Despicable salary - Online English Teacher Cambly Employee Review

1.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Your working schedule is completely up to you. You can work 1 hour a week or 100 hours. - Students are lovely and very enthusiastic to learn English. - Tutors can reach out to support staff if they have any issues such as technical problems, issues with pay or with students. - Pay is each week, almost always on time.

Cons

- Pay is not low, but despicably low. At 0.17 cents a minute or 10.20 per hour, Most of us teachers have qualifications and teaching experience. We also put in extra time for our students such as developing grammar and speaking lessons. The students pay a lot for Cambly therefore they expect results. If you don't put in extra time for some students then its possible your rating will decrease therefore you will get less students. There is no possibility to be promoted as a tutor. I only recommend Cambly as a side job because if you live in the USA or the EU, this salary is only enough to pay rent, nothing else.

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5.0
Jul 22, 2025
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Pros

Cool students, fun conversations. Global connections.

Cons

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4.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
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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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