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

(4,604 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 4,604 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

2.0

Jun 7, 2012

Good Place to start your professional career.

Travel operations coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of young employees to work around/with.

Cons

Not paid over time, long hours, low salary.

5.0

Jun 1, 2012

Center Operation Director

Senior center operation director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Engaging environment for working, like startup company with a lot of creative idea going around

Cons

Working hour is really late

3.0

May 30, 2012

Nice place to work, but you will be underpaid.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely people to work with. Everyone gets along with each other extremely well and is like one big family. The campus is very peaceful and picturesque. Good benefits package to full time employees. Nice school hours.

Cons

All employees there are underpaid, including those who are "on top" since it is a for-profit school. Unfortunately, this produces a revolving door of talented, yet frustrated staff. This also leaves the school understaffed for so many kids, so you are asked to do more and more. You are really expected to go above and beyond. There will be times that aspect will be annoying, and other times you love it, because you do it for the kids.

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