Can my employer pay for my Chatterbug subscription?

Support FAQ (EN)
#1

Yes! Most companies are happy to sponsor language learning for their employees - especially a flexible and effective solution like Chatterbug. It’s a great way for them to improve communication, confidence and cohesion in the team, and the best part? You get to learn for free!

Chatterbug makes it easy for your employer to pay for your learning. There are three ways of doing this:

1. Allow your employer to pay up-front with a personalised course package

  • If your employer offers a Learning & Development Budget or Training Allowance, they often require courses to be paid in one go, rather than a monthly charge.

  • To accommodate this, Chatterbug offers personalised course packages for employees, designed to match your learning goals and meet HR requirements.

  • How to request a course package:

    1. Reach out via courses@chatterbug.io and let us know:

      • The budget offered by your employer

      • Your language goal (e.g. ‘finish B1 German this year’), OR roughly how many Live Lessons you’re looking to take each week/month

    2. We’ll advise you on the optimal course setup and once you’re happy, send you an invoice you can pass on to your employer (along with any other documents they require)

    3. Once paid, we’ll assign all purchased Live Lesson credits to your Chatterbug account, which can be booked whenever you like during the agreed course period :tada:

2. Pay for Chatterbug yourself and have your employer reimburse the cost

  • If your employer has agreed to reimburse personal language learning costs, you can add your employer’s business address to your monthly Chatterbug invoices so that they can process these properly:
    1. Head to ‘Organization’ in your Chatterbug Account Settings: app.chatterbug.com/account/organizations
    2. Enter your employer’s company name and address and hit ‘Update Organization Information’
    3. All future and past invoices will now include your employer’s address. Find them here: app.chatterbug.com/payments/invoices
    4. Click on the ‘Invoice ID’ link and choose ‘Download PDF’
    5. Send the invoice to your boss or HR team so they can reimburse you :money_mouth_face:
    6. Should your employer require any further documents (e.g. proof of enrolment or an attendance certificate), please let us know via help@chatterbug.io and we’ll prepare these for you

3. FOR TEAMS: Ask your employer to open a Chatterbug for Business account

  • If there are multiple people at your company who would like to learn with Chatterbug, the best way to enable this is with a Chatterbug for Business account.
  • The Chatterbug learning experience is exactly the same for you, the learner, but your employer pays and manages the billing via an admin account. They can easily invite several employees to learn with Chatterbug.
    1. Send your boss or HR team the link to our Business Homepage: chatterbug.com/en/business
    2. Ask them to contact us via the ‘get in touch’ button
    3. We’ll do the rest! As soon as your employer is set up, we’ll invite you to their account and free Live Lesson credits will magically appear in your dashboard! If you’re already learning with Chatterbug, your progress will remain intact

Learn more about Chatterbug for Business here: What is Chatterbug for Business?

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#2

Hi,
It didn’t work even though I changed the organization settings.

#3

Hi @tiberica , I’ve add your employer’s business address to your monthly invoices. When adding the address in your organization settings, it’s necessary to be a bit careful with the formatting. If there’s an extra space or comma at the end of one of the lines, the address doesn’t get passed on to our payment handler’s site. We can always do it manually, though, if you find it hasn’t worked first time :wink:

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