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?

"Met some great people and walked away from each class with a smile on my face." ((in 413 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 330 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 220 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 163 reviews)); "The team has been great and so open to teaching you everything you need to know and more." ((in 129 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 605 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 512 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 147 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

5.0

Feb 22, 2013

Great Experience with EF

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Recognize people who work hard. Not necessary to stay on one position for x number of years to get promotion, if you are really promising you will get promotions in consecutive years as well. From technology perspective, we always work on latest ones, and are always open for new suggestions and working with new techniques. Lots of opportunity to learn business. Also with working hard we do lot of party as well. International exposure, as you work with people from so many different nationality.

Cons

No clear growth plan for employees. Appraisal cycle is not clearly laid out. Sometimes deadlines are too tight, it throws away work life balance.

5.0

Feb 21, 2013

A challenging and very stimulating working environment

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The quick growth combined with the global presence makes Englishtown a very stimulating working environment. With a background in web development I also find the product to be very interesting, as it spans over so many different areas. I've been with the company for ten years, and many others stay very long with the company. Working in a global environment means that I stay in touch with people from around the world, both via emails and Skype and through travels.

Cons

A quickly growing company has growing pains, mostly in the form of processes that sometimes cannot keep up. I don't think it is a big problem, and I know that it happens in every company that changes quickly.

5.0

Feb 21, 2013

Great experience with EF

Content development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Super nice office, really friendly and international colleagues, exciting industry. The best thing about EF I think is that they are doing loads of product development and working on new technologies to help learners succeed.

Cons

Growth has been so fast that sometimes the office gets crowded, lots of young people running things and learning as they go on... I liked it, but if you want a "big company" structured atmosphere it's not really right for you.

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