r/vipkid

So it’s been a few weeks since I have been hired on with VIPKid and signed the contract. So far I just have one booking scheduled for next week despite having had all peak time slots opened since a few weeks ago. Been about 4 weeks, did all the certs etc.

Is this even worth holding out for or will doing this one booking kickstart more bookings?

Thanks! 🙏🏼

Okay so I started in 2017 and stopped in 2020/21. I’ve still been teaching ESL—only adults and with a company in Uruguay (where I live).

I need to make more money (hi inflation) and have been debating going back to Dino. The pay cut is fine (not really but im desperate).

I’ve thought about Cambly and other platforms but I really just wanna log in and teach the slides. I don’t even wanna pick and choose (I already LP for my regular classes during the week). I just want mind numbing work.

My question is— can I get by booking solely on weekends? I never could handle a whole overnight but did work 7 days a week back then.

Has anyone ever left VIPKID temporarily? I’ve pretty much been exclusively getting classes on weekends and it’s slowly but surely ruining my social life. The money is decent and I was between jobs for a while but I think it’s just not worth it anymore. How hard is it to come back should I need the money?

Any other veteran teachers from “the time before” receive an email from VIPTeacher inviting you back to the platform? Love the gems it contains like “Remember the days with VIPKid? Well, guess what? We've evolved into something even bigger and better…”, “Behind all this growth is one important thing: amazing teachers like you. 💛”, and “Whether you'd like to teach regularly again or simply earn some extra income in your spare time, now is a great time to return.
Your classroom is waiting, and we'd truly love to see you back. 😊”

I had $9 base pay when things initially shut down, and my old auto-renewing contract still lists that. The email lists signing the latest contract as one of the steps to get started again, and I checked to confirm it still contains the base pay reduction to $7, which it indeed does. Sorry, a $4/hr cut to the rates from FIVE YEARS AGO is in no way “better,” and acting like you appreciate teachers by calling them “amazing” and crediting them for the company’s growth is insulting to our intelligence. If you’d “truly love to see” veteran teachers back, offer reasonable pay for 2026 instead of empty words. $14/hr is effectively more than a 35% pay reduction after factoring in US inflation. 🙄

As much as I genuinely loved teaching my regulars and developing relationships with them and their families, I am thankful for the forced shutdown. The lack of sleep was wreaking havoc on my mental health, but I think I would have had a lot of trouble stepping away from my students on my own. And now I’m self-employed and making good use of my degrees, earning an hourly rate just under three times what I was making at VIPKid (even factoring in inflation). I’ll let my contract keep auto-renewing for the possibility of a side gig in case VIPTeacher ever decides to actually appreciate their teachers, but I won’t keep my hopes up for a snowball’s chance in hell.

Does anyone else have issues with the classroom connecting to their headphones? When I first enter the headphones are connected and then the sound stops and I can't get the sound back, even if I exit and reenter. There are also other weird sound things that happen. Anyone else?

I worked at VIPKid for many years and stopped along with most of us back in the fall of 2021. I am looking to make at least a temporary return. I have gotten a few bookings for the month of June. When I poke around the website for some kind of general information, I can’t really find anything like that. The Hutong used to be a good place to ask questions. Anyway, I’m hoping someone here can answer a few questions for me.

1. Do we have to teach using the app? Or can we teach from the browser/website? My Mac is getting older and I’d prefer to not blow it up with a garbage app if at all possible.

2. What is the cutoff for booking classes (what is the latest they can book a class that is not short notice)? I don’t want to go to bed and have a class book and not realize it.

Thanks in advance.

Former level 7 teacher. I’m reading over my new contract deciding if I want to go back. Did we use to pay them for cancelled classes? According to the contract I am looking at, I would pay them more than my pay amount if I miss a class or have to cancel a class. Has anyone dealt with this?

When VIPkid “finished” in 2021, I went to Cambly and have been there since. Yes, the pay is only $6 per class but it’s been really easy to earn a consistent amount and get paid weekly.

Just curious if anyone here had a similar trajectory and if you’ve completely gone back to VK successfully, making more $?

I’d like to update my video and it’s been many years since I taught. I looked at the requirements listed in the editing section and they did not specify too much. Can I get away with *not* having a sign that says “Teacher so-and-so” on it? Do we still call the company “vipkid” in our video or say VIPteacher instead? Just wondering if there’s anything I should avoid or do in a certain way if someone doesn’t mind telling me. Thanks so much!

Do you have any experience teaching during these slots that you could share? I’m hoping to get the pre-schoolers.

I have been dealing with the platform crashing more (I'm a PC user). Everything else is working on my computer and my Internet is strong.

The firemen are always rude at first and when the problem is clearly on the platform side they become nicer, but then still say they have to mark it as Teacher IT problem. We shouldn't have to forego pay when it's on their own side.

I get into the classrooms by 4:50ish to class start, always check that everything is good to go in the preview. I've been with them since 2019, sans the platform-wide down time. They've become more and more disappointing as a brand.

Is anyone else having issues with the app on their MacBook?. It works fine and all of a sudden it just crashes. Have never had this problem before.