In the past days, a lot of things happened. Some were good... some weren't acceptable but I have to accept and move on. We experience good times and bad times. Though bad times aren't that really nice to tackle about, I would like to share with everyone how I feel whenever I am dispirited.
If you have been reading my blogs every now and again, then you should know that I am a home-based online English Tutor. Ever since I was a grader, I wished to become a teacher just like a lot of kids wishes, "I'd like to become my favorite teacher.". Because I am always an expectant and persistent person even with a lot of trials and apprehensive decisions I made.
YES! I become as what I have expected.
Now, I have been working in ABC360 company for more than 2 years now as an online English tutor. For the past year and months, everything was smooth. I didn't have any complaints and worries. With all the good management, great superiors and good compensation and incentives, though sometimes during Chinese festivals, my wage is very much affected but that didn't bother me to think twice about my company. I think my company is the best compared to others out there.
Recently, the company management changed so as the policy. They've made a lot of changes with the policy that I disagree the most "fixed schedule". The reason I quit my former job is that I want to comfortably plan out my schedule when I would like to teach. But the company's new policy "bind class" can't give me the freedom to just easily close my schedule if there's an emergency that might occur. Of course, it isn't bad at all. They give a compensation for the teacher's accumulation rate of the bind class which is an additional income for the teacher. But my issue is, I lost my freedom to comfortably close my open slots in case of sudden emergency.
Power outage happens almost every day in the countryside but I still need to teach. I need to be a responsible teacher. Haha
Because of this new policy, my rate last month in our performance chart was one of the lowest. Although, I have a lot of booked classes that still can't compensate my rating since I've got 0 in the 25% bind class. That's because I didn't accept the bind class offer and because I prefer to just work 5 hours a day. Thus, the performance rating end of this month can determine whether the company will still linger or terminate me. Yes. A performance rating can damage a teacher's position in the company. Although, I gave good performances during the classes and I have regular students if I don't meet the company's rating then I better say "goodbye". After all, everything is just business. It's not really about how responsible and loyal you are to the company. It's mainly about how many classes you can handle and how long can you work in a day.
I have to act like cute sometimes. LOL
The comfort of teaching within your home might exist but not entirely. A Filipino teacher can gain good pay if they work longer hours every day. ESL Home-based companies still prefer teachers who can cater longer hours.
I also notice how low the bookings are in the past weeks in my company. I feel that there might be something wrong but I am not sure what it is. I have a feeling that it might be the company's teaching software that has been gaining a lot of complaints from teachers and students. Oh well, I am really in doubt now whether I should still continue with the company or just move on and find a new one.
What can you advice?
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