Mediocre Experience - Tutor Kumon Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2020
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Pros

I worked here all throughout my high school years. Overall, not the best place for high schoolers to work. *Low time commitment - centre is usually open for a few times a week (3-4 hour shifts) *Indoor, Quiet environment *Respectful kids (for the most part) *Well respected brand in the learning/education industry

Cons

*Micro-management and favoritism among tutors *Low pay (minimum wage) *Manual and repetitive work (e.g. data entry, marking papers) *Discouraged from offering any kind of teaching/guidance to students (strictly an admin role - only the supervisor could teach) *Schedules/shifts not flexible to students (lack of back-ups and not supportive of student work schedules) *Lack of collaboration and teamwork (this is important especially as many tutors are young people, connections/relationships will be very beneficial in the future) *This role is very independent and at times, isolating... I would encourage tutors that were high school students like myself to seek other work to build their network better.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

- Flexible hours. Super helpful if you're a student

Cons

- None. Everyone I worked with were super nice.

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Contributing to an educational environment, work didn't require any prior experience.

Cons

Management consistently took in more kids than the employees had capacity for, which lead to a lot of crunch for what should have been a straightforward task. The amount of work we were required to do did not scale with the $8 an hour I was receiving.

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