Tutor.com reviews

It is difficult to get hours. You often have a long wait times between students and sessions are short (you are pressured to keep them under 30 minutes) so it is hard to accumulate paid hours. On top of that you are capped at 4 hours per day. So even if you can hit your max your total pay will be low. I rarely hit my max despite being logged in 6-8 hours/day, except around mid term/final exam weeks. On top of that, the only time that is is busy is when kids are doing their homework, which is around 5-9pm ET. Hardly any students log on until school is out at ~2 pm ET. This makes it ok if you have a day job and want to work through dinner, but means it cannot be your day job unless you live in Hawaii. I had one really exceptional month in May during exam time where I took home $1000. Most months it is ~$300-$400 because I am logged in but there is no one to tutor.

Pay is less than you would make tutoring in person. The online "classroom" can have bugs at times. You have 10 seconds to respond to a student request before you lose them to another tutor so you must stare at your computer nonstop when working.