Great! But recently more worried for money than academic issues - Tutor Tutor.com Employee Review

3.0
9 Dec 2018
Recommend
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Pros

1) I love the freedom to choose your own schedule to work. I had full-time job and do this as a part time job. 2) I love that the service has High-quality standards. They encourage you to teach the students how to solve their questions NOT giving answers. 3) I love that the mentors (More experienced tutors) are always helping you to get better. 4) I love the training and provided materials with engaging techniques those are useful not only for online tutoring but for any teaching job.

Cons

1) You must work as "floating tutor" most of the times. The system works like this: ----- "Scheduling tutor" - This is when you schedule some hours per day, the good thing is that you get paid for those scheduled time (very poorly by the way). BAD THING you are able to schedule, let's say up to 50 or more hours per week, BUT when they open the agenda all tutors in the system are scheduling too so you can barely schedule 5 or 6 hours per week and ONLY if you're lucky you'll get the hours that you want. -----"Floating tutor" is is when you are logged in BUT not getting paid. If you work about 45 h per week, It is almost sure that you'll work at least 30 h as floating tutor. 2) Some policies contradict. They "allow" sessions with maximum time and "unlimited time" sessions BUT they strongly recommend you (Sometimes more than a simple recommendation) to give sessions in 27 minutes or less. 3) Sometimes the mentors don't give you a fair evaluation due to the policie (see point 2). 4) Sometimes students rate you low because they only want you to do their homework.

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5.0
3 Nov 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
13 Jan 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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