Pros
- they get you good clients
- good curriculum/structure
- colleagues are great
- good flexibility and work/life balance when you're FT, especially if you are communicative
- added perks/opportunities the longer you stay with them (if you are learning their model well)
- great pay - if your student gets in Early Decision
Kontras
- pay is actually quite low for the service that's requested/the amount of work you actually put in/GC experience level/GC expected education background. I tolerate it because I don't have to worry about marketing and getting my own clients. My personal hourly rate is about 3-5x as high. This is not in reference to what the milestones are - this is referring to the actual work hours (emailing, messaging, scheduling, meeting, editing, editing, editing, editing, reviewing). There must be a lot of overhead or something? Or maybe they pay the FAOs much more?
- I think the above makes it hard to be motivated and provide the best service. Especially for really needy students. I would honestly love to work more with IGP - I love the structure they provide - but I cannot afford to get paid so much less than when I tutor or seek out my own students