Popple Review

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• The amount of FAKE reviews here is laughable. Kate and James are both liars and the most unprofessional pair I have ever encountered. It has been more than a year since I was asked to sign a new contract at 5 dollars less than what is still posted. I was never paid what was owed to me and I was removed without a word from their website. I promise all seeing this page that all positive reviews were done by the company and not current or past teachers. No teacher would use the word "crackerjack" to describe colleagues, no matter how underqualified one might be. It further proves the unprofessionalism of this joke of an online school.

• I have never in 12 years of online teaching been treated so badly. Please be wary when dealing with this company. They are threatening to sue me because I got a much better offer from a huge well respected company. I gave notice and they remove my business account. My motherboard died and I did everything in my power to keep teaching. I was called a child and have been short paid a few thousand for this month which has a devastating effect on my financial obligations. My manager has now threatened to sue me. His partings words were ok bye. That is extremely childish. Please note the red flags here.

• I have been with Popple for two years now, and it has been a wonderful experience with a warm atmosphere. Now, I not only teach but also handle teacher recruitment and management, which is another advantage of working with Popple as it offers additional opportunities. Regarding pay grade, I have no complaints, but I would like to remind those who joined the company from 2023 onwards to review the UPDATED WAGES. Please note that this is NOT an official advertisement from the company. Additionally, some individuals who have written negative comments here may have been interviewed by me. However, what surprises me the most is that with hundreds of people applying every day, and among them, many individuals who just paid some money online and obtained TEFL believe themselves to be genuine "teachers." Seriously! It is even more shocking that many of these applicants lack proper English skills themselves. The company has the right to remove these fake teachers from their student base, and how would you tell them apart with just papers?

  • Kayleighs. While I agree that many out there with a crackerjack TEFL and a B2 Level of English seem to think they are teachers, many academies, including this one, are exploiting professional teachers by offering incredibly low pay rates. I understand pay now starts way below $17 USD per hour. If you want monkeys applying that is what you are going to get. If you want to attract professional, qualified, experienced teachers then rates should start at nearer $20. Starting rates should reflect your quals and experience, so your rate should be higher for more qualified or experienced teachers. Pay rates in much of the English-speaking world have increased but these Asian schools are continuing to decrease their pay rates so you are tending to get the bottom of the barrel or desperate to apply. Even McD's with no quals pays more than this place pays per hour, so why would anyone apply to be exploited?

• The post by anonymous was clearly posted by an admin of popple. Almost a year since the last class was completed and I still have not been paid. They never booked me for more than 3 hours a week and lied every step of the way. The job is a scam, they might hire you, they might give you a few classes but they probably will not pay you.

• Maybe you should update your ad? Since it is completely false. Also you should mention how you take classes away and another teach will conclude them. And definitely mention how the pay is considerably lower than what is mentioned here. Most importantly tell the people that you will remove them from the platform and not bother to pay them. Kate and James are both liars. Don't waste your time working for thieves!

  • I currently work for this company and am fully booked and the staff have been nothing but professional and transparent. I suggest teachers who are not good at teaching find another job. Payment is prompt and they go above and beyond if you are good at your job. I could not be happier.

    • Why are you posting anonymously? What do you have to hide?

• I was also strung along for several months after signing the contract. It was nearly 5 months before I had my first class. They would contact me through an app at all hours of the night, expecting me to prepare classes to do at 4am my time. I would respond when I woke up only to be told that I took too long to respond. All in all I was only ever given trial classes. I was never paid for the work I did for them and never offered a suficiente amount of classes. It was a waste of time jumping through their hoops to be essentially robbed of payment. This company is illigetimate and will not last. As others have stated DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! I saw the reply comment on here threatening to sue the person who posted it and after my experience with poople I am certain they were telling the truth.

• I was working for Popple when out of nowhere what few classes I had were taken from me leaving me no classes at all. A month passed and finally I was offered ONE class. When I asked about my previous classes I was told they had been concluded, but not by me! The expectations they had for my response time was laughable considering they left me high and dry and then expected me to be there at a moment's notice. Also and probably the worst is that I was NEVER paid for the last week I worked. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE. It is not stable and the person of contact is extremely rude and unprofessional. I spent more time planning my classes than I did teaching. I was not paid for training and they do not even round up. This is a scam!

• Don't waste your time! I have to second what some others here have said in effort to save other teachers some time.

  I was also strung along for a long period of time by this company (2-3 months). The pay started at $15 an hour and at first it seemed promising, but more and more time went by without being assigned classes. A month or so after doing my simulation class and signing a contract I only had one student.

  Then, one of the HR members contacted me and asked if I would be willing to sign a new contract - one that decreased my pay rate to $13 an hour, but absolutely guarunteed me, in writing, a set of new classes to be signed immediately, details listed and all. They said it was because their "sister" company was shutting down and the HR exec I spoke with begged me to understand, times are tough for everyone following covid, etc. etc.

  I signed the new contract and, of course, weeks went by without being assigned any new classes (I think I recieved one new student within this time, and they only showed up for one class). I asked the HR executives about it, to which I only ever received excuses - "Please be patient, we're under a lot of pressure, please understand, times are difficult for everyone". They basically refused to honor the contract they pressured me to sign.

  I never recieved the classes because after asking a third time and telling them that I could only wait so much longer, they simply said "It's ok! Don't worry, you don't work at Popple anymore so no need to worry about it :)"

  Long story short, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME, this is obviously a company that maybe has a handful of regular teachers but often strings along other individuals to fill the gaps and constantly lies to keep people doing favors for them. It's not worth it, and the pay isn't even that great.

  Btw, to any Popple employee reading this - this is not slander, everything I've written here is true, and I have proof of you violating your own contract which you made me sign, so........yeah.

• Their pay is low. Not paid for 30 min break. They say paid up to 12$ per hour IF you have students show up. You can't leave your seat for the entire 2.5 hrs. So max pay is 30$per 3 hour period. 10$ and hour job. Not worth it for experiencesd and qualified teachers. Don't waste your time.

• Love working here. I started out with 15USD/HOUR and after 2 years with working with them I'm getting paid 19 USD. Classes are super easy and no daily reports to write, curriculum provided. No complaints!