Pros & Cons of GoGoKid

PRO : The pay is better than most companies. You’ll be offered 7-10 USD per slot which works out to up to 25 USD per hour including bonuses. Remember that credit score I mentioned? You can get up to 125% of your base pay per slot when your credit gets high enough.

CON : It’s a new company and the student base is quite low.

PRO : There’s basically no prep work. You can review the slides prior to the lesson so you’ll be familiar with them. The slides are there and made for you and they tell you exactly what they want you to teach. You can also prepare the props you want to use with it (letter flashcards, maybe a puppet or stuffed animal if they’re young, etc).

CON : The exception to this ‘pro’ are the project classes. This class type has limited slides as you’re to make the project along with them. This may require various materials on your part. They’re few and far between, but they do exist.

PRO : You set your own schedule. There is no commitment or minimum hours required. Also, your schedule doesn’t need to be the same each week, it’s really whenever you are available and want to work.

CON : Despite not having a minimum requirement, you will lose points on your credit score if you do not have a booked class during a full calendar week. This part is quite the con as we have no control over our bookings.

CON : (related to the same pro above), there are no short notice bookings. Not only does this mean no additional incentives exist for short notice bookings, but if you realize you have some free time and could teach later that day, you can’t get booked at all! Parents can only book you if it’s at least 24 hours in advance.

PRO : The subsidy bonus! Not only can you make up to 25USD per hour, BUT you can also get 60% of your base pay just for opening slots during peak time  – this means you can get paid even if you’re not booked! Let me give you an example. Let’s say your base pay is $9 and your credit score isn’t high enough to increase that yet. If you open all your peak time slots (7pm-9pm BJT) during a month, you can still make $648 per month EVEN IF YOU DON’T get booked! If you’re the highest base pay and have a credit score to get the bonus you can make $900 per month just on subsidy pay alone. Having a minimum income is a major pro as it allows you to actually budget regardless of the number of students you teach!

CON : There are of course some caveats to this. You need to maintain a credit score of at least 101 (your starting amount is 100) to receive subsidy pay. Your credit score drops by 5 if you don’t have a booking for an entire week. So as long as you have taught at least 3 classes (the amount to go up one credit point) and get at least one booking (they can cancel or no show, it still counts) per week, you can have a minimum income plus pay for what you’ve taught on top of that.

PRO : They use a ticketing system (Freshdesk) when you have questions or if any errors occur. It’s a growing company so sometimes things don’t run 100% smoothly, but they’ll get back to you.

CON : As they’re not a large company it can sometimes take a while for them to get back to you. Also, your IT issues also have to be put through freshdesk as there isn’t a ‘help’ button if you’re having any in-class issues.