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 training and set up for when you first arrive." ((in 69 reviews)); "Friendly helpful colleagues are great (with the exception of management)" ((in 43 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 37 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 150 reviews)); "The salary is low for the amount of work you have to do as well as the hours and days." ((in 118 reviews)); "Bad management overall." ((in 94 reviews)); "Long hours and very sales oriented." ((in 44 reviews)); "Academic managers hold meetings on topics with no qualifications while making innapropriate remarks that are immoral and unethical." ((in 24 reviews))

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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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Apr 17, 2016

Degrading to both teachers and students

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Ability to set your own schedule 2. Opportunity to interact with students in many different countries

Cons

1. Very low pay at 10 dollars an hour, which is an insult to qualified and well-trained teachers. 2. Incredibly bureaucratic: too many cooks in the kitchen lead to convoluted policies and rules which seem only to micromanage teachers and dock their pay 3. Terrible student feedback system: there are no tangible assessment standards whatsoever. For a company as large as EF, it is unbelievable that they have not committed the resources to design an effective, automated after class assessment system

4.0

Apr 11, 2016

3.5 If I could rate halves. Great abroad starter

English teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Comfortable living (i.e. pay) lots of help from HR and coworkers Opportunities to move up own curriculum and lesson plans prepared short hours mon-fri

Cons

Less holiday's then public schools marketing/training on some holidays private schools/tutoring centers are profit focused sometimes the curriculum they give is not useful or too difficult BUSY sat sun

5.0

Apr 11, 2016

Great

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great students, great management. Excellent pay and fun working environment.

Cons

I can only do 9 classes a day. I wish I could do more.

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