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 been stable over the past 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) , ESL Teacher (199) , Online English Teacher (199) , 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?

"The company is great for people right out of college and that have an interest in education and travel." ((in 427 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 314 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 222 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 172 reviews)); "The team has been great and so open to teaching you everything you need to know and more." ((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 613 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 510 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of decisiveness from managers that have been stagnating in their roles for too many years." ((in 317 reviews)); "There can be long hours and you get told no on the phone quite often." ((in 159 reviews)); "Bad manager leading the country" ((in 121 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

61% approve of CEO

47% 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

3.0

Feb 5, 2014

Its great! but low paying

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work balance to make work more fun

Cons

not great compensation for all the time put in

5.0

Jan 30, 2014

Great and pleasant experience so far

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work/life balance, generous pay and awesome benefits. Fun people and very social atmosphere overall. Lots of opportunity to pursue entrepreneurial projects.

Cons

I'm kind of reaching here but it can be annoying trying to handle all the annoying administrative tasks that come with work (e.g., expenses, settling IT issues, booking work-related travel, etc.) There's no easy go-to book or training on those things so you just sort of have to figure it out yourself.

4.0

Jan 29, 2014

Fun and nice place to work

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Take home salary is good. - Friendly and supportive team members. - Approachable managers.

Cons

- Hike is less, unless you are getting a promotion. - You need to speak up and advertise yourself for your hard work to be recognized. - At times, the work load is too much and you end up working late nights and weekends(but you would be pain for working on weekends). - No onsite opportunity.

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