VIPKid reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,532 total reviews)
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Cindy Mi

86% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

VIPKid has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,532 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The VIPKid employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 15, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

This company seems legit based on thousands of good reviews of current teachers, and the timing between the application, the interview and demo class, the feedback and the final decision are very fast, less than a week.

Cons

They attract people to apply with this advertisement of a women just sitting in front a computer and it's NOTHING LIKE that!!! You have to spend several hours preparing yourself with complimentary material and practicing to give a class with a PPT presentation in an irreal time (they'll ditch you if you don't finish in ten minutes even when their class examples of the same presentation are way longer than that), and also they will ask you for a FULL SET in your home (if you just display a plain background as we see in their adds you are out)!! People without kids, will need to invest lots of money buying a Map, big letters, a giant board, big numbers, puppets, cards with cartoons, the perfect light system, the highest speed internet connection (work from everywhere? Not true!!!) etc, etc,etc, because their expectations are way higher than what they ask for at the beginning. If you aren't a licensed teacher with ISL, DON'T EVEN TRY. In my case I haven't have any of them, they told you that's a requirement AFTER you fill an application with all your personal information, and even when I hold back they give me a phone call, and they convinced me to do the interview saying that my bachelor's and master's degree where enough. That wasn't true. As a highly educated professional, I have the feeling that the recruitment employees of Vipkid have "quote" of interviews, and they get paid for every person they drag to the interview, at the high expense of time and resources of the victims of their fake advertisement. Check out the TONS of hard evidence out there, I found after the interview a lot of YouTube videos explaining what I experienced first hand.

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VIPKid Response
7y
We apologize for the negative experience that occurred during your application process, and we are working to make sure no miscommunication happens again in the future. You are welcome to check more information via https://t.vipkid.com.cn/mkt/opportunity or email us at teachvip@vipkid.com.cn if you have further questions.
1.0
Dec 18, 2016

Unprofessionally dishonest

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None - nothing is worth dealing with their deceitful practices

Cons

Lies, poor communication, unhelpful, most of all the dishonesty

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VIPKid Response
9y
We apologize for the experience you had. We are always striving to improve and have recently under gone some key changes. Should you feel like reapplying, we would be happy to speak with you again . You are welcome to email us at teacherappeal@vipkid.com.cn if you have further questions.
4.0
May 29, 2020

Many pros, a few cons

Recommend
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Pros

Schedule freedom, lots of great kids (a few challenging ones), decent pay by comparison, one-on-one teaching, great platform, curriculum provided, job itself is a joy

Cons

No guaranteed booking, in three years the pay structure has changed several times without warning and always to teacher disadvantage, extra time and expenses often required (but since this is contract work, that is expected)

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