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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (1,195 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 1,195 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
      4.0
      Aug 31, 2015

      Good company to work for

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Friendly coworkers, great students from a range of different nationalities, good location in central London, flexible and supportive management team

      Cons

      The pay is not great, but is not terrible for an EFL teacher in London, the whiteboards could be a bit bigger in the classroom, sometimes some resources - CDs...etc were missing

      2.0
      Aug 28, 2015

      Terrible stressful place to work

      Ef kids and teens teachers
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      Pros

      The visa is legit. Some good support when you arrive in China. Some average promotions available at local head office, if you are willing to put up with a lot of hell for one year. Lesson plans are all provided ready made to teach. Everything else, I can't think of anything good to say.

      Cons

      Refusal to pay bonuses originally promised. Constantly giving extra hours. They refuse to help with your visa if you decide to change jobs---they often lie to make sure you don't teach anywhere else. They don't pay enough for the work you are required to do. Poor training and development, duplicitous about legalities of transferring visas. If you're going to work for a language training centre in China go to Wall Street. Holding onto teachers' visa documents (Foreign Experts Certificate) for 'safekeeping', so that you cannot break contracts and continue to work in China. Lying to parents about teachers future prospects once they leave.

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      English 1 Response
      10y
      Thank you for your review. As you mentioned above, the visas that we offer people are completely legitimate and legal. With this comes with a string of laws and regulations as set by the Chinese government. It is almost impossible to transfer visas between companies and many foreign documents are indeed kept for safekeeping because, if they are lost, they are irreplaceable. However, teachers can access these documents at any time should the require them.
      3.0
      Aug 17, 2015

      Odd but sometimes likeable

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Fast promotion is possible. Many opportunities for travel. Varied work with good flow of new projects. Some initiatives are interesting, if underfunded.

      Cons

      Difficult to work with many senior staff. Pay is not great. Company culture is a bit odd - desire to ape real or perceived practices of bigger corporations in purely commercial sectors. Irrelevant targets are aggressively pursued. Personality cults develop around certain senior staff making it awkward to criticize many bad and damaging ideas, because they are some VIP's pet project.

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