Does EF (Education First) pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, EF (Education First) employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at EF (Education First). This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at EF (Education First)?

61% of EF (Education First) employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated EF (Education First) 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at EF (Education First)?

English Teacher (293) , Teacher (246) , Tour Consultant (238) , Online English Teacher (199) , ESL Teacher (198) , Sales Coordinator (137) , Sales (74) , Activity Leader (73) , Online ESL Teacher (67) , Sales Consultant (63) , Manager (61) , Educational Tour Consultant (46) , Marketing (42) , EF Activity Leader (40) , Sales Associate (40)

What are the pros of working at EF (Education First) according to real employee reviews?

"Met some great people and walked away from each class with a smile on my face." ((in 417 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 334 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 210 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 165 reviews)); "The work environment can be fun and energetic." ((in 114 reviews))

What are the cons of working at EF (Education First) according to real employee reviews?

"You'll be doing a lot of work for low pay and have no life outside of EF." ((in 601 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 503 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of decisiveness from managers that have been stagnating in their roles for too many years." ((in 311 reviews)); "There can be long hours and you get told no on the phone quite often." ((in 157 reviews)); "Bad manager leading the country" ((in 125 reviews))

What are employees saying about EF (Education First) layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about EF (Education First) layoffs and their outlook for job security at EF (Education First) in 2026.

EF (Education First) reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,611 total reviews)

Edward Hult, Ph.D

62% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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EF (Education First) has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,611 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The EF (Education First) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Oct 10, 2014

Good colleagues

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Travelling a lot to other countries

Cons

Salary based on background and country

3.0

Oct 9, 2014

No tools for success, low salary

Tour consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and good atmosphere, good vacation benefits and travel opportunities. Much time is for training at first, and repetition of the jungle of products that they sell to educators across Canada.

Cons

Travel perks don't pay bills - Salary is very low - one will be reevaluated within 6 months, and if you haven't been promoted to Tour Manager by then, you are most likely out. Don't stick around if you don't get promoted while others do - chances are you are done.

2.0

Oct 6, 2014

Good for juniors to spend early days of career, but not proper for manager levels

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good chance to learn how to 'run' employee to maximize profits, not bad career starter in 'juniors are already self'motivated' perspective.

Cons

There is no HR in the company, and that can tell you a lot. No management at all. Only drive for revenue. Very frustrating if you are managers since you don't have any tools to manage people. I understand this is education company so you see a lot of employees' educational background, but this company seems a bit obsessed with it. That creates glass ceiling. No internal or gradual promotion. Managers get hired from outside usually.

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