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2.0
13 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Work at home. -Work according to your schedule. -You get to help students from all over, from privledged and unprivledged circumstances. - Great way to pick up an extra couple of hundred a month

Cons

- GOOD LUCK with getting scheduled hours according to your schedule or getting sessions when you have time. Most tutors are lucky to get 10 hours a week, except in peek times. - The company has pretty impossible standards, expecting you to do a great job but to not take any time doing it. - The company will try to screw you in every way possible for money. - Training consists of constantly being barraged by your mentor with critiques, as they cherry-pick your toughest sessions to complain about. - They have a lame mentorship program, which they use to essentially deny long-term employees promotions. They will constantly ask for nearly impossible numbers, and when you finally meet those, they will find something qualitative to use to deny you a promotion, and then furthermore, threaten you. - Many students will roulette through tutors until they can find someone who will do what they want, the way they want it. Expect plenty of early disconnects and rude behavour. - YOU have to pay the taxes for the job, as it is a contract job. - YOU have to pay for your internet, computer, and any other hardware. Furthermore, tutor.com will punish you if you have a bad internet connection that causes too much dcing etc.

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5.0
3 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reliable tutoring job that's available online. Easy to use system for the tutor.

Cons

They have a long onboarding process and a lot of links to keep in mind.

1.0
13 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The students are usually nice. Work from home.

Cons

There is no appreciation of employees. They give badges instead of raises. Don't be fooled by the $22 per hour posts. They do not pay that much for most tutoring. Most work is under $20/hr. The job that pays $22/hr is horrible according to most tutors. There is twice as much unpaid work involved compared with regular tutoring. This is not a job that pays a living wage. If you think you can stick out a low wage for a few years and then get a better wage from them, think again. They never give raises. The piddly 50 cents in January is not a raise. It is simply based on the minimum wage going up. It's an insult. If you think you can gain experience and then move on to another job think again. They don't give recommendations either. I hate working for this company. They have repeatedly tried (unsuccessfully) to get me to work without pay for things like training and meetings when they only pay min. wage even when they do pay. If they had their way, they would send all jobs to India, but their contract with the DOD is holding them back. This company is owned by the Chinese. Don't expect fair wages. I have to work more than 40 hours a week to get paid for 25 of them. Work-from-home jobs do not pay well, so keep that in mind when you are thinking about the benefits of working at home.

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