Does English 1 pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, English 1 employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at English 1. This rating has improved by 34% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at English 1?

80% of English 1 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated English 1 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at English 1?

English Teacher (358) , Teacher (166) , ESL Teacher (126) , Online English Teacher (58) , International Teacher (37) , Progress Advisor (35) , Senior Teacher (29) , Director of Studies (23) , Foreign English Teacher (22) , Foreign Teacher (17) , Native English Teacher (17) , English As A Second Language Teacher (16) , Online ESL Teacher (16) , Foreign Language Teacher (14) , Center Director (10)

What are the pros of working at English 1 according to real employee reviews?

"Good CPD and training" ((in 72 reviews)); "Friendly helpful colleagues are great (with the exception of management)" ((in 47 reviews)); "I got to travel and meet some great people during my stay abroad." ((in 43 reviews)); "Great opportunities to travel and live in interesting places." ((in 28 reviews)); "Some staff are friendly and helpful" ((in 28 reviews))

What are the cons of working at English 1 according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low for NES starting at $10.00 an hour and it will take you 3 year to get to $13.00 an hour." ((in 146 reviews)); "The salary is low for the amount of work you have to do as well as the hours and days." ((in 117 reviews)); "Bad management overall." ((in 94 reviews)); "Long hours and very sales oriented." ((in 45 reviews)); "Many times managers have left centers and instead of training up or promoting from within , the company hires from outside causing well intentioned, hardworking employees to get frustrated and leave." ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about English 1 layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about English 1 layoffs and their outlook for job security at English 1 in 2026.

English 1 reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,196 total reviews)

Adele Bai

84% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Senior management

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

English 1 has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,196 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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1K reviews

1.0

Dec 2, 2016

Horrible Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Picked you up the airport. Provided TEFL certification, I liked the people at my center and they pay for new recruits to spend two weeks in a hotel while they find a place to live.

Cons

This is horrible company. Their system is essentially no different than any other language school. I was one of the lucky teachers in the respect that I received some training, others were just tossed into the classroom. I worked with Kids and Teens, the Teaching Assistants I worked with were no help what so ever, but were eager to tell my supervisor about how bad my classroom management was. I received next to no help from my supervisor The teaching materials are laughable, much of them are a waste of time and completely unusable. Main Point- I was a public school teacher in the United States for 6 years. Believe me when I say, if you want to teach EF is not a school. it is a company seeking money. that is all!!! there re better offers

English 1 Response

9y

Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experiences with our company, and we take such comments seriously. Training is very important to us at EF, and it is something that we take great pride in. We would like to investigate this matter further so that we can understand the situation outlined in your feedback. If you could, please send an email to teacher.feedback@ef.com, and kindly provide us with more details about the type of school you were working at, then we can then follow up with this case.

5.0

Nov 18, 2016

Sr Project Mgr

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay & promotions merit based; intelligence, hard work & creativity rewarded. Overall competent managers, most have formerly held the positions they manage. I'm surrounded by people I respect for their intelligence, focus on solutions & results, and industry knowledge

Cons

A few exceptions to the aforementioned merit based promotions. A couple (out of 50+) promoted to/keep high level Sr. management positions they are CLEARLY not qualified for through some kind of murky connections. Privately (& sometimes publicly) ridiculed by everyone who must deal with them, still they continue.

4.0

Nov 14, 2016

teacher at EF shanghai

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great colleagues, fun students teach only 5 hours a day

Cons

had to be in office for 9 hours even though not much prep was needed

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