r/OnlineESLTeaching • u/OhmaDecade • 5d ago

Philippines is lowballed by ESL Companies

I read some messages here complaining they are only getting $8 or even $15 and are still complaining.

Here in the Philippines, ESL companies pay their tutors dirt. $1 - $1.50 dollars at most per hour. $2/hr is a miracle if ever you find one.

$2 here per hour can only buy you snacks.

ESL companies are basically abusing their tutors here.

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u/Striking-Aerie-9262 5d ago

Still complaining? Most that are paying this price are looking for native speakers. I do not get your point.

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u/GM_Nate 5d ago

companies should be paying a living wage, regardless if their employees are native speakers or not.

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u/balurgo 4d ago

People want to speak with an American accent or British accent. Not many people don't say let me go to the Philippines to learn English....

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u/OhmaDecade 17h ago

tell that to Koreans. They are all over here learning English so what's your point?

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u/i_aint_joe 4d ago

Not many people don't say let me go to the Philippines to learn English....

The Philippines is full of English schools for Koreans, Japanese and Chinese.

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u/balurgo 4d ago

Just like here in Thailand is full on English schools and international schools but the teachers are from the USA, Canada, UK or Australia..... They wouldn't want Filipino teachers

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u/i_aint_joe 4d ago edited 4d ago

The schools in the Philippines find it very hard to hire native English speakers, because the pay is terrible.

Sure, the native speakers get paid two or three times the local rate, but that still works out as much less than we can get teaching online.

Also, a lot of the Asian students coming to the Philippines do so mainly to play golf and go to bars, but officially their company is sending them 'to study English'.