Loved the work but it was ruined by horrible management and upper leadership - English/Humanities Tutor PAPER Employee Review

1.0
May 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexible schedule (however, now most tutors can only get 4 hours a week on average, and there is no work over the summer/holidays). -When you actually have a manageable workload, working with students can be really rewarding. -The support and help from other tutors is a great and collaborative working environment, even though it is remote.

Cons

-Management expects tutors to work with usually over 3 students at a time, which is incredibly difficult when trying to provide meaningful tutoring sessions and also meeting the performance metric requirements. -Upper management has horrible communication and does not address tutor concerns. -Lots of layoffs and quiet firing of many tutors within the past year and a half, including the student safety team that used to help students in crisis or who expressed anything concerning that required a follow-up/check-in with the student and the school. Additionally, many HQ employees and tutors have quit due to the work environment and status of the company. -There used to be opportunities for growth in the company, but within the past few years, they were gotten rid of. -Tutors were expected to help train AI (AI meant to take over some duties of our jobs) which added to our workload. When many tutors asked about raises due to this added workload and the time it took away form our other duties, upper management said that they did not see it as additional work and would therefore not be giving us a raise.

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5.0
Nov 8, 2025
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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
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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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