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4.0
May 23, 2014

Good company to tutor for

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Pros

--make you own schedule --work from home --expectations communicated clearly by management --more than adequate training, including regular additional workshops --regular and fair raise schedule (start at $15/hr, but can easily be into the $20's within a few months with good performance) --company likes to hire for senior positions from tutor pool, so there is opportunity to move up in the long term --recruitment bonuses if you help the company find other new hires

Cons

--you'll make less than you would tutoring in person --it is not always in the company's interest to tell parents the truth very bluntly (eg: your kid should not be studying for the SAT/ACT, as they are too far below college level to expect to perform well in college). To be fair to the company, they do try to communicate such things in gentler terms, but at the end of the day you have to be able to stomach the realities of test-prep tutoring: often the kid's time would be better spent in remedial classes, with a subject area tutor, in extracurricular activities, or [on rare occasions] even with a therapist, but even when you recognize that fact, you have no power to do anything about it.

3.0
Mar 29, 2014

Flexible, but with low pay.

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Pros

I am able to create my own schedule with students and have a reasonable amount of freedom to structure lessons as I see fit. My students are wonderful and working from home is pretty appealing. It's easy to work for PrepNow on top of a full-time job. Salaried positions with the corporate office are often given to qualified tutors, so there is opportunity for growth within the company. StudyPoint recognizes and praises good tutors, so you feel valued.

Cons

The pay is truly terrible. Most tutoring companies pay at least twice as much hourly for SAT tutoring. However, they don't have the option of working online from home and going to a student's home is higher impact work. That said, there is really just no reason to take this job if you have very high test scores and experience UNLESS you just really can't deal with the idea of leaving your house.

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