Cambly reviews

3.2

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,013 total reviews)
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Sameer Shariff

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Cambly has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,013 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cambly employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Aug 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is possible to make money and create relationships with clients

Cons

Camby is really vague about a lot of detail regarding using their platform use. Be aware! They expect for you to go through a contract with them earning .17 cent min. The contract contradicts itself many times after they banned me from their platform I decided to take a deeper look at the contract. Some entrepreneur online plantation. They don't warn you when you can't use the Platform so any clients you book through them you lose them. Better off working for yourself trust me!

2.0
May 17, 2016

Cambly was a disappointment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can do your own schedule. They pay as scheduled. Easy to do.

Cons

The pay is per minute. The free 3 minutes for new students are not serious. You have to be quick to answer calls unless you have a shift.

1.0
Aug 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively flexibility in terms of scheduling, ability to work from home, meeting interesting students from all over the world

Cons

-does not pay enough, initial wage since early 2010's has not increased adjusted to inflation, cost of living, etc. -almost arbitrary rating system (not even all students have to rate you) with very little explanation, no opportunity for students to give even anonymous feedback for teachers in their ratings -awful technical problems, constantly. The interface constantly breaks, the shared materials and chat often break and students AND teachers can't use them. Awful technical support, barely any human contact or anyone to hold liable. Apologies or answers rarely given -has shut out teachers from work temporarily for EXCUSED absences (did not happen to me, but to many peers I have seen). Cambly refuses to see any medical document you offer to show them, no matter how many times you offer -work environment online that pushes blame onto employees whenever a genuine issue or problem is raised. Racially and culturally insensitive comments frequently posted in the facebook groups where issues are supposed to be "resolved" -will not respond to your serious technical or professional issues, but will take their time to watch your entire videos and nag you about not sitting in the proper position, a minor detail in your background, etc. while students frequently smoke, eat, have loud music playing, drive their cars while talking, and have loud friends and family in the background disrupting lessons. -As a non-heterosexual, I am essentially forced to hide certain mannerisms and lie to 60+% of my clientele about my sexual orientation (as cambly focuses heavily on the middle east) but cambly still instructs its women instructors to "cover up"

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