CamblyReviews of cambly.com

Horrible, money hungry company that takes advantage of the tutors as well as the students.

This moneyhungry company doesn’t care about their users. They underpay their employees and meanwhile they keep making the lessons more expensive for the students. The students pay quite a bit of money to do the lessons but the teachers only get a unacceptably small percentage of this money. This selfish company is NOT part of the people who want to make this world a better place.

This platform constantly increases their subscription fees but never increases the pay of their teachers!

My teacher was banned from Cambly without notice. I didn’t even get to say goodbye and I’ve been with this teacher for over a year. This sucks! Cambly always raises their subscription fee and then bans your favourite teacher. Now i have to find another teacher but it won’t be with Cambly! Don’t waste your time signing up to learn here.

They really need to increase the pay after all these years. Also the ratings are confusing and seem to be a bit unfair.

The pay is embarrassing, plus they are trying to make you do extra work outside of class to generate pressure students. Avoid working here if you have ANY alternatives

SLAVE WAGE As many other tutors have already mentioned, the pay is absolutely abysmal. Cambly advertises that tutors can earn UP TO $10.20 USD per hour, but that is only if they are speaking with a student for the entire hour. Due to a decrease in student subscriptions, this is very unlikely, and most tutors are only earning around $5-$6 USD an hour. Even as a part-time job, this type of income is not sustainable or worth the effort. EXPENSIVE SUBSCRIPTION Despite the low wage tutors recieve, and overall poor quality of the platform of which Cambly invests no time or money, the cost of subscription continues to increase, making it an unaffordable and undesirable service for many students. Cambly pockets most of the money of its students, including a ridiculous "cancellation fee" which many students have complained about. FALSE ADVERTISING Cambly advertises itself to tutors as a casual conversation platform for native speakers, who just have to chat with students to improve their speaking skills. Cambly advertises itself to students as a platform full of extremely qualified, well-educated professionals with an array of experiences to help them achieve their personaized English goals. The expectations tutors and students have of using Cambly are grossly misaligned. NO PROTECTION FOR TUTORS Many tutors on Cambly, especially women, are subjected to inappropriate students who use the platform as a way to expose themselves on camera. Despite many complaints, Cambly does nothing besides advising us to block these type of students, although they can easily create a new account and do the same thing all over again. UNETHICAL The new Terms and Agreement that is mandatory for tutors is unethical at best and absolutely criminal at worst. They are using our classes for the development of AI which will inevitably leave many tutors without a job and income, which many rely on to provide for themselves and families. Overall, Cambly is a despicable company that disregards its students and barely recognizes its tutors as people. For English teaching and learning, there are much better options for both tutors and students. Don't waste your time applying or subscribing.

Cambly expects a lot from it's Tutors and continues to squeeze them while providing little incentive to work harder. The pay is terrible and the new ratings system has made it more difficult for Tutors to make money.