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I have worked at AJ Tutoring for many years now--first as a test prep tutor, then an academic tutor, a department head, and a member of the leadership team--and I continue to enjoy my time here!

The best parts of working at this company are the opportunities available. I can make strong connections with students through 1-on-1 tutoring, and I can also give back to the community by teaching pro bono classes in local high schools and after school organizations. The management is eager to put people where they can be both helpful and happy with what they're doing, and so it was easy for me to transition between test prep and academic tutoring based on both student needs and my own interests. As a department head and a member of the leadership team, I have been able to multiply my ability to help students by working with other tutors to improve their own practices, and the chance to connect with colleagues more has made the (sometimes lonely) job of 1-on-1 tutoring much more socially rewarding.

Every job has it's drawbacks, and the biggest concern I've had while working here has been the hours: tutoring happens after school and on weekends, and there are times when work hours have interfered with my ability to spend time with friends and family. "Work-life balance" is not impossible at this job, however: as a tutor, I had time off on weekday mornings to go to the gym, take classes, and cook lunch instead of dinner, and in my twenties I didn't mind staying up late tutoring. When I took on leadership responsibilities, I was able to shift some of my hours to the daytime, eventually reducing my tutoring hours when I needed to spend more time at home with my family. Working with kids is still one of the best parts of the job though, and I continue to pack students in Sunday through Thursday as much as I reasonably can.

I would recommend this job to anyone who has a love for teaching and is looking for the rewards of 1-on-1 tutoring specifically. Those who can see the hours as a positive will enjoy the job the most, although the benefits (numerous opportunities for skill development, pathways to management, and rewarding interactions with students) tend to outweigh the drawbacks of an "off" schedule.

If you possess a love for learning, teaching and education, there is simply no better place to work than AJ Tutoring.  

I have been working at AJ for about a year and feel grateful every day knowing that I'm able to work at a job doing what I love for a company I respect immensely.  Like most tutors, I tutor a variety of subjects: SAT/ACT, English, Algebra, and Latin.  Although some people may assume that teaching strategies for taking standardized tests is a tedious ordeal, I find it extremely rewarding.  Every student possesses different strengths and weaknesses and there is never a dull moment teaching because virtually all students are engaged and highly motivated to improve their score.  Academic tutoring is just as invigorating, and if you love the subject you're teaching the time should fly by and leave you wanting to stay at work longer.      

Compensation is extraordinarily generous  (I started at $35/hr ) and you are even paid for administrative tasks like logging hours, communicating with parents, and preparing for sessions.  If you are doing well, you'll receive regular raises on top of that once or twice a year.  

Management truly cares about the well-being of their employees and frequently sends out surveys to all employees to assess any problems we may be experiencing and takes our feedback into consideration when implementing changes.  My team leader (basically supervisor) is awesome and has handled the (very few) problems with parents I have had expertly and efficiently.  The two founders are approachable, friendly, and highly capable.  Despite being a relatively large (and rapidly expanding) company, they know everyone on a first name basis, do all hiring themselves, and lead most of the training themselves as well.  Once you meet them, it's easy to see how they have become so successful    

Virtually all employees are highly intelligent, friendly, personable, and as ecstatic as I am to be working here.  Some treat it as a stepping stone before grad school, whereas others are planning to stay at AJ  for their career.       

In summation, I could not be happier working here.  My only regret is not joining sooner.

I started at this company with a lot of enthusiasm and found myself thinking of quitting fairly soon after starting. After having an incompetent, divisive, bullying, and belittling supervisor, I did quit. The pay is quite low when considering their rates--$160 for test prep, the tutor makes only $37.50 off of that. Some companies pay the tutor %50 of what clients pay. They say that they compensate for administrative tasks ($15/hr), but there is a workplace culture of attempting to streamline time...do five things at once when your with your client......"that should take you 5 min", "rapid lesson planning". Very stressful, Irregular hours, driving back and forth around the bay, no guarantee of clients. Boring and unstimulating "trainings", very concentrated on sales, marketing, and capitalistic growth. Wildly unrealistic expectations to keep up with email.  Allowed 1 "dark day" a week. DOES NOT HONOR FEDERAL HOLIDAYS. There is an expectation to work on federal holidays if the client wants to schedule. 

No real ethics, appropriate protocol, or staff trainings in regards to training for working with minors with legal learning accommodations. Working with students who are engaged in their learning was rewarding, but instead of professional development, my "team leader" (supervisor), would demand to know all of the details of what I was doing in session with the clients. Crazy mirco-management. Weekly check ins were a colossal waste of time and also demeaning. One of the owners sends out google sheets saying "work is fun".....it felt like a cult mentality and being "part of the team" quickly became quite creepy. 

There are some really awesome people here. But if you get an incompetent team leader, its gonna suck....hard! HR is ok, but shirks responsibility. I regret ever having applied to this job and working here is a memory I would like to forget. I quit this job because I respect myself. 

The Latin tutoring team is super legit. :)

I've been with AJ for a year and a half as both a test prep and an academic tutor. While I was originally anticipating unrewarding work with difficult students, I was pleasantly surprised! The kids are for the most part extremely motivated and eager to learn, and I've been excited to implement AJ's minimalist test prep philosophy and holistic academic tutoring with them.The work environment is amazing as well - you have minimal oversight, but are surrounded by friendly and passionate educators and a supportive staff. The directors are also very receptive of critiques and suggestions and give clear directives on pursuing an upward path in the company. They hold you to a high standard and expect you to deal with parents professionally - which I've really appreciated - but compensate very fairly for the level of parent communication they expect outside of the session, especially considering the great hourly tutoring wages.

The only cons I've experienced have been the late/weekend hours and the sometimes difficult parents. The other team members - particularly your team leader - are extremely supportive and helpful when it comes to dealing with parents, and to be honest, difficult interactions with parents are what have most helped me grow as a professional. The hours are what you'd expect for after school tutoring - mostly 3:30 - 10:00 and weekends.. I've really appreciated both my open weekday mornings and the flexibility of my schedule. You're in charge of setting your own hours, so if you need to take time off or keep a particular day free, you're free to make those arrangements with your students. I've found that the only times when both my weekends and my evenings have been packed have been when I'm working 35+ tutoring hours and being paid accordingly.

Overall, I've been excited to be part of this vibrant and supportive team, despite the unusual hours the job requires!

I was beyond excited to begin working and turned down many other offers to accept my position at AJ. I decided everything I was going to do around the position. Picked an apartment close by and made sure I was as available as possible. I originally committed to being as full time as possible because I really enjoyed the sound of the company. I was sad to hear that the staff was paid minimum wage to be yelled at by parents then only paid 1/4 of what they were charging the parents for tutoring. In order to work during the summer you have to work essentially as a marketer, making sure the student request as many session as possible to "prepare" for the next semester. It made me sad that I was supposed to convince parents to pay a company almost $700 a month for me to only make $180 of that. It felt wrong to entice the fear of failure to their children in order for me to be able to pay my bills. When you start they will waste your time with trainings that are only a few hours a week at minimum wage. I moved to the bay area because I believed in this company but I only made roughly $50/week even though I had experience teaching. During this same time other people I had to meet with with were working 50 hour weeks.  They teach you to grow yourself within the company but you may as well just grow yourself outside of the company and make twice as much doing so. Teaching in this area pays well. Within 48 hours of leaving I got another job that paid me more in 1 week than AJ tutoring paid me in 9. So unless you live with your parents who pay your rent and food, just got your degree and have nothing better to do than waste your time this is not the place for you.

I greatly enjoyed my time with AJ Tutoring!  During my time with AJ, I worked exclusively with students in preparation for their SAT, ACT, and other exams.  AJ Tutoring has a great training program, which helped me learn some wonderful and effective tips in helping me improve my students scores.  AJ also does an incredible job of supporting all of their tutors, and meet regularly with all of the instructors to talk about each student, upcoming exams, and how to support those "involved" moms and dads.  My schedule was completely up to me, and I was able to work approximately 5 days a week, Sunday-Thursday, which also gave me time to study for the LSATs.  However, there were other tutors on staff who had been with AJ Tutoring for many years, so it's great that there is an educational group out there that provides vertical mobility in high level 1-on-1 tutoring.  Overall, I would highly recommend AJ Tutoring for anyone passionate about supporting students, interested in making a good living while studying for other academic pursuits, and prefer a flexible and supportive work atmosphere.

They pay you like an employee but give you the responsibility of an independent contractor. They guilt you into not charging when a student is sick, despite the 24 hour cancellation policy that is meant to protect you, and then pay you half your rate during that time. As an employee you don't make enough to cover that difference.

Also don't believe anything about summer hours. They put the pressure to sign your students up for summer on you, and at best you might retain 10% of your hours during the summer. Just go travel.

And don't expect to hang out with your friends anymore! You work from 2 -10 pm now plus one weekend day. Cancel gym memberships, dance classes, and trivia nights.

And definitely don't expect to make a promotion for team leader or department head - there are at least 30 tutors who have worked at the company longer than you vying for the same opening.

These guys will make you sit through an hour long power point about how great everyone is doing and what a team we are and then deny you a raise because of COVID struggles (and yet, look up how much money they took out in PPP loans: https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/)

Very friendly company on the surface, however had significantly higher expectations than originally stated along with lower compensation than originally promised. Typical day had meetings in the morning/noontime after which most tutors would be seeing clients between 2-10PM, usually with no breaks in between except to drive from one office to another since it was expected to be able to work out of two offices. Schedule, session prep/notes, assessments and all other forms of communication were on the tutor to manage on their own time with no compensation. There was no real time to associate with or get to know co-workers, almost everybody just kept to themselves outside of professional interactions. Due to a high employee turnover rate, management was constantly being thrown through a loop for all of the students that they had to reassign as to not lose any business. Hourly compensation was minimal for the type of work, amount of work and rate at which the students/parents were charged for the work. Virtually no respect for job/life balance as the mandatory weekly day off was needed to catch up on paper work with no compensation.

Tutors typically work late morning through evening/night.  You get to set your own calendar, which is great for giving yourself the hours, structure, and flexibility you want.
I've been at AJ for roughly six months now, and I'm so surprised by how much I've already learned about teaching and learning, both through structured company activities and the exposure to so many students, all of them with different needs and thought-processes.
Not only do you get to interact with multiple students a day, the offices are open and friendly, and getting to hear from and discuss with the other tutors is really lovely.  
The job can be a bit challenging when trying to work with demanding or unrealistic parents, who expect a lot of their children and you as a tutor.  That said, these experiences are relatively rare, and the rewards of feeling that you're motivating and supporting students each day are well worth the hiccups.

I had a great experience at AJ Tutoring. My coworkers were awsome; most team members are young, fun, and passionate about education.

AJ Tutoring really cares about its tutors has an extensive training program, and provides ongoing support for its staff.

The compensation is generous I started at $40/hr.

I really enjoyed helping my students improve their SAT and ACT scores as well as supporting them with their academic courses.

The worst part of the job is communicating with parents when they have unrealistic expectations.

AJ is truly committed to excellence and as such demand exceptional work, dedication and commitment from team members.This is a great place to work if your are a superstar, if you want to cruise, this is not the job for you.

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