You would waste your time - English Tutor Cambly Employee Review

1.0
Jul 27, 2020
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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.

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Cool students, fun conversations. Global connections.

Cons

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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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