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Comment author: Stefie_K 24 July 2013 01:56:59PM *  7 points [-]

I work for Smarthinking (also as a writing tutor), and it only pays $12/hour if you have a Ph.D. If you have a Master's degree, $11/hour; a Bachelor's, $10/hour.

For what it's worth, they are reliable in supplying work hours, which is nice, and the work isn't bad.

ETA: Although they advertise and accept applications year-round, I have a suspicion that they hire/train new people only during the summer. I have only extremely limited data on this point (myself and one other person who both applied in the fall to be hired in May), but it seems worth mentioning as a possibility to be aware of. Alejandro1, what was your experience?

Comment author: Alejandro1 24 July 2013 04:23:07PM 1 point [-]

It was my wife who worked for them for some time she was unemployed immediately after getting her PhD. She was hired and trained in the summer, too.