Is Magic Ears a good company to work for?

Magic Ears has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 484 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Magic Ears to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Magic Ears have been left by employees working as Online ESL Teacher , Online English Teacher and English Teacher .

Does Magic Ears pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Magic Ears employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Magic Ears. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Magic Ears?

78% of Magic Ears employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Magic Ears 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Magic Ears?

Teacher (90) , ESL Teacher (67) , English Teacher (61) , Online English Teacher (48) , Online ESL Teacher (47) , Senior Teacher (10) , Online ESL Tutor (7) , Online Teacher (7) , Tutor (7) , ESL Online Teacher (6) , Junior Teacher (6) , Elementary ESL Teacher (3) , Teacher/Interviewer (3) , ESL Tutor (2) , English Instructor (2)

What are the pros of working at Magic Ears according to real employee reviews?

"Great pay (though base pay has decreased for new teachers even since I started)" ((in 101 reviews)); "Flexible hours and no minimum" ((in 17 reviews)); "Friendly staff" ((in 16 reviews)); "Great place for a good salary" ((in 11 reviews)); "Free training and continuing ed." ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Magic Ears according to real employee reviews?

"Terrible communication and bad respresentation of hours booked" ((in 15 reviews)); "$20 penalties if you miss classes consecutively." ((in 14 reviews)); "If you have issues the management will "ghost" you, will just not answer questions, and leave you on your own." ((in 5 reviews)); "Favoritism to higher profiled teachers, ones with Youtube channels, was also highlighted." ((in 4 reviews)); "Also the hiring process takes a while, but again they are working to be the best and they want to make sure you will fit well with the company." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Magic Ears locations?

New York , Atlanta , Chicago , Houston , Nashville , Los Angeles , Kansas City , Dallas , San Diego , Provo , Richmond , Detroit , Grand Rapids , Tulsa , China Grove , China , San Francisco , Denver , Decatur , Mobile , Idaho Falls , Rexburg , Ogden , Crest Hill , Lake Saint Louis , Springfield , Rochester , Phoenix , Lincoln , Broken Bow

Magic Ears reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(87 total reviews)

54% positive business outlook

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4.3

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4.2

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4.0

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3.8

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

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5.0

Apr 3, 2018

Best online ESL company out there!

Teacher

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Pros

Great pay! A BS in Education, 5 years experience and TESOL or ESL certificate will give you a starting pay of $24/hour Magic Ears staff is refreshingly supportive! The response time and communication are top-notch and very professional. They go out of their way to ensure the success of their teachers. The platform, 1 teacher/1-4 students is awesome! Classes are fast-paced and interactive. They encourage a fun, energetic teaching personality and I feel free to be my goofy self : ) The teaching slides are well designed, with instructions being clear and large enough to read easily They do a great job of helping you gradually adjust to their teaching platform by starting you out slowly. Your first 10 classes are monitered, with feedback being given from Magic Ears on the first 3. I love this because it helps me know how to improve, thus allowing me to receive great feedback from parents.

Cons

The only thing I can think of is for the hours to increase, but that's in the works : )

Magic Ears Response

8y

We love you too! We will work harder to qualify for your recognition. Thanks for your detailed and honest review! We will definitely be opening more hours.

5.0

Apr 3, 2018

Magic Ears - a refreshingly different online ESL company!

Teacher/trainer/interviewer

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I've worked with Magic Ears since the very beginning! I'm not only a teacher but also a trainer and interviewer for the company. Great pay! They really care about their teachers and go to great lengths to ensure their success! Great staff and lot's of fun to work with!

Cons

Available teaching hours are a bit limited, but the secondary positions can really help with this. We are all growing together!

5.0

Apr 2, 2018

Five stars minus booking and hours!

Anonymous employee

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Pros

I have been working with Magic Ears for a few months and I had been working with other companies as well. Magic Ears is so innovative and family-like compared to all the other companies! You feel valued and part of a supportive community. The company is constantly bettering the teaching platform based on the teachers' feedback. For example, one lesson was extremely long and I did not finish it (which results in penalities) but after my feedback to the company, they cut down the number of slides! I love the platform, it is very easy to use, interactive and fun. The teachers do not get penalized for sick days or emergencies. The pay is great with the bonuses for entering class early and opening 60+ slots a month. I love that there is room to grow in the company too. I quit all of my other online teaching jobs because I love love love Magic Ears and want to put in all of my effort into bettering my teaching, ranking up and growing with the company! I would definitely recommend it to other teachers. It has been a great experience thus far.

Cons

The biggest downside, in my opinion, is the rankings and how it affects bookings. You enter the company as a Freshman and open up to 10 slots a week (which is good that you start slow and get instant feedback from the team to improve your teaching style because it takes time to adapt to the style) then you can move up to Junior. I have about 12-15 classes a week, but I would love to have more. I hope to move up as a senior teacher in order to have more bookings, but moving up is based on parent feedback and team evaluations. So I hope that a past error/technical issues will not hinder me from moving up in the company now that all of my problems have been fixed! Also, I hope that there are more available hours in the future. They are working on it :)

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