Cambly reviews

Low pay for the current job market. No compensation when a student cancels, even if it is within 24 hours of the scheduled lesson. However, tutors are penalized if they have to cancel within that same amount of time (potential that scheduling privileges will be limited temporarily.) Only 10 minutes worth of pay if student no-shows (regardless of length of class; minimum 15 minutes class time). If teaching children, depending on the parents, you may be left completely alone with the child; no parent/guardian supervision. Parental guidance would be appreciated when communication becomes difficult.

Pay is terribly low. Bonuses are pathetically useless. Too many no shows, which is waste of your time. Students often experience tech issues directly related to the Cambly platform. Teachers cannot enter the class unless the student calls you and the call comes up on your dashboard. Many times students send messages asking where the teacher is when the class has started. This is because the platform will be showing them that it is waiting for the teacher to enter (this is impossible without receiving a call from student). This entire thing wastes so much time. Many times the call does not come through to your dashboard and you assume the student is not coming when in fact they are waiting in the waiting room thinking you are not coming, but neither of you are aware of the situation. Students often call late so you do not get paid for the time they hadn't yet called, unless they call after 10 minutes then you get a very measly $2 for 10 minutes of your time that has been wasted. There are always problems with the platform/website and they blame it on your internet when there's absolutely nothing with your internet because it works on every other website except Cambly. The platform slows down your laptop. Overall, it comes across that management does not care at all about their teachers. They are simply disposable which is why they over hire which reduces the amount of classes you can teach.