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)?

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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

2.0

Jan 6, 2026

OK stepping stone-not for careers

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Travel benefits 1-2x a year. most staff are friendly and open minded

Cons

Over the past few years, management has gotten extremely corporate with little regard for their employees virtually zero upward mobility unless you are friends with senior executives heavy drinking at parties leading to toxic behaviors very clearly profit driven regardless of consequences Has continuously stripped away benefits contributing to work life balance, starting with incredibly unfair WFH standards that are not equal across the company Clearly displays signs of distress and scrambling during recession periods

EF (Education First) Response

5mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience as an Account Manager in Denver. It's great to hear you value the travel opportunities and the colleagues you’ve worked with over the years! We’re sorry to hear about your concerns around leadership, mobility and work-life balance. Your claims of toxic workplace are especially concerning and we ask that you to reach out to hr@ef.com so that we can investigate this further. As a current employee, we also encourage you to share these concerns directly with your manager and Recruitment and Employee Development (RED) Team so we can better understand and address them. Thank you again for sharing your feedback.

4.0

Jan 5, 2026

Great people, great mission

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people that work here are amazing. Good work/life balance and amazing opportunities to travel. If you land on a good team, interesting work

Cons

Pay is below market. Feels like it's lost some of it's previous charm and focus on people. Directives get passed in from above. Each team is ran as it's own silo, so hope you get onto a good one

EF (Education First) Response

5mo

Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It's so great to hear you found value in the team, work/life balance, and travel opportunities during your time working here. We review our compensation structures annually to align with industry standards, so feedback like yours helps. If you have any more specifics to share about some of your other comments about people focus, internal communication or team dynamics, we would love to learn more at hr@ef.com. Thank you again for sharing!

4.0

Jan 4, 2026

Tour Consultant

Tour consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun to talk to people that want to travel

Cons

Hard when the economy is down

EF (Education First) Response

5mo

Thank you for sharing your experience as a Tour Consultant in Boston! We're glad to hear you enjoy connecting with current and prospective travelers and appreciate the energy you bring to the team.

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