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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3.0
Feb 6, 2018

My Experiences

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Pros

I get to work with amazing people and make new friends for life. Living and staying in China allows me the opportunity to travel to other countries cheaply and easily. The actual work is easy and not stressful at all.

Cons

EF does not reward employees financially as well as other English teaching Institutes or companies.

1.0
Feb 4, 2018
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Pros

I've learned to master the art of teaching English while exhausted.

Cons

This is quite possibly the worst job for a foreigner with any credentials in Tianjin. They claim to offer a "competitive" salary for full time teachers. After speaking with several other foreign teachers in Tianjin about my salary and schedule, they promptly laughed and/or offered me a hug. In addition to being paid poorly, they will also force you to teach winter and summer courses (on top of your already tiresome schedule), which you are given a laughable amount of overtime pay for. So while other teachers are on holiday, E.F. employees will be working close to 50 hours per week with absurdly low overtime pay. In conclusion, if you fancy working more and being paid less than all of your peers, this is the job for you!

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English 1 Response
8y
We are sorry to hear of your experiences with EF Tianjin. It is not normal for EF school to provide no production break after winter or summer courses. Please reach out to us at teacher.feedback@ef.com and we can follow up with management.
1.0
Jan 30, 2018

Not worth the time, waste of a teacher's talents

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Help with the visa. -Airport pickup. -Some of the people you work with.

Cons

The company looks at the parents as ATMs. The pay is well below any other training school or public school in the same area. More concerned with how the parents feel then if the students are actually learning anything. Double standards are very clear. Terrible treatment of the employees. Management claims you can talk to them, but there are underhanded repercussions if you say something they don't agree with.

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English 1 Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback, we value your suggestions. We also do not condone that type of behavior from management. Please email us at teacher.feedback@ef.com so we can follow up.
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