Very poor experience - Anonymous employee Tutor.com Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility to choose your own schedule. Look elsewhere like I did. InstaEDU pays twice as much and management is much better. More hours are available as well.

Cons

-Very low pay ($10/hr) InstaEDU pays twice as much -Every session is monitored and reports are written about each session and you are expected to respond to each one (and not get paid for it) -Common Core proponents (very likely). A concept can be overtly obvious to the student, and yet they will not be satisfied. -Very few hours available (not even part time) -The system is set up such that you waste as much time as possible with the students (in order to make more money of course). -Very awkward whiteboard (as if writing with the mouse is not already extremely tedious, the platform is grossly underdeveloped) -You'll feel like you've worked way to hard to earn even $50. Not worth the effort. Not even close.

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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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