BEWARE: Cambly is paying its tutors to give them fake reviews, rather than fix their company - English Teacher Cambly Employee Review

1.0
Oct 22, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours, interesting clients (if you can get them)

Cons

Your hours and ability to get clients depends on a mysterious, arbitrary Rating System that they refuse to fix. Rather than fixing this problem, they are trying to bribe their teachers to leave a fake, positive review for them. They just sent out an e-mail saying they would pay us if we left a positive review for them here. In other words, they are upset about their score on Glassdoor. They could mitigate this issue by fixing their own rating system which would make us employees more than happy to give them a genuinely positive review on Cambly. However, instead of fixing their own rating system, they are trying to bribe us to give THEM a good rating on Glassdoor. It is laughably hypocritical. Beware coming reviews on Glassdoor. It's going to be employees posting a positive review to get a few bucks from them.

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Pros

Cool students, fun conversations. Global connections.

Cons

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4.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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