Absolute Waste of Time. Find a More Serious Tutoring Agency - Tutor Grade Potential Employee Review

1.0
27 Oct 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Find you students, but it pretty much ends there.

Cons

They essentially rip their employees/students off. They never bothered to interview me or even check my credentials before accepting me as a tutor. They also charge clients at least 3-4 times what they pay their tutors, despite the fact that they do not even bother to send over qualified tutors. Additionally they charged me fees without telling me such as a background check (ever heard of an employer that charges their employee for a background check? I haven't, at least not until now). To totally add to this horrible working experience they also did not pay me on time and I have yet to receive my payment from them.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Helpful management Communicative staff Contacted based on availability and relative skill level

Cons

Not very many hours are available

3.0
27 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to pick my own hours and it was pleasant to work with students/adult learners who were motivated to learn in the study rooms of libraries. The company pays a little more for students who are far away 25+ miles.

Cons

On the company, I have gone several months at a time without having any clients, but pay came in on time. I just wish they would update their UI. As for students, some came late, cancelled with less than two hours notice, were very unmotivated, or unprepared for sessions. I also often asked for a course syllabus/description/textbook, and rarely would any parent or student provide that to me, which made preparation for the science sessions a headache. Some students also needed either longer sessions or more self-study, but their parents did not really push any of the additional work or studying. It also became hard to explain how given that the student was already floundering prior to tutoring and doesn't understand the content currently, the cannot simply catch up with one hour of tutoring a week.

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