Not enough consideration for employees - Trainer goFLUENT Employee Review

1.0
Apr 28, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The learners are usually great to work with.

Cons

The company asks you to commit to lessons months in advance and then penalizes you if you have to cancel. They want you to commit to 25+ hours per week, but if it is a slow week and few learners sign up, you only make money on the learners who signed up. You write all lesson reports and do all research for upcoming lessons on your own time. At the end of it all, on a fully booked day, you have no downtime between lessons to even go to the bathroom or to get a drink of water. On a slow day, you can find yourself making less than $1/hour. Given that on a fully booked day, I was only making minimum wage for my part of the country, this employment was not financially sustainable.

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5.0
Sep 17, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You meet many interesting people around the world. The people who work for the company are friendly and helpful.

Cons

It's a fast-paced environment and can get very busy but that's not always a bad thing because it's never boring.

5
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goFLUENT Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. Indeed goFLUENT is a fast-paced company. There is no time to be bored. We are glad you like it and that you enjoy the friendly and supportive environment. We wish you much satisfaction in your position.
1.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

For a side hustle, maybe.

Cons

Toxic work environment, rules on the fly, no respect, arbitrary, shenanigans for not paying, changing payment methods in detriment of the trainers, negative work environment, completely unmotivating, never appreciate all the clients that appreciate a trainer, and politicize the teaching methodology to spread environmentalism and pro-big tech agenda ideals.

2
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goFLUENT Response
1mo
This review raises a number of serious accusations, and we feel it's important to respond to them directly. Suggestions that the company engages in "shenanigans" to avoid paying trainers, advances political agendas or dismisses people for being honest simply do not reflect reality. Transparency is one of our core values, and payment structures, incentives, and policies are communicated very clearly. We also reject the suggestion that trainers are not respected. Trainers are at the centre of what we do, and respectful, professional communication is something we expect from everyone in the organisation. While your overall view is clearly very negative, spending more than eight years with the company suggests there were aspects of the role that continued to work for you over a very long period of time. We wish you the best going forward.
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