Toxic environment with low pay, moral-busting culture, ineffective management and horrible business culture. - Recensione dipendente - Tutor presso Spicus Tutor

1,0
1 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

None. This company is absolutely irredeemable and exploits desperate tutors. Avoid working here at all costs.

Svantaggi

Insultingly low pay for the work they demand. Managers are passive aggressive, condescending blowhards who micromanage, harass, threaten and bully tutors over the slightest imperfection. Little warning or notice is given for last-minute bookings, and the tutors are punished for it if they are unable to make that lesson. They require you to be logged in and on standby for the duration of your shift, without paying you for the time you spend online. You are only paid for the time you spend teaching. Additionally, you are NOT paid for last-minute cancellations by students. It was commonplace that I started a shift with a full schedule and, due to last-minute cancellations, only ended up teaching 2 students that day, drastically reducing my pay. To make matters worse, they indiscriminately lay off tutors as part of their "restructuring" strategy. They did not give any explanation as to why I was laid off, and completely ceased communication with me after they did so.

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5,0
12 mar 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Easy and lovely students and staff.

Svantaggi

The wages are not high enough

1,0
7 dic 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The students are the only redeeming part of this job. They’re respectful and eager to learn, and most instructors stay longer than they should because of them — not because of the company itself.

Svantaggi

This company does not value its teachers in any meaningful way. There are no raises, no matter how long you work or how well you perform. Management ignores messages, avoids direct questions, and provides almost no support. Communication is slow, inconsistent, or nonexistent. The pay is shockingly low for American instructors, and the advertised $12–$15/hour is absolutely misleading. Once you factor in prep time, unpaid breaks, and the lack of guaranteed hours, the real income is significantly lower. What makes it worse is that the company reports over $8.2 million in revenue while refusing to invest even minimally in fair compensation for the people actually doing the work. I have worked for several overseas ESL companies — including Chinese platforms — that paid better, communicated better, and treated teachers with more basic respect than this one. If you are a trained, experienced, or educated teacher, do not waste your time here. This job is only suitable for someone looking for extremely part-time, low-pay, fill-in work — not for anyone who depends on teaching as their profession.

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