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4.0
Oct 17, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

GlobalEnglish is ever evolving company. It goes up and down and up again. Any opinion will be good as it is good today and will be completely off tomorrow, particularly in sights of recent acquisition. All reviews are for PD only. - If you have ideas, energy and desire - company is cooperative to get them implemented. Initiatives are welcome. Agile and engaging. Always interesting (depending on how you see things)

Cons

HQ budget constraints - more money flowing to offshore development office. No strong product ideation - company is still looking for its place. Too agile which makes it chaotic sometimes. Too many teams without clear purpose. Roadmap is foggy and rarely adhered to.

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5.0
Mar 14, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful people along with beautiful offices.

Cons

None!! Wonderful company overall and great location.

4.0
Sep 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Very flexible schedule. I'm in the eastern U.S. and heir high demand hours are 5am to 11 am... if you work during this time, you'll get a nice full schedule. But since they have students from all around the world, you can get hours all throughout the day into the evening with no problem. It's very flexible, you don't have to stick to a rigid lesson plan. You "coach" the student along in their activities, encouraging them and helping them with difficulties along the way. You address their English needs such as an English presentation they are working on or an email they need help with. Or, if they want, you practice business small talk. I really like the flexibility. They have recently merged with Learnship so we'll see what changes come along.... but so far, so good!

Cons

I have gaps in my schedule, which I'm not paid for and I'm not crazy about the fact that if students cancel more than 6 hrs before their class, I don't get paid. I'd prefer for it to be 12 hours. But, that unpredictability is to be expected in this line of work. Oh, and this isn't a problem for me, but it should be noted that they don't offer health insurance that I'm aware of.

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