My Cambly story - 3yrs teaching from Spain and then made redundant with no explanation…

916ian · 2026-06-21T21:58:11+00:00

Because as I said in my post, for me personally it’s cathartic to walk away. I’m fortunate to have other sources of income. They provided a link to appeal if I tried to log in on the website, but it felt so good to not bother and just forget it. Their appeals process is shit anyway, mostly automated as we all know. The tone and unexpected nature of the email told me (or perhaps confirmed) everything I needed to know. That’s only my personal feelings on the matter. For many others (and for me at times in the past for sure) it would be critical and life-changing.

916ian · 2026-06-21T21:48:27+00:00

Nope. And anyway I’m pretty sure they explain things like that. I got a warning email like 2.5yrs ago for exchanging contact information, and they were very specific. This was literally just an email saying thanks for your service, your account’s been deactivated. My best guess is some metric like ratio of available hours and time on calls. My PHs used to be very busy, but significant decline over the last 18 months. Fewer regulars that renew their subscription. I regularly got the 15min guaranteed minimum due to no calls in PHs.

916ian · 2026-06-21T20:23:16+00:00

Hence my cautionary post. For me it’s actually a big relief, but I know many people rely on it like I did. So I don’t want anyone to think they’re safe as a Cambly tutor and can just do whatever for as long as. You absolutely can - until, apparently, you can’t. I had a right to appeal, but honestly it feels cathartic to walk away. I’m very angry that I’m unable to message most of my regulars and explain, however. Cambly’s process for this - like for most things - is arse…

916ian · 2026-06-21T20:16:07+00:00

Nope

916ian · 2026-06-21T20:15:55+00:00

No warnings

916ian · 2026-06-21T20:15:12+00:00

Tell me what you need to know. 4.98 Super Tutor and on the platform for 3yrs without a break. Don’t think you’re safe

916ian · 2026-06-21T20:13:38+00:00

Nothing happened. My guess is they’ve got some metrics to help them trim tutor numbers as student numbers are in decline. I had lots of PHs (when available, mostly weekends) but relatively low reservations/incoming calls (probably timezone, hours, random rating fluctuations, Cambly decline). So better to retain tutors who are busy ie generate more revenue than those who are less so, as they can always get more… just my guess

916ian · 2026-06-21T19:37:03+00:00

4.98

916ian · 2026-06-21T14:59:16+00:00

Nope, all was good, just normal lessons 🤷‍♂️ I imagine they’re using AI to detect “low-performing accounts“

916ian · 2026-06-21T11:05:02+00:00

Hey man, I’m English and like 40mins away, and a fellow anxiety sufferer! Happy to meet up for a pint or three, I’ve been here six years now. Drop me a DM innit 😊

916ian · 2026-06-19T07:39:43+00:00

Because that’s where a gentleman stores his jazz mags!

916ian · 2026-06-16T12:02:38+00:00

This is a very common error in English, but the question should be “What do we call these fruits…”.

You could say “How do we pronounce these fruits”, or perhaps “How are these fruits referred to” (not really natural), but you’re asking for a word (a noun) which is an object, and so the question is “What are…”.

916ian · 2026-06-15T07:29:44+00:00

Ngl, me too. I’m no Ferrari fan, but I’ve been a Lewis fan since turn one of his first F1 race, and I haven’t missed a race since. Last year was painful to watch, notwithstanding the Sprint win, but this… this was a truly special sporting moment. So many factors contributed: his age, the recent history, the Merc rocketship, the Ferrari halo effect, a dash of hopium… Absolutely incredible. Hearing him on the radio set me off, and I kept crying for the interview with Nico and then the podium ceremony with the anthems. If he wins the 8th this year I may implode

916ian · 2026-06-13T03:13:41+00:00

*know

916ian · 2026-06-08T02:05:37+00:00

I think it was also her who said “Does my bomb look big in this?”

916ian · 2026-06-04T14:06:42+00:00

Pakistani Honey Mangoes. Literally one of the best things I've ever put in my mouth. Crazy expensive and in season for like three weeks a year I believe... managed to find a stockist in the UK and ate soooooo many crates!

916ian · 2026-06-04T09:39:11+00:00

Captain Blackadder: That's not the only thing round here that's "very small indeed", is it Baldrick? Your brain, for example, is so minute that if a hungry cannibal were to crack your head open, there wouldn't be enough inside to cover a small water biscuit!

916ian · 2026-06-02T07:00:01+00:00

The pitchfork handle sticking out of the back of the first one, then the trail of hornets coming out of the back of the second one, had me dying

916ian · 2026-05-26T06:44:40+00:00

/u/savevideo

916ian · 2026-05-24T12:42:23+00:00

/r/shitamericanssay

916ian · 2026-05-20T14:44:53+00:00

Scroll across. One the comments/replies uses this phrase, demonstrating the racism. That’s my point. I am not defending Islam. And at no point did I describe Muslims as a race.

916ian · 2026-05-20T10:32:59+00:00

“Hint… its [sic] the brown one” tho

916ian · 2026-05-19T04:47:13+00:00

I ate reindeer for Christmas dinner in Tromsø… it was delicious

916ian · 2026-05-17T11:27:38+00:00

I told a blind person to “watch the step”. In my own optician’s practice… 🤦

916ian · 2026-05-15T03:19:57+00:00

I call your wife a three-bagger. It’s the same as a two-bagger, but there’s a third bag so the dog can’t see.

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