Ultimate Flexibility - Real money from your PC (but company in transition) - Math Tutor II Tutor.com Employee Review

4.0
Aug 9, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Tutor.com provides online tutoring services over the Internet to U.S. military, school districts, libraries, and individuals. You can sign up to work specific hours. In this case your are paid full rate for tutoring and (I believe) half rate for waiting. You can also (this is what I do) just log on and be paid full rate for tutoring. In this second case you can start and stop whenever you like and do not need to plan ahead. I really like the flexibility. Tutoring sessions generally run from 10 - 40 minutes each.

Cons

First the students. Most of the students are wonderful. There is a mix of students needing help because they never learning the foundation material all the way to students in advanced classes who have been assigned a really challenging homework problem. However, some of the students are arrogant and nasty. This is a minority, but often more aggravation then I'd like for around $10 per hour. I'd most also mention that the U.S. military students seems to be uniformly polite and pleasure to deal with. Second is that Tutor.com has recently been acquired by IAC (Google them for a surprise). I have seen disconcerting changes since the IAC acquisition. The company is expanding rapidly both in subjects offered and new students. These new students seem to be more of the demanding, unappreciative type. It hasn't happened yet, but if the number of problem students increases, I may be forced to go elsewhere. IAC has brought other changes giving the feeling that the employees are viewed as an alternate source of revenue. For example, the good news is that we IAC there is now a retirement plan - actually pretty nice with 50% matching up to 6%. On the other hand, the plan is opt-out: you are automatically enrolled unless you opt-out.

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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
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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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