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 413 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 332 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 211 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 163 reviews)); "Fun work environment and coworkers." ((in 113 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 509 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of decisiveness from managers that have been stagnating in their roles for too many years." ((in 321 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 123 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.

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3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,610 total reviews)

Edward Hult, Ph.D

61% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

2.9

Compensation and benefits

EF (Education First) has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,610 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).

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5.0

Dec 23, 2013

Great Company, really fun to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good corporate culture, valuable product

Cons

high turnover due to lots of recent college grads

4.0

Dec 18, 2013

Good company, good atmosphere when it was small in China, but when grows up, it changed a lot.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

multinational culture, good atmosphere, colleagues can get on well with each other, can get promotion if you try your best

Cons

more and more sales oriental, not much attractive salary

4.0

Dec 17, 2013

Good place to work in China.

Foreign teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Excellent recruitment, onboarding, visa processing, and training. Students are a lot of fun to work with. There are plenty of friendly colleagues and lots of Westerners across the city. Salary is quite good for FOB teachers, and if you're interested there are plenty of opportunities for advancement.

Cons

Very corporate (for-profit private school, kind of strange to my American sensibilities). There's a fair amount of corporate B.S. as a result. Health benefits are mediocre, retirement benefits non-existent. They're not counting on you staying on indefinitely, and in fact turnover is very high in my experience.

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Good company, good atmosphere when it was small in China, but when grows up, it changed a lot.

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