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      4.0

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,202 total reviews)
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      Adele Bai

      82% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

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      English 1 has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,202 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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      1.0
      Jul 8, 2019

      Such a shame

      English as a second language teacher
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      Pros

      Get to work in multiple locations abroad.

      Cons

      They lie about paying you back for flights (I was told this would happen as soon as I arrived but it actually comes in monthly installments). Seriously overworked and underpaid. They claim to offer language lessons, but with the great firewall of China none of us can access online lessons - pointless. Don't offer any help/guidance after first week. Upper management typically don't speak English at all, so if you have a problem with your boss there are very few solutions. Racism is a problem within China and although I never encountered this I was told it happened to other people within other EF offices.

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      English 1 Response
      6y
      Thank-you for your post. We are sorry to hear that you are unable to take advantage of our online Chinese language lessons. We did some initial testing from Beijing this morning and didn’t experience any problems using a PC or Mobile. We did, however, experience some delays accessing the online classroom. We have escalated this issue to IT, for more expertise testing and they will follow up with the IT team in Beijing to further test any potential firewall issues. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and we apologize for the inconvenience. It would be great if you can reach out to me personally so we can further investigate this issue. In terms of your flight reimbursement, please reach out to me as well at Mario.Bermeo@ef.com so I can collect the needed information to look into this matter.
      1.0
      Jan 31, 2019

      Never Work for this Company

      Esl teacher
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They fly you out to China

      Cons

      Everything else I have been given horrible schedules that keep me isolated from my coworkers causing me not to interact with anyone. I have been told countless times how bad I am at my job even though I'm following their horrible curriculum. The training is a joke, and they want you to be chained to EF in everything you do. If you're at a really unorganized school like I was, they might accidentally terminate you and forget about it so you won't get paid that month, (This is true because it happened to me)

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      English 1 Response
      7y
      Thank you for the post. We are sorry to hear that you had a negative experience at your EF school and that you feel you were treated unfairly. EF is committed to providing the best possible work environment for every employee. We take any allegation of unfair or improper workplace treatment very seriously. Please contact us at compliance.china@ef.com so that we can conduct a fair and thorough investigation. And again, thank you for reaching out.
      1.0
      Dec 4, 2018

      EF is a scam

      Teacher
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      Pros

      They get you to China and make sure you're compliant to work and trap you into the self serving system

      Cons

      They are totally dishonest about every thing . Not only do they pay the lowest in teaching market in China, if you are Black and especially South African you get paid less in comparison to your colleagues from the States and the UK. They illegally hold your work permit so you don't run off and find another job. And if you think you can be sick, forget about that? You will be forced to come in and work even without a voice. And the racial undertones from your colleagues are all described as a "miscommunication". As a result of all this they have a high turn over rate. If you think you be travelling like their website says forget about it, you only get ten leave days which are even difficult to book coz they just want to stay and be a slave. The only travelling you be doing is travelling on the subway to work to mall where you will be working. Also they don't have a flight reimbursement, if you want to go home after your contract ends you need to save that from your salary each month. Signing with EF will be a big mistake. It's a set up into modern day slavery. DON'T DO IT. I definitely will be taking legal action against them.

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      English 1 Response
      7y
      Your experience with EF does not reflect our core values and EF’s ongoing commitment to providing the best possible work environment for all employees. In addition, our payment practice is that international teachers, regardless of nationality, are paid the same starting salary. In order to investigate your claims, we request that you please contact us at compliance.china@ef.com so that a full and fair investigation into your allegations can take place. Thank you.
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