Hey all,

Well I have had a different experience with VipKids. I applied in 11/2015 and was hired. I was afraid it was a scam as well. However, I received my first paycheck on time, wired to my bank account with no problems.

I've been working there for a month and so far, it's been pretty good. The only thing that has been disappointing is when trial students cancel at the last minute, you only get paid 50%. So, on a given day, I might have 4 major classes and two trials. If those two trials cancel, I only get paid half of the hourly rate for those, plus the full pay for the major classes whether they cancel or not. To be fair, that was all explained in the training.

Sometimes there are technical issues with the network connection, but that is to be expected, I guess.

It's been pretty fun for me personally, but I like hamming it up and being silly with little kids. I also like wearing pajamas to work and not having to commute. But if you are more low-key and prefer an older age group, this probably wouldn't be the school for you. Also, I have a graduate certificate and this didn't factor into their pay scale at all-- everything is based on an evaluation rubric that you don't get to see until after you take the evaluation. They don't seem to care as much about credentials as how entertaining you can be. That seems to be par for the course as far as my experiences teaching in Asian schools, though.

Hope this is helpful!

Vanessa