Flexible but Poor Compensation - Tutor Cambly Employee Review

3.0
27 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

You get to talk to a lot of different people from around the world. You can practice your social skills by talking with people who may think differently than you do. Most subscribers take it seriously and really want to learn anything you can teach them, which is really rewarding. The schedule is very flexible. There are no minimum hours you need to work, so you can fit it in around your schedule. If you need to take a week off, there's no penalty. You can work as little or as much as you like.

Cons

The pay is not the best. You get paid $0.17 for each talking minute you spend with a student. When you start working for Cambly, you have to sign up for "Priority Hours", which means you will get calls fielded to you through the system for the hour that you signed up. Sometimes you may get a student that will call in, a lot of times you don't. Cambly will compensate you for 15 minutes of the hour, which rounds up to about $2.50 total. That's one of the most frustrating things about the system, because you can't control if a student will call in or not, and being paid two dollars for an entire hour is very discouraging.

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5.0
22 Jul 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool students, fun conversations. Global connections.

Cons

None at this point in time.

4.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible schedule (you create your own), can easily cancel classes without too much of a penalty (make every student that you like a "regular" student so that if you get penalized...only regulars can book you...you have a huge pool of regulars), Cambly provides lessons, you can use almost any website as long as you don't need to share login information, it's fun and easy, many students become like friends, you can learn about different countries, cultures, and languages

Cons

The pay. It has never increased in the 14 years that Cambly has been in business. They are starting to offer a new program called "Cambly Pro" where you can make $15 an hour, but you have to apply to be a tutor for it and you could be denied. You have to have a 99% rating for 3 months to even be considered. If, like me, you are open to all students (and not just your regular students that you have become friends with), your rating can vary widely. No matter how good of a tutor you are, you will not be everyone's cup of tea. Also, Cambly does not allow tutors to teach in some states in the U.S. due to labor laws.

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