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 33% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at English 1?

79% of English 1 employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated English 1 3.7 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 (359) , Teacher (169) , ESL Teacher (126) , Online English Teacher (58) , International Teacher (37) , Progress Advisor (35) , Senior Teacher (29) , Director of Studies (23) , Foreign English Teacher (22) , English As A Second Language Teacher (17) , Foreign Teacher (17) , Native English Teacher (17) , 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 75 reviews)); "Friendly helpful colleagues are great (with the exception of management)" ((in 46 reviews)); "I got to travel and meet some great people during my stay abroad." ((in 43 reviews)); "Some staff are friendly and helpful" ((in 28 reviews)); "Good working environment, students well spoken, salary paid on time" ((in 20 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 96 reviews)); "Long hours and very sales oriented." ((in 47 reviews)); "I have been working here for a long time and my managers have not offered any kind of support only threats that if I don't do my job as they see fit then we need to think about other options, but this is not the worst, the school is actually falling apart with chipped paint on the walls, the desks for the students are bent and if you light bulb goes out on your projector for your IWB they won't replace for weeks, don't bother complaining." ((in 25 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

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,201 total reviews)

Adele Bai

82% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Senior management

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

English 1 has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,201 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

Sep 22, 2016

Less than stellar work environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

English 1 Response

9y

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.

5.0

Aug 24, 2016

Online English Teacher

Online english teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This is an amazing company to work for. The management team is great, always ready to help if you need it. The training was good too. You can pretty much work as much as you want.

Cons

I don't have any complaints about this company.

1.0

Mar 9, 2016

EF Shanghai Management

Teacher tutor journalist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good office tech + admin services very efficient (e.g., pay on time). Students are very motivated. Colleagues from all over the world are very interesting and great fun.

Cons

The Chinese managers are arrogant scam artists who give the otherwise excellent EF brand a truly bad name. They treat their employees very poorly, esp., the Chinese, and they are pathological liars. You cannot trust a word they say.

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