Alchemy Tuition

Alchemy Tuition Employee Review

Not enough work

Tutor (Current Employee) - Online - 1 September 2023

Not ideal if you wish to work full-time. It’s hard to get students that are close to you, and the company does not pay for your kms. Not worth it to drive over 40 minutes for a session. It’s also rare to get online students. Parents also cancel last minute sometimes. Overall, it’s a good concept but I feel like as tutors we are under-paid. Planning lessons takes time, and we have to do it in our own time in advance. We don’t get paid for that. I applied in hopes of making extra income, however the money made isn’t even enough to cover a trip to the grocery store. Personally, I’m happy to do it but it feels partially like volunteer work. I spend more time planning than I do in an actual session. In addition to this, I worked overtime in my first session and logged the time, only to find that it was edited and cut to 15 minutes less. My time is valuable and I deserve to be paid for the amount of time in the session. The parents payments also sometimes fail, and we don’t get paid for over a week.

Pros

Fulfilling Job

Cons

Pay

Ratings by category

5.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

1.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

2.0 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement

5.0 out of 5 stars for Management

5.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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Cons

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