English 1 reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,197 total reviews)
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Adele Bai

82% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

English 1 has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,197 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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2.0
Apr 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Other teachers are usually friendly Got me to China

Cons

Convoluted, long hours, dishonest, corrupt.

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8y
Thank you for addressing your concerns. Please email teacher.feedback@ef.com as we'd love to follow up with your concerns.
1.0
Apr 3, 2018

Just Run Away...RUN

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Pros

Well...they get you to China I suppose.

Cons

Makes it deliberately difficult for you to go to another company by messing with your visa if they decide to fire you or you leave. This can't possibly be legal. You cannot trust anyone in management not to throw you under the bus if you have even a single issue. You only get 10 days annual leave. 10. Teachers are stressed out and overworked...and no one really cares because you should feel "lucky to be here." So lucky you will skip meals. The threat of being fired is constant and thus there is no room to feel comfortable. You never get to feel like your improvements matter. Is there any surprise the turn over rate is horrible? Not really. There isn't any actual training. Every single thing is just a test despite them claiming it's training. And if you make mistakes at "regional training" it will be held over your head when you get to your individual center. They can absolutely fire you without 3 days notice. I watched it happen. And if you are fired you will owe them money for the housing advance. Why is there no HR department? No really who are you meant to talk to about anything without facing consequences? They hold your reimbursement hostage so good luck with that. They ironically never use constructive feedback. I say ironic because they say that's what you should do when teaching...and every other company knows training=teaching you new employees not humiliating them for not being perfect at a job they have no experience in. Why bother recruit people with no experience in the first place?

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8y
Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear of your experiences. Please email us at teacher.feedback@ef.com so we can better address your concerns.
5.0
Mar 29, 2018

Japanese dinner

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Pros

I enjoyed meeting new people/teachers! The food was great and the restaurant had a great atmosphere. One of my favorite parts was trying new dishes and talking about it with the teachers (e.g. egg cup)

Cons

None! Had a great time!!

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