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3.0
12 Sept 2023

How It Really Is

Recommend
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Pros

- flexible schedule, set what hours you want to work - meet cool people from all around the world - can take off how long you want (but in doing so, if you have a lot of regulars that like booking with you, then they may not come back if you take off too long) - weekend bonuses - actually this is a pro cuz yayyyy bonus, but its a con because the max the lowest bonus is 10% and the highest 30%, but it seems lately they only do the 10%, but typically you have to work THREE hours back to back to get this bonus

Cons

- Classic Cambly - the pay is abysmal at .17 cents a minute/$10.20 hour - Cambly Kids - a little better but still abysmal at .20 cents a minute/$12/hour ***from my understanding, Cambly hasn't given any raises in MANY years, but their CEO'S are rakin in the dough. - if you cancel too many lessons last minute you get put in "cambly jail" meaning your schedule is restricted to take calls from your regular students. (in actuality its not the worst, because if you've already built up a nice roster of regulars, you can still have enough lessons, as long as they're continuing to book with you) but being restricted doesn't allow you access to the PH(priority hours) - these PH's basically mean you're on-call, you MUST take all incoming calls while on one of these hours. - FREE TRIALS and Ma$turbator$ - yes you read that right, there are times when men call during a free trial and are doing nasty things. So while Cambly has made strides for tutors to have the ability to blur the students video, it still doesn't stop these sickos from creating new fake accounts and calling to do it over again. I've experienced it twice in one month and all Cambly tutor support is say "sorry, we're doing what we can, blah blah blah" very lack luster and generic automated response. They could care less. -Independent contractor, but NO not really, we get in trouble if too many lessons canceled last minute, can't set own rates, and their most recent contract update has stated that if tutors don't agree to their updated terms, then they can't work for Cambly. In these new terms, they say they can use your voice or picture along with AI in the future. That's all sorts of wrong. Even though you have to do your own taxes, again, not an independent contractor. - no health benefits or anything like that, that's where the "independent contractor" suits them.

3.0
17 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid and remote environment, autonomy.

Cons

Lack of communication, career plan and benefits.

3.0
7 Jun 2024

There isn’t much room for career growth

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly working environment Convenient working location Relatively flat management structure

Cons

Inconsistent employee benefits across regions Opaque management style

4.0
25 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

flexible, remote, online, and easy startup.

Cons

pay, hours, no benefits, no payraise

4.0
25 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Set your own hours. Develop working relationships with students. Meet folks from around the world. Use an online platform that usually works smoothly.

Cons

Tutors are independent contractors, and even though the company is based in California, it is unfortunately legal to pay us LESS than California minimum wage! Perhaps needless to say, there also exist no benefits packages. I work for this company because I care about my students.

4.0
30 Sept 2025

Teaching Salary

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours and benefits if students don't show for classes

Cons

On priority hour, you're not always guaranteed to teach the full hour

4.0
5 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule – you teach anytime you want Easy to start – no strict teaching requirements Global students – meet people from different cultures

Cons

Low pay – compared to other ESL platforms No guaranteed students – income can be unstable No benefits – no government or health benefits

3.0
3 Dec 2024

Pay at Cambly

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Flexible, easy, rewarding, fun, interesting

Cons

Little pay, no benefits, students can be strange or rude

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