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 2% 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) , ESL Teacher (199) , Online English Teacher (199) , Sales Coordinator (137) , Sales (74) , Activity Leader (73) , Online ESL Teacher (66) , 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 416 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 325 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 213 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 173 reviews)); "The work environment can be fun and energetic." ((in 115 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 609 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 520 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of decisiveness from managers that have been stagnating in their roles for too many years." ((in 308 reviews)); "There can be long hours and you get told no on the phone quite often." ((in 152 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.

EF (Education First) reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,608 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 4,608 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

4.0

May 3, 2013

Great company, limited growth, awesome benefits

Senior tour consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really GREAT culture. A lot of like minded people who work for the overarching mission of travel and education. They are excellent in regards to benefits and a work life balance. It's a younger company so you're around a lot of people similar in age and mind set. Travel benefits are excellent if you do your job well enough and perks are great. They are good to their employees while you're there

Cons

The pay is decent. As a Tour Consultant, I started at 30K. They do offer bonus but definitely mislead in terms of HOW much bonus you'll eventually make. A promotion to Sr. TC got me 2,000 dollars and capped my growth potential. Good for lateral moves but difficult to continue with progression upward.

1.0

May 2, 2013

Worst Policy

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can do party every two month. They use latest technology to work. Good team member

Cons

If your probation get extended means you are gone. If earlier your probation is of 3 months and just for reviewing your performance if it got extended for a month and in between if some policy comes for 1 and half month probation then you have taken some 2 and half month extra in probation period which is not acceptable as per company policy. They do not increase probation just because you are technically not strong but they increase probation if you are not talking to team member , you are not asking anything from anybody (because there will be nothing to ask since most of the work is like supporting the customer). All non sense thing. you will get hike after looking Indian inflation rate.

4.0

Apr 30, 2013

Fine

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible lunch hour, salary okay, terms of employment isn't harsh :)

Cons

In fact not much bad sides to talk about...The cons are minor and I do not want to bad mouth my previous employer because the company is not doing something bad on me.

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