it can be pleasant, it can also be f****g awful - Tutor I Tutor.com Employee Review

1.0
Sep 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible time, some students are sweet!

Cons

1). The so called mentor is extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely nitpciking you for just about anything, especially criticizing you for "giving answers", sometimes you explain 1+1, and the student say it is 11, and 5+6 is 56, the student can be VERY rude and very pushy, I has 70 sessions with 19 of them give me 5/5, another session give me 3 (most sessions are not rated at all) , and the so called idiotic mentor still criticize you for the tiny things, I mean their goal is to make your life hard (don't trust this, give a try and you will know) 2). Virtually no help from anywhere, they insulate you so you can't review feedback for the student 50% of the time, they don't allow you to identify the student, even indirectly, so basically you have no clue what kind of level the student has. 3). the rating system can be VERY abusive! so many tutors include me, the no.1 thing in our mind is to find a potential troublesome situation and minimize the impact on your rating, and if certain session (based on your experience) is difficult, everyone will avoid it, I've seen students were kept waiting for 50 min at 9PM, where there are probably 30-50 tutors, no one want to help!

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5.0
Nov 3, 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
Jan 13, 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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