Flexible, easy, good tutor support - English Tutor Cambly Employee Review

4.0
Jan 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

100% flexible hours. You can work in the middle of the night, day, or any timezone. Payment is once a week like clockwork. If something goes wrong or there's a glitch (which isn't very often) the support staff are friendly and eager to help you. The platform is solid and is constantly being improved. The people who you teach are from all over the world and all walks of life and teaching them is a fascinating way to learn about the world.

Cons

The pay isn't much anything substantial. Cambly pays 17 cents per minute, which comes to $10.20 an hour if you manage to teach the entire time. The difficulty lies in finding enough students to fill your time so that you make that number. When you first begin and have no regular students and no rating to demonstrate your skills you won't be filling up all of your time and can expect closer to $6/h. Cambly directs students to you if you sign up for a "priority hour", so you'll always have students, but not always enough to fill your entire hour. I've been teaching on Cambly for several months now and have a good list of regular students, but I still only average around $8 assuming nothing goes wrong, like cancellations. Because of this I would only recommend Cambly to someone, like myself, who lives in a part of the world where $6-10/h is enough to make a living.

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Pros

Cool students, fun conversations. Global connections.

Cons

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4.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Very flexible schedule (you create your own), can easily cancel classes without too much of a penalty (make every student that you like a "regular" student so that if you get penalized...only regulars can book you...you have a huge pool of regulars), Cambly provides lessons, you can use almost any website as long as you don't need to share login information, it's fun and easy, many students become like friends, you can learn about different countries, cultures, and languages

Cons

The pay. It has never increased in the 14 years that Cambly has been in business. They are starting to offer a new program called "Cambly Pro" where you can make $15 an hour, but you have to apply to be a tutor for it and you could be denied. You have to have a 99% rating for 3 months to even be considered. If, like me, you are open to all students (and not just your regular students that you have become friends with), your rating can vary widely. No matter how good of a tutor you are, you will not be everyone's cup of tea. Also, Cambly does not allow tutors to teach in some states in the U.S. due to labor laws.

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