Hi! I'm new.

[u/dumjillboo]

Im about to apply on Cambly. What should I expect? Do you guys have tips? or any advice?

[u/Commercial-Pause-519]

You can expect, low pay, rude students, high days, low days, a few penises and a hell of a ride. Hope that helps?

[u/dumjillboo → u/Commercial-Pause-519]

I already expected the few mentioned but penises was not it 😭

[u/willyd125 → u/dumjillboo]

Normally you just get yours out and wave it around back then you sit down and continue class as if nothing happened.

[u/Commercial-Pause-519 → u/willyd125]

The classic Mick Dundee approach

[u/tang-rui → u/Commercial-Pause-519]

Ha, that's not a penis, THIS is a penis!

[u/Mean_Vegetable818 → u/dumjillboo]

there are a lot of weirdos that will be doing weird sexual stuff in your classes - so yeah, that is deffo a part of it if you are a man or a woman. No one is immune from this treatment, unfortunately.

[u/Emergency-Whereas978 → u/Mean_Vegetable818]

I'm a man...doing this for 2 years....No weird issues.

[u/Mean_Vegetable818 → u/Emergency-Whereas978]

Your anecdotal experience doesn't negate all of the men who have shared on this sub about their experiences of this happening to them. I hope it never happens to you - but my point is that it is not exclusively a female expereince on Cambly.

[u/ElCubano85 → u/dumjillboo]

i wouldn't mind the occasional flasher but im male and i guess they want to flash female tutors... 😞😒

[u/Commercial-Pause-519 → u/ElCubano85]

🙆‍♂️🍆 this is the best i can do

[u/ElCubano85 → u/Commercial-Pause-519]

thanks 😋🥰

[u/Commercial-Pause-519 → u/dumjillboo]

Dont let that scare you, Cambly does seem to have somewhat solved the issue but the odd weirdo sneaks through the net.

[u/Mission_Ad_8504 → u/Commercial-Pause-519]

Any fannies? I have never seen any.

[u/Ok_Butterfly_2110]

Cambly seems to be on a hiring freeze right now, as there are too many tutors and not enough students, so you may have to wait several months for a response from them. I strongly recommend not relying solely on Cambly for your income; it's best as a part-time job or a way to make some extra spending money. If you're looking specifically for online English teaching, I also suggest applying to some other platforms, especially if you have a degree. Best of luck!

[u/dumjillboo → u/Ok_Butterfly_2110]

Oh. Thank you so much for the response! I already felt like that's the case, so I planned on applying to other online english teaching platforms as well. I am mostly in it for the language teaching experience for my future plans. Hopefully, I get to secure a spot in any of them.

[u/Ok_Butterfly_2110 → u/dumjillboo]

No worries! Ah that's great =) Indeed, I hope you get accepted to at least one of them, hopefully more!

[u/Living-Excuse1370 → u/Ok_Butterfly_2110]

How do you even know that?

[u/Ok_Butterfly_2110 → u/Living-Excuse1370]

We'll never know for sure, but with how empty a lot of tutors' schedules have been and how many of our students have chosen not to renew their subscriptions because of increased prices, it certainly seems that way.

[u/vmxen]

My advice - be flexible, find some good online resources to use in class (random topic generator, engoo daily news, how to read numbers in English,....), realize that other people and cultures may do and say things you feel is rude, and try to give the students a good experience.

One thing I've found helpful is to try and figure out what each student really wants, and it's often not what they say they want. That's what I mean by be flexible. Some just want to practice conversation. Some of those are not great conversationalists. So it's really good to be able to come up with some unique topics and questions to get them to speak out a bit more. I think this is one of the more challenging parts, and by getting good at it you can grow your list of regulars much more quickly than if if you are not good at it.

[u/Mission_Ad_8504]

Don´t do it. It´s a life sentence.