pick what they want , and why , I can tell you why because they are Chinese and still sleeping they did not open their eyes yet that why , if someone looks like a dead person I can not understand how he or she can pick only white people because first you have to look at the mirror and see how ugly you look and as I said when you open your eyes then you can judge people but now good night finish your sleeping CoronaShow lessraji omar
Horrible Company
They do not care AT ALL about their teachers. They just want to make money. Unnecessary fines, ridiculous complaints and they LIE to teachers AND PARENTS. I worked her for almost two years and they cut our pay by 40% and didn’t even tell us until a week before they did it. They took away our messaging so we cannot message students at all and it’s been 2 weeks. Clearly they are trying to silence us but that will not work. We will find a way. Please do not waste time and effort for this company. They do not care about you.Show lessTeacherrr Morgann Taylorrr
Low Quality Education.
I just finished a year of teaching on Palfish. The platform uses Pearson - Big English curriculum. In general, it is not bad curriculum. But some of the modifications that the company makes to it are not very good. The company does not understand what it means to do a proper assessment of the child’s learning level nor do they understand how to properly place a child according to the level. They fail to understand that as teachers we must teach according to the child’s needs. Instead they are insistent that every slide, regardless of its relevance or need, be taught to the student. There is no communication between the platform’s “head teachers” and the English-speaking teacher who is teaching the classes. The company also practices some unethical behavior, such as telling a student that a teacher doesn’t want to teach them anymore so that they can move the student to another teacher. If the head teacher does not like an English teacher they will also file a complaint against the English teacher and say it is from the student’s family. Many teachers who teach on the platform do not have any teaching experience or qualifications. Having a college degree is not required. Teachers are expected to be more entertainers than actual facilitators of learning. Overall I would say it’s one of the poorest platforms for teaching.Show lessRahbuhbuh
Simply the best!
Great teaching platform with a large focus on teacher training, which has helped me to improve my teaching skills and become a better teacher.
The students are wonderful and it’s a very flexible company to work for. I really enjoy working for this company. 💕Andrew.went
So far it’s great
I love PalFish I have read reviews and I have met some one who works with PalFish and so far it’s great I just finished all the initial info and sound test now waiting for verification if everything pans out like i believe it will and there as good as a company as I have been lead to believe it is than I will update and give 5 stars!Show lessMalloryrose1
