Ringle

2.0

8 May 2020

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Pros

Flexible hours—there's no doubt about that. You set your own schedule and it populates when students sign up. That's one of the things about this gig.

Cons

1. Pay. $15/hr starting wage may seem lucrative, but keep in mind you must pay significantly higher taxes than a typical W-2 employee—a base amount of approx. 14% instead of 7%. This is because Ringle pays you as a 1099 contractor, which means you must pay double the Social Security and Medicare taxes compared to a normal W-2 employee. (As a W-2 employee, your employer would pay the other half for you). Google "Self Employment Tax" for more details. It's thus customary for contract employers to pay higher hourly wages to offset the tax different. Ringle does not do this. You might be happy when the paychecks hit your account, but you are sure to be disappointed when taxes are due. 2. Pay, continued: $15/hr is also quite low compared to other tutoring services that hire US college graduates. 2. Pay, continued part two. Want to get a dollar raise to $16/hr? You must teach at least 500 lessons. That's a lot. 3. Attitude towards tutors. If you cancel a lesson last minute, they don't just withhold pay from you, they actually fine you. Yep, that's right, a fine. They take money out of your future paycheck as a penalty. Additionally, students can leave reviews on tutors' profiles but there is no way to respond. This goes against conventional norms—see Yelp, Google, etc.

Ringle Response

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions. As a young company, we really do appreciate this feedback and are working to make changes in response to it. We’re sorry that you felt the pay we offer tutors is insufficient. We’ve just revised our payment system (as of October 2020) to allow tutors to advance more quickly from our baseline payment of $15/hour to a maximum of $20.90 plus added weekly bonuses. Unfortunately, we can’t control the tax laws of the countries in which our tutors work, however we do appreciate how confusing they can be. In the run-up to tax season, we’ll offer drop in sessions with knowledgeable individuals who can offer aid on navigating a tax return to our tutors. We very much appreciate your frustration regarding penalties. In response to criticisms about our cancellation and no-show fines, we have now (from late June 2020) scrapped them entirely! They’ve been replaced with our “Star-Strike” system, which is designed to reward rather than penalise our tutoring community through weekly bonuses. We are committed to improving transparency and communication with our tutoring community. If you have any further feedback or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Moorea, our new Tutor Relations Manager (herself a tutor with Ringle for 3 years) at tutor-relationships@ringleplus.com.

Don't be fooled—pay is low and management seems to care far more about students than tutors. - Tutor Ringle Employee Review

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