Save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere - Tutor PAPER Employee Review

1.0
Feb 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Zero things about this job are good.

Cons

-Constant gaslighting from upper management. -Profits over people mentality. For instance, they tweaked the algorithm, so tutors get fewer hours and are expected to work with five students simultaneously. -The way the company sells itself to schools is dishonest. They market it as "one-on-one tutoring" when, as I mentioned above, it's more like five students and one tutor. -Mass firings anytime the voice of labor gets a little too loud in the slack. In May 2022, they fired many prominent tutors. The company lied and said it was due to performance, but mere weeks prior, many of the fired tutors had been promoted to prestigious full-time positions. -Condescending training modules. Definitely tutor here if you want to be talked to like a child when you're actually an adult with a degree. -Next to no managerial support. Most tutor managers have 100+ tutors on their "team." It's impossible to receive support and become better at your job. -Absurd and arbitrary changes to the role. Don't be surprised if the job you were hired to do has completely changed three months after you start. Their latest brainchild was making it, so tutors are expected to work with students outside their subject area. -Unattainable metrics. They expect you to respond to students in a certain time frame, which is impossible to meet when you have five students in your classroom. -Tying bonuses to "total activities," which is the cumulative sum of essays reviewed + live classroom sessions. Tutors cannot control how many students visit the platform, so it's absurd to tie bonuses to this metric.

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5.0
Nov 8, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Work and felt very rewarding.

Cons

Few Hours and not a lot of support.

4.0
Jul 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Real remote flexibility here. They are embracing the technology we have to ensure our work life balance remains a high priority. You're trusted to manage your own time and get the job done without constant oversight. The bigger story though is the turnaround over the last year and a half. The new leadership has turned the ship around... before it fell off the map. The mission is clear now, and there's real room to help shape how we get there rather than crossing our fingers, closing our eyes, and hoping for the least worst.

Cons

Leadership communication is where things fall a bit short. We get the monthly all-hands and then... radio silence. I get it, priorities compete and there's a lot on their plate. But when the crew is the one actually rowing the boat, it helps to hear from the captain more than once a month. The occasional engagement via Slack, a little more visibility in between the big meetings would go a long way toward keeping everyone rowing in the same direction. We're all in this together - it's helpful to be reminded why a bit more often.

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