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      EF (Education First)

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      EF (Education First) reviews

      3.4

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (4,609 total reviews)
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      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 4,609 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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      5K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 21, 2013

      International, forward and progressing!

      Country program manager
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      Pros

      EF is truly one of the most open and transparent company I have worked in. Without any complicated layers of management, employees are encouraged to openly communicate and express their ideas and views. Entrepreneur spirit is highly regarded at EF, so you are constantly encouraged to manage your projects/ responsibilities as if you owned it. It's also a very very international company with easily over 10 different nationalities in a single office. EF is for people who love to travel and who'd embrace an international career plus opportunities to work overseas in over offices and schools in over 40 countries around the world.

      Cons

      It is a super fast-paced and proactive company, so it may not be for everyone!

      5.0
      Jun 21, 2013

      I have been working with EF for almost 7 years, unbelievable!!

      Pr manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I like its family culture, everyone is treated as a member of the whole family, to get support and caring from your bosses. And more important, EF allows you to make mistakes, very tolerant. Besides, there is no distance between you and others from other departments, as long as you can pick up the phone, you can reach anyone, even have a lunch talk with big boss. Then, I also like the beautiful office building in Shanghai, the most cool office I have ever seen in my life. The most important, I can always meet very talented people in different area working around me, positive, energetic, smart and friendly, very impressive. Talking to them is also good learning to me.

      Cons

      If the office can be much closer to my house, that would be great.

      3.0
      Jun 20, 2013

      EF International Language Schools - glass ceiling in place

      Teacher/instructor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Range of teaching opportunities in the arts, culture, technologies; broad base of employee skills and management is open to creation of new courses. EF downtown Vancouver is in the process of becoming unionized,

      Cons

      Salaries are low - the private sector of ESL tends to give low wages and full course loads. Minimum requirements for teachers. Difficult to rise through the ranks as head teachers/director positions held by administrative staff.

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