Work available but hard to make a livable income - Online ESL Instructor Native Camp Employee Review

3.0
22 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

--Flexible hours --Promotional periods give short-term pay bumps --Easy for native speakers to qualify for most skillsets to be taught

Cons

--The combination of an unlimited, low-cost plan for students to take spur-of-the-moment classes, plus low pay rates for non-native speaking teachers, discourages students from booking classes with native speaking teachers. --While 100% off discounts awarded to individual teachers can be beneficial (making a class free for students to try out a new teacher), lesser promotional rates are insufficient to retain students. This is because either non-native teachers are paid at approximately 25% of the rate for native speakers, so a 50% off discount for a native speaker is still twice the rate for a non-native speaker. Additionally, 100% discounts are continuously being awarded to new teachers, so there is a financial incentive for students to constantly hop around from free class to free class, without regard for developing a long-term rapport with a single instructor.

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Native Camp Response
10mo
Dear Teacher, Thank you for your feedback. Native Camp is constantly looking to improve its services for students and teachers alike, and your opinion means a lot to us. Best Regards, Native Camp

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5.0
29 May 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Job opportunity for people who don't have a degree. They supply videos for you to familiarize yourself with the different lessons. Their communication has a quick turnaround.

Cons

Videos cannot actually prepare you for doing the actual lessons. Some sort of interactive system is needed to prepare teachers better for conducting the actual lessons. Communication method on the interface is a bit confusing - I cannot see which messages are unread-even when I toggle the icon to "unread messages"

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Native Camp Response
1y
Dear Teacher, Thank you for your feedback. Native Camp is constantly looking to improve its services for students and teachers alike, and your opinion means a lot to us. Best Regards, Native Camp
2.0
31 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1. Very flexible platform 2. No minimum hours required 3. mostly polite students 4. lesson material provided

Cons

1. The salary is pathetic and it is a shame they are still paying that same rate since they started. 2. They recently introduced a feature where you can adjust your rate but the requirements you should meet first are almost impossible to achieve. 3. very long waiting hours, too many teachers, very few students 4. a biased rating system that punishes teachers

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Native Camp Response
4mo
Dear Teacher, Thank you for your feedback. Native Camp is constantly looking to improve its services for students and teachers alike, and your opinion means a lot to us. Best Regards, Native Camp
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