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 412 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 331 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 202 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 164 reviews)); "The team has been great and so open to teaching you everything you need to know and more." ((in 123 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 615 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 507 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 155 reviews)); "Bad manager leading the country" ((in 122 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

2.0

Jan 10, 2013

not up to the mark

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly environment and friendly managers Beautiful office

Cons

* dont get to work on interesting stuffs. * Highly insecure job * If u have two options in hand, make it 2nd choice n never 1st choice. * can be removed from the job at any instant of time.(Make up your mind for sudden decision that management makes)

1.0

Jan 10, 2013

none

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

only good thing is they can salary like any thing

Cons

No job security here,no company policy

1.0

Jan 8, 2013

EF take without giving anything in return

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great, fun-loving, enthusiastic people to work with. The best office and school locations. Good social life. If you're young, single and looking to work in another country then you can be exposed to the full depth of your role at EF and stand to gain a lot of great work experience. I'm still very good friends with many people I worked with at EF.

Cons

Salary is literally about half of what you could achieve elsewhere. Middle management, team leaders, etc., are hired without any management experience (usually because they're Swedish) - and it shows. (In over 3 years I never saw anyone promoted from within EF.) Work is chaotic and very stressful. Deadlines are apparently set arbitrarily and without any discussion with the staff who will actually do the work, and highly unreasonable demands are thus placed on the staff who are expected to regularly work 14-hour+ days. The company charges its students a fortune but pays out remarkably little in salary, though they're happy to pay for lots of nights out and expensive office locations - it's all about looking good without rewarding the overworked staff.

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