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 (237) , ESL Teacher (199) , Online English Teacher (199) , Sales Coordinator (136) , Sales (74) , Activity Leader (72) , 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 402 reviews)); "Overall really great culture and very easy to feel welcome!" ((in 329 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and share similar values for the most part." ((in 216 reviews)); "Great benefits and travel opportunities." ((in 161 reviews)); "Fun work environment and coworkers." ((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 604 reviews)); "Employees are generally over worked and have an incredible amount of work for such a low salary." ((in 513 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of decisiveness from managers that have been stagnating in their roles for too many years." ((in 316 reviews)); "There can be long hours and you get told no on the phone quite often." ((in 151 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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3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,605 total reviews)

Edward Hult, Ph.D

62% 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 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,605 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

Sep 12, 2012

Intense and eyeopening

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great global support Good salary Good sales focus Amazing focus on learning technology

Cons

Bad managed locally, it is a huge problem because even if the company itself is great at the global level, it cant reach the greatness where its potential can take it. When lacking a true local manager with compromise, it affects the performance, and when trying to develop and introduce a new product in the market you need a true Director to do it

4.0

Sep 11, 2012

Relaxed environment

Project coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In the software development center. Can learn a lot since you have to handle and coordinate with staff both in different development team and marketing persons all around the world. The environment is very good. Has a flat management hierarchy. The CEO might just sit next to you. Very nice colleague.

Cons

Unfortunately, the salary was not very competitive. Almost no benefits and no bonus. Just the monthly salary. And before, they provide some refreshment or fruit but later (at least when I worked there, food became less and less.) But overall is good.

4.0

Sep 4, 2012

A fun, dynamic and multicultural working experience for full-time or as a summer job with a multinational working staff!

Activity leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- active and dynamic job - meeting many different people from various nationalities

Cons

- at times exhausting - some students can be rather difficult

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