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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (1,197 total reviews)
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      Adele Bai

      84% approve of CEO

      77% positive business outlook

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      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 1,197 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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      4.0
      Nov 14, 2016

      teacher at EF shanghai

      Anonymous employee
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      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

      2.0
      Oct 14, 2016

      Chinese University English Tutor - Shnaghai

      Foreign english teacher
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It gets you in the door. Into China. Into a University setting. It also is good for beginner teachers of ESL, as you repeat your lessons frequently.

      Cons

      Bad pay. Lots of hours. Eben though your teaching time seems low and they advertise the role as this. You have to travel for nearly 6 hours a week unpaid. You also have huge breaks in the day because it's a university. Whilst you may only teach 6.5 hours a day you will be there for 10 or more.

      1.0
      Sep 22, 2016

      Less than stellar work environment

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The children can be great as well as the foreign teaching staff. That's about it.

      Cons

      Money is the only language this company speaks. That is...the money they can make, not how much they can pay you. It's also as if they have a certain model of how a foreign, native teacher should look. If you do not fit this image, you can consider yourself insignificant. The TAs/PAs do not help out at all. Instead, they undermine the teacher in front of the students. Training is unheard of because they feel as a native speaker, you should know what you are doing. Also, they believe (stereotype rather) that everyone knows how to interact with children. Not so. It is very inconsistent on what they deem as quality.

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      Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experience with the school. We will take the opportunity to review the areas mentioned and continue to develop our teaching programs. Training is offered to all of our teachers and we do our best to offer continual professional development opportunities. If this is something that you feel that you have missed out on during your time at EF, we would like to assess this more closely. Please send an email to teacher.feedback@ef.com, and we will investigate accordingly.
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