Tutor.com reviews

They are saturated with tutors. I signed up with Tutor.com in December of last year. Every Friday for 3 months I signed in religiously to schedule hours. There were no hours available, ever. Occasionally, they allowed new probationary tutors to schedule hours on Wednesdays, which is the day that higher level tutors can schedule hours. Even then, there were no hours available except for one instance when there were two or so hours available at like 3:00 AM on a Sunday morning. I had school that morning, so I couldn't take those hours. In short, I was "active" with Tutor.com for three months and was not able to get a single hour scheduled. Not one. What really discouraged me, is that I wasn't even able to get hours when they allowed me to "go to the front of the pack" by giving me the scheduling privileges of a high level tutor. That showed me that I wouldn't be able to get hours even if I had been there for years. This is all very frustrating for me, because I spent a lot of time preparing for and then taking the two required subject tests (yes, you have to test into two subjects, not one like they pretend), taking the proctored session, and then logging in repeatedly to try and get hours.

- GOOD LUCK with getting scheduled hours according to your schedule or getting sessions when you have time. Most tutors are lucky to get 10 hours a week, except in peek times. - The company has pretty impossible standards, expecting you to do a great job but to not take any time doing it. - The company will try to screw you in every way possible for money. - Training consists of constantly being barraged by your mentor with critiques, as they cherry-pick your toughest sessions to complain about. - They have a lame mentorship program, which they use to essentially deny long-term employees promotions. They will constantly ask for nearly impossible numbers, and when you finally meet those, they will find something qualitative to use to deny you a promotion, and then furthermore, threaten you. - Many students will roulette through tutors until they can find someone who will do what they want, the way they want it. Expect plenty of early disconnects and rude behavour. - YOU have to pay the taxes for the job, as it is a contract job. - YOU have to pay for your internet, computer, and any other hardware. Furthermore, tutor.com will punish you if you have a bad internet connection that causes too much dcing etc.