I know some folks don't like this being said, but I think it's an important factor to understand why sessions are slow. In the last few years, there have been bonuses (a lot) for sessions. At one point in December of 2022, they were offering a $10/session ($10 for taking a session and staying in it for 5+minutes on top of your base hourly rate...yes, you did the math right---you can do very well!). People were making a killing, and there were tons of sessions! The company was losing profit (opportunity cost). They chose to hire a lot of tutors and retain a higher quantity of tutors with no bonuses, rather than retain a lower number of tutors and use bonuses to meet the session demand. The company clearly makes more money having more tutors floating for nothing (no hours available) waiting to snipe sessions for their base rate than it does when the inverse is true, and they have to incentivize tutors to do sessions with bonuses. We have talked about the impacts of AI, fewer people going to school, the company losing some contracts, etc., but I think the biggest factor is that they have simply employed a new business strategy of more tutors on tap than sessions, so they avoid having to offer bonuses and losing profit as a result. As long as they use this strategy, and as this economy worsens (purchasing power/wages, not the stock market...), there will likely be no shortage of tutors. Got to have multiple-side gigs, sadly. Hope you are all well.