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EF (Education First)

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EF (Education First) reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(4,611 total reviews)
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Edward Hult, Ph.D

62% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

EF (Education First) has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,611 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The EF (Education First) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.8 stars).

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5K reviews
2.0
Feb 14, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture, the headquarters in Boston is beautiful, great people across the company. There's also a great opportunity for traveling to their other offices or sales kickoffs. Lots of free alcohol.

Cons

- Very low pay. No bonuses, no equity, and you pay for everything, such as coffee. The company itself is very cheap despite making enormous sums of money. - Management is pretty horrible across all levels. Good workers are generally not recognized and leave as a result. - Work / Life balance is a core value, but usually not respected by managers - No clear professional development path - "Perks" are a joke, especially if you aren't interested in sporting events (subsidized tickets is their main perk) - Everyone in all departments are treated as short-term employees - EF is a revolving door and they have a real hard time retaining talent. It makes it hard to build a strong team if you become a veteran EF employee after 3 years of working there. This works okay for sales positions, but for technical, marketing or finance positions, filling those gaps is incredibly hard on everyone.

1.0
Jan 24, 2016

Awful

Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful city , great location

Cons

Teachers are treated horribly. No paid vacation time, no sick days, no personal days. Is this even legal? Cheap company... No raises... Absurd amount of emails daily on petty stuff... Teacher is expected to be at school all day 8-5 and doesn't get paid for all the hours spent. There is a three hour gap on Mondays for which you get nothing and are expected to stick around. How does that make any sense?

2.0
Sep 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, good people, a lot of responsibility up front, selling a good product. The nice thing is that the company truly cares about customer experience...the bad this is they don't care about their employees.

Cons

Overworked staff: Work about 50 hour weeks throughout the whole year except summers w/ no overtime pay-- does not make up for the bonus you could potentially earn with sales. Low Pay: Very low pay compared to industry standards and low bonus compared to other sales positions. The bonus structure is terrible and doesn't reward long-term growth. No work/life balance: You are overworked and you are poor...so you work more to try and make it by. Childish management: Reward their employees based upon a popularity contest rather than actual performance. Very inexperienced management. High Turnover: Most people only stay for a year or less. The company seems to invest a lot in marketing how "cool" it is to work at EF in order to support the high turnover, so they can avoid paying experienced employees more and hire new people they can pay almost minimum wage. Minimal room for growth: A few people manage to move laterally, but there isn't much room for upward growth at all.

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