page<\/a>, where the company has an overall score of 3.7 out of 5 and a recommendation rate of 70% (at present).<\/p>\n\n\n\nI have consolidated all the comments that have been left over the last year, which talk positively about the curriculum, lack of admin and planning, and easy-to-use platform, though there are complaints about the lack of teacher input, few hours\/classes due to overhiring, and penalties\/terminations for missing classes, while views of the pay and staff are mixed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAdvantages:\n\n“Good compensation compared to other similar companies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nNo commute, working from home<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nWell paid, nice environments, friendly colleagues<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nRate per hour is good compared to most companies -Curriculum is good<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nOnline teaching is easy, there’s virtually none of the admin, planning or reports that come with a school job.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nLesson planning is easy, Platform unsophisticated but easy to use, Small classes can be productive, Good if you want to move on to kids TV or TikTok videos<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nPay well. platform super fun and easy to use. great energy in class. 12 to 30 students. never a boring moment<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nI had an excellent experience working with BlingABC; I found the teaching materials to be of high-quality, rarely had issues getting classes and found all the staff I interacted with super professional and helpful.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nI enjoyed the flexible and minimal hours. That’s it.”<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\nDisadvantages:\n\n“Still not great compensation, although back in 2020 there were some opportunities to move up<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nInconsistent schedule, lack of communication about schedule, only use teachers for when summer\/winter camp periods then no work at all, Same as most Chinese online companies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nIn August 2021, Bling got rid of most of its contractors because the Chinese Government made it illegal for foreigners who weren’t China-based to teach Chinese elementary- aged children. It therefore had to hire foreigners based in China to teach on full time permanent employment contracts to teach the classes. In 2022 it must have found a loophole as by the end of the year it fired all of its full-time teachers and replaced them with overseas foreigners as independent contractors again (which is obviously much cheaper as their [sic] is no social insurance or other charges associated with permanent full time staff. Some of the FT teachers had only signed new contracts in October. Thus Bling has no compunction about seeing which way the wind blows and cancelling contracts post haste according to the whims of the Chinese government. If you work as a contractor and the loophole gets closed<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nLarge classes have minimal impact, Company promotes illegal working, Not really teaching – no input on materials, no communication with parents, no real reporting or development planning<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nDont have a lot of hours. big problem of over hiring and not enough classes. no understanding when emergency happen and you miss a class. got penalized for giving short notice of a missed class, it was an hour before the class… I went into labor.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nA lack of classes during the summer months.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\nThe staff was borderline unresponsive, the compensation was abysmal, and worst of all, I was terminated for taking too many sick days. They also dock you if you don’t have the logo in the background. The TICO system is Byzantine, there is no clear explanation of how it works. Also, beware, if you do work there, to 90% is in the bottom rank of teachers. They never explain this.<\/em> -Unresponsive staff -Little pay -TICO system\/Bonus structure is some of the worst I’ve seen.”<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nThis teacher shared her experience on YouTube<\/a>, where she also mentions a lack of transparent communication, and cancellation of her classes by BlingABC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n