Accent Advisor Reviews

4.4

79% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

Joan Proudom

78% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Accent Advisor has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Accent Advisor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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52 reviews
2.0
18 May 2021

Underpaid

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Pros

You can make your own schedule and the clients are nice

Cons

You are offered very few classes to begin, and even then, you are paid below minimum wage. Considering you have to pay your own taxes, you wind up getting paid somewhere around $5 per 30-minute class. You are a freelancer, so they take no taxes and pay you way too little. I had to pay over $1,000 in taxes after working for them for a year. Awful!!

1.0
26 Oct 2022

Popularity Contest

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Pros

The HR team is very very easy to get in touch with if you have issues with student cancellations, questions about procedures, or anything else that might come up. They are quick to respond, but also quick to critique (see student retention below).

Cons

This is more of a sales job than an education job. Accent Advisor bills itself to students as a fast, easy, no strings attached way to improve American accent pronunciation. Unfortunately, this draws quite a few students who think they’ll improve in a few weeks, and when they realize how much effort and practice it takes, they quit. You will be expected to convince grown adults to fork over $24 (one lesson), $39 (two lessons), or $54 (three lessons) every week, even if they don’t want to, or they will not offer you new students. Keep in mind you only receive 30-40% of the lesson costs, as Accent Advisor keeps a 60-70% commission (depending on how many weekly lessons). When students cancel, regardless of the reason, they will turn around and tell you your student retention isn’t high enough, stop giving you new students, and threaten to remove you from the platform if you don’t meet with their supremely arrogant head accent coach (who is as impossible to establish any real rapport with as a used car salesman) and learn sales/pressure techniques to remind students of their accent “problems” that need fixing. If you’re an educator, better to work for yourself as an accent coach on the side, or find a different company to actually teach with, unless you want to segue from working in education to working in sales.

4.0
6 Dec 2022

Great part-time remote teaching job

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Pros

An opportunity to work one-on-one with professionals from all over the world, including doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientists, actors, singers, etc. Good performance is rewarded with consistent offers for new students. Efficient, user-friendly online tools and access to a thorough archive of teaching materials. Ability to tailor lessons to each individual. Payment for last-minute cancellations and no-shows. Prompt customer service support.

Cons

In certain situations, student absences and cancellations can cause schedule restrictions and significant dips in expected monthly earnings.

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