Pros
Flexible working hours You meet different students
Cons
Terrible pay. (even if your a qualified tutor who can provide more) Your account will be deactivated with NO explanation even if your fully booked with a very good rating. (AND THEY KEEP YOUR LAST PAYMENT!) They tell you its a conversational platform, but they advertise to the students as 'expert tutors who can train you for IELTS' etc, so they expect a lot more for such low pay. Platform crashes all the time (you lose money when this happens) The provided lessons are not educational, they are silly/boring and FULL of mistakes. The team is rude, unhelpful and you deal with automated email responses most of the time. Now and again they can accuse you for things you have not done (such as missing a reservation) and restrict your account for no reason, even if you ask for proof you will be ignored. You can get very rude students, and if you block too many you will get a warning. They recruit and replace constantly so you have no value for them, which makes your income decrease all the time. You have to chase for your student 'no-show' compensation, and they always blame the 'system' and they try everything to keep that money ($1.70) even if your well within your rights to claim it. Students cancel their lessons last minute all the time and you are not compensated (but Cambly keeps the lesson fee from the student) only if they don't cancel and they don't turn up for the first 10 minutes you get a 'no-show' compensation. Its a nightmare to work for, its flexible but with such low pay you have to be working the whole day to possibly maintain a 'minimum wage' They advertise $10.20 an hour but you could be online for hours with no work, and maybe get a 5 minute lesson within that whole hour, you are paid by the minute - not by the hour! They promote your profile if they feel like it. There is a system called 'Priority hour' which basically your a clowny sales person - not a tutor. So many tutors have lived through and complained about the above situations, I could go on, but just keep away, as a tutor and as a student.
