Not worth your time - Probationary Tutor Tutor.com Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I wanted to find another part-time job that would allow me to stay at home and make a couple of extra bucks during the week. This job was just that. On top of that, I got some experience tutoring Spanish, which is a must with what I intend to do in the future. Some students are very gracious and thankful for your time.

Cons

While some students were really great, others were terrible and despite attempting to help, they just give me bad reviews. Unfortunately with Tutor.com, reviews matter a lot and even when trying to talk with my mentor about what happened, all I received was indifference. My mentor was really no help at all throughout the entire time I was a tutor here, and if you have a tech problem or some conflict with scheduling, you're doomed! Attempting to talk to someone who knows what they are doing seems incredibly complicated with this company. In the end, I wasn't getting enough students to make the job worth my time. Depending on whether you could be at the computer at the right time on Friday afternoon, sometimes scheduling could be really easy or incredibly difficult. "Floating" didn't always help either since there were so few students who needed assistance in Spanish.

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5.0
Nov 3, 2025
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Pros

Reliable tutoring job that's available online. Easy to use system for the tutor.

Cons

They have a long onboarding process and a lot of links to keep in mind.

1.0
Jan 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The students are usually nice. Work from home.

Cons

There is no appreciation of employees. They give badges instead of raises. Don't be fooled by the $22 per hour posts. They do not pay that much for most tutoring. Most work is under $20/hr. The job that pays $22/hr is horrible according to most tutors. There is twice as much unpaid work involved compared with regular tutoring. This is not a job that pays a living wage. If you think you can stick out a low wage for a few years and then get a better wage from them, think again. They never give raises. The piddly 50 cents in January is not a raise. It is simply based on the minimum wage going up. It's an insult. If you think you can gain experience and then move on to another job think again. They don't give recommendations either. I hate working for this company. They have repeatedly tried (unsuccessfully) to get me to work without pay for things like training and meetings when they only pay min. wage even when they do pay. If they had their way, they would send all jobs to India, but their contract with the DOD is holding them back. This company is owned by the Chinese. Don't expect fair wages. I have to work more than 40 hours a week to get paid for 25 of them. Work-from-home jobs do not pay well, so keep that in mind when you are thinking about the benefits of working at home.

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