What is the hiring process like at Native Camp?

The hiring process is less hassle compared to other ESL companies. The platform is easy to use and the materials are good.

low booking for newly hired teachers

Easy hiring process can work in a week.

Saturated market, it's not as easy to have a full day of classes

One of the best things about Native Camp is the flexible teaching schedule; you can teach anytime that suits you. The teaching platform is very easy to use, even for beginners with little experience. Most of the students are friendly, respectful, and eager to learn from different countries. The hiring process is fast and simple, so you can start teaching quickly. The site also provides many lesson materials, which helps teachers prepare and guide each class more easily.

For new teachers, it can be quite difficult at first because student bookings are usually low in the beginning. It may take some time to build trust and gain regular students. The platform is also very competitive, with many tutors online at once, which can make it harder to get noticed quickly.

The hiring process at Native Camp is rigorous, yet it seems friendly. It is not complicated. Additionally, the system's interface is user-friendly, and it only took me a day to become familiar with it.

The only con I can think of is that new teachers are often overshadowed and not given ample opportunities to teach. I hope the company will do something about it so that every new teacher can secure at least one reservation a day.

The recruitment process is fairly easy to understand and straightforward

The pay isn’t good at all

The platform is simple and easy to navigate for new teachers. Flexible schedule that lets you choose when to work. No minimum hours required, which is convenient. Training and materials are available for free. Good option to gain online ESL experience.

Extremely low student traffic for new teachers, even during peak hours. Standby times are very long, often with no bookings for hours. It can take many days before getting consistent students. Earnings are very low at the beginning because of low bookings. Platform seems to favour higher-level or longer-term teachers.

You can choose a suuuuper flexible schedule. Few fees and very low. Can cancel a booked class for free more than 24 hrs in advance. Interview process is a breeze They hire English teachers form all nationalities! Students are lovely.

While the salary is competitive, it is still a little lower than other companies for Native teachers

Straight forward with recruitment process

Still unsure with the timezones

Flexible schedule. Easy interview process.

Not enough students too many teachers.

Can work when you want and set your own schedule.. Some good students.

NC have completely changed the platform since late 2021. The platform caters mostly to foreign teachers not 'natives' as their name suggests. It should be renamed Filipinocamp because it caters largely to teachers from there instead. Standby or 'sudden' lessons used to be a great way to increase your daily earnings on the platform and picking them up was very easy in the past. I used to do about 7-12 per day on top of my reservation classes to up my daily earnings. However since NC introduced different packages for students that has all but disappeared. Waiting times for standby classes are often hours! Booking are practically non existent! NC allows students to select lesson times. Often students who are pretending to learn English will take 5-15 minute classes. Most of the time the student either ends the class early or the signal cuts out. It is too easy for students to take classes and abruptly end lessons when they no longer feel like doing them. Nc pays by the minute (16 US cents). So if a student takes a 15 minute class and disappears after 4 minutes you are paid 64 cents. Oh by the way if a student disappears after 3 minutes 52 seconds NC pays you for 3 minutes not 4! They are the greediest ESL company currently in existence. NC allows students to rate teachers if the class lasts even one minute. If the review is negative you are sent template responses from bots basically refusing to remove the reviews. NC is too preoccupied with nonsense other than fixing the various issues they have with either in lesson signal quality, their poor rating system, awful textbooks (which often dont load properly). NC has an irritating needless safety feature called 'facial recognition' this pointless safety feature pops up every 24 hours and does not let you gain access to your profile until its completed. It usually takes several attempts to gain entry as it simply does not work. On several occasions i have attempted to get in and been refused yet when i held a mug,my mobile phone,my wallet and a coaster up to it it allowed me in!!!!! It is an absolutely needless,pointless,infuriating feature the geeks in NCs tech dept have added! Countless glitches and signal problems occur that NC blames on the teachers internet signal instead. I know for a fact they do this as i have tested this myself by having a friend sign up and take lessons with me. When your friend leaves the classroom or tries reconnecting NC posts an update on the page blaming the teacher for being unable to connect when your connection is fine. Of course NC denies doing this!! Theft - NC regularly takes money out of teachers wallets and makes up things like 'overpayment correction' or 'the lessons were not conducted properly'. Native camp once took nealy 30 usd out of my account overnigh because a student had signed up using fake details and taken lessons with me, they told me that because i had taken lessons with this person they could not honour the payments and told me i should have asked the student first if he was legitimate! Is that really something people would ask a student when they take a class 'excuse me, before we start can i ask something? Are you a legitimate student or have you signed up using fake details and payment methods?' really!!!. That error was on their side so i basically wasted 2hrs 10 minutes of my time because they were too stupid to stop a scammer signing up! How am i supposed (or any other teacher) supposed to know this!! Payment - $4.16 was semi okayish in 2020 before the democrats and the left destroyed our global economy forcing us all to hide for two years because of a cold virus. $4.16 simply does not cut it anymore. Booked classes at 8.96usd is fine. Suddnen lessons should be 20 minutes long maximum and paid in full regardless of whether student takes a 20 minute class or 3 minute class and pay should be at least 5usd!! NC if you miss a booked class removed nearlly 9 usd from your wallet. This is simply an absurd penalty for missing a class! Classes are often missed because of signal problems caused on their side or because students cannot access the platform due to 'facial recognition' not working.