EF Education First reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(4,602 total reviews)
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62% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

EF Education First has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,602 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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4.0
Aug 24, 2021
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Pros

The hours are very flexible, and unlike a lot of ESL companies, there aren't fines thrown in for every possible problem. EF never deducts from your earnings. Response time from management is usually pretty quick if there is a problem. Students are great, you can build up a base of regulars. I work with adults, so less stressful than kids, and all lesson materials are provided. Stable company that was highly successful during the pandemic, and unaffected by new Chinese education laws (unlike a lot of other ESL companies).

Cons

After you've hit the maximum per hour (which is $13) there are no more raises no matter how good your satisfaction rating or results are. No promotions or growth beyond being a teacher.

5.0
Oct 9, 2020

Awesome.

Recommend
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Pros

Best company culture ever. Vibrant atmosphere. Push towards growth.

Cons

Initial salary quite low. Long working hours to meet goals.

1.0
Nov 28, 2018
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Pros

it was flexible I guess

Cons

Maybe they've cleaned up their act since then, but when I was there, they committed a number of wage violations (fining employees who missed a class, classifying teachers as independent contractors) that resulted in the Attorney General of MA suing them on behalf of their employees.

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