English 1 reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,201 total reviews)
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Adele Bai

82% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

English 1 has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,201 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The English 1 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
Jan 10, 2019
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Pros

Everyone--teachers, PA's, CC's, TA's, Doses--is friendly and helpful. I really like the environment in my center (SZ6). I can count on people to help me with Chinese, little emergencies like going to the hospital, or just give advice on living in Shenzhen. Arrival support is very good. Being helped with things like the phone plan and apartment hunt is wonderful. EF is also very clear and straightforward about things like the visa process, which is such a blessing when you're a foreigner trying to work in China. The work culture is fun, especially the teacher events.

Cons

The sick leave policy encourages us to come to work ill. The weekend hours are a little silly--we leave around 9 pm on Friday and then have to be in the office at 8:30 am on Saturday, even if we don't have morning classes. That's less than twelve hours between work.

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English 1 Response
7y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. We're happy to hear you enjoy and appreciate our friendly, fun company culture and environment. One of the things we really focus on is making sure our teachers have a happy environment to work in and we try to create a culture of open communication to make sure all of our teachers feel valued and supported throughout their time with us. We do understand that the schedule can be challenging and tiring, which is the nature of the ESL industry, having to work hours when our students are available for class. We try our very best to balance schedules, but this is sometimes not possible especially between Friday nights and the weekends, which are our busiest times. We are very mindful of teacher's time and health, as they do incredible, and very important work, with our students. Our sick leave policy is in compliance with local laws and we do encourage teachers to take care of their health, providing sanitizers in the centers, air purifiers in all classrooms, purified water and in some cases, face masks, to prevent the spread of germs. We're sorry to hear that you felt you had to work even if you were sick, as this is not something we want our teachers to experience.
3.0
Jan 7, 2019

ESL Teacher

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good experience, fun job, easy to get the hang of, good curriculum, very rewarding

Cons

6 working days does not leave enough free time to explore a new country

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English 1 Response
7y
Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us. We always hope that our teachers are able to enjoy their work and find it rewarding. We design our training programs and curriculum in such a way to make it as easy and accessible for our teachers as possible, so we're glad you found the job easy to settle into. With the exception of summer, our contractual hours are five days a week, with two days off, so it's concerning to hear that you were working six days a week. Please send an email to teacher.feedback@ef.com with more information so we can learn more about why this was happening.
2.0
Jan 5, 2019
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Pros

I loved the people I worked with. I thought the salary was pretty decent. I liked the shift work. It was great getting Thursday and Friday off.

Cons

None that won't make me sound like I have an ax to grind so nevermind. Thank you for the opportunity and I'll leave it at that. Cheers.

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English 1 Response
7y
Thank you for your very positive post. We are happy to hear that you loved the people you worked with, as this is very important in any job. We are also very pleased to hear that you were happy with your salary and enjoyed having Thursday/Friday as your days off. If you have any further feedback, we encourage you to share it with us at teacher.feedback@ef.com. Although we love positive posts, we also appreciate learning about areas where we can improve.
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