Well, if you need any eye botox or peptide cream let me know!!!!

You "run a corporation" but teach as a hobby. And I just saw some flying pigs.

Sounds like pretend Western feminist bullshit to me.

"If it quacks like a duck, if it smells like a duck, it's a fucking duck".

So you've got around to registering a company, but really you spend all your time drinking lattes in Starbucks and writing random shit on a blog? You go, girl!

Why the hell would I work for shitty online school like that, when setting up your own operation isn't exactly the hardest thing in the world to do?

Hell, if you don't get too ambitious and limit your scale to a few students that you know via conventional private tutoring methods; you have the convenience of not having to meet up in coffee shops, not have them visit your apartment, not worry about a boss penalising you because of tech-issues beyond your control.

But remember, when you say:

So, if you've never worked for them 'Mr.Know-it-all" why
don't you butt out and mind your own damn business.

One could easily get the impression after hearing you talk like that, that you've done nothing more worthwhile in your life than be an English teacher. Still, it was a slight upgrade from being a hairdresser wasn't it?

You're obviously somebody working for a dodgy school. Poor work quality does not justify poor treatment; especially when contracts and laws get broken. Even the shittiest of teachers are entitled to these most basic of rights, anywhere in the world. If your employees aren't performing, you can try to motivate or train them, follow legitimate disciplinary procedures or even dismiss them, but deliberately treating them like shit is very risky; even in less developed nations where the concept of unfair dismissal doesn't quite exist.

From what I can see the problem would in that case, lie not with the individual teacher but with the HR staff. They probably failed to hire to suit their organisation's needs, failed to make the organisations expectations clear to the staff and failed to provide adequate training and support when it was needed.

Regardless of Brigitte's teaching ability which could be either good or bad (how the hell could I know without seeing her teach?), the simple fact remains that the employee was left feeling unsatisfied, they've failed to retain staff, they will have to spend more time and money recruiting staff to replace her and it has negatively affected the reputation of the organisation.

So it now seems that online schools, just like Chinese training schools are being run by people who just haven't got a clue...

Hi. Its legit. Ive worked there for 2 years. Ive been in this industry for 17 years. So if I choose to work for them...that should tell you something.
Shawna

Only a fool would work for such useless idiots. And that sort of teaching model IS just a scam.

And what a stupid name, the name alone is a big red flag.

It's an option for bored retirees with nothing much to do to make some extra money while assisting non-native speakers of English improve their spoken English.

The name isn't among the dumbest I've come across for a private language school.

This is what Brigitte says about them, Charlotte. I don't know but it does sound like they employ many teachers , second language English teachers. No self respecting natural English speaker would put up with little ten minute lessons and do lesson evaluations which take as long as the lesson. Pop them in the bin quickish like.

Brigitte - 2015-09-24
Re Mentorphone
I worked for them for about 3 days. The training isn't paid, I knew that. It's not a scam but you basically have to have a certain amount of hours, like morning or evening, open but you have all these little 10minute lessons. By the end of your shift you've worked about an hour, since its paid by the lesson only. And, the kicker is, you have to do these ridiculous lesson evaluations. They're long and take longer to do than the lesson itself. And you don't get paid for it.
Don't waste your time.

Hi,

Can anyone please give me some insight into working for Mentorphone? It sounds like a good fit for me. I realize the training is not paid; however, I was just wondering if the company is reputable. If anyone could give me some insight, I would really appreciate it.

Kindly,
Charlotte

I just started working for them. The training was excellent, don't get me wrong. It provided a lot of useful tips. But the lessons are sporadic and they stress being on time. The format in which to submit feed back is long and they put a lot of pressure on the instructors to make the student happy above all else. I will continue working with them for now, as it is relatively convenient, but I wish they provided better hours to accommodate the time zones.

I don't know them, but please be VERY cautious.

I worked for them for about 3 days. The training isn't paid, I knew that. It's not a scam but you basically have to have a certain amount of hours, like morning or evening, open but you have all these little 10minute lessons. By the end of your shift you've worked about an hour, since its paid by the lesson only. And, the kicker is, you have to do these ridiculous lesson evaluations. They're long and take longer to do than the lesson itself. And you don't get paid for it.
Don't waste your time.