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Join at your own risk! - Senior Developer EF (Education First) Employee Review

1.0
Jan 28, 2014
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Pros

Salary is on par or may be Above industry standards

Cons

EF has a serious problem with hiring and the process. EF believes in a No Process policy. Yes you read it right. They have no process and hence they don't believe in documentation of work. There is no documentation and hence you are expected to be like a junior Sherlock holmes. You are expected to keep everything in your MIND!!!! and oh my god dont ask me about the testers(QA). Possibly the most unprofessional lot! Their test cases are pathetic. No proper documentation. They believe in hire and fire policy. They have a probation for 6 months. In the 6 months there is a review/interview. If you interviewer is not satisfied with your answers they will fire you!!! The hike is also pathetic. It is mostly a support kind of a job. You will work on bugs(EF calls it JIRAs) and mostly they are trivial. There is no SDLC. All you are doing is firefighting. And the code that was written was written like 5 years back and you are working on legacy code and the design that was used was ridiculous. You will forget what you have learnt if you work on this code. There is no proper planning for your work and you are expected to be like that!!!! Dont join if you are looking for serious carer prospects.

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5.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Fun place to work at. Lots of opportunities especially early on in a career.

Cons

Sometimes salary is not as competitive as other places in Boston area.

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EF (Education First) Response
2mo
Well this is what it's all about! Early career opportunities while having fun along the way is a big part of what we hope people experience working at EF, and we are happy to hear this in your reflection. Thank you for sharing your note on compensation as well. We review our compensation packages regularly to make sure they align with our industry standards, and we appreciate your perspective on that.
1.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Well structured, comprehensive formal training. Perks and benefits

Cons

Once training is done, you’re pretty much on your own to figure things out. The weekly meetings with your manager end. You spend all day on the phones and there’s not a whole lot of interaction or collaboration going on in the office or across your team. At the end of the day it is a job and the perks and benefits are nice (travel). It just seemed social interaction of any kind, even to ask questions, was discouraged and in fact was viewed as distracting. The cold calling just gets to be tiring after a while, making it hard to stay at the job for longer than 1-2 years. Good entry level sales job, though.

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EF (Education First) Response
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Thank you for sharing this reflection on your time as a Tour Consultant in Boston. We're glad the training and benefits were highlights, though we believe strong onboarding is just the beginning when it comes to manager availability and team collaboration. We appreciate you sharing that it didn't carry through in the way it should have. Please don't hesitate to reach out to hr.us@ef.com if you'd like to share more. We wish you the best in what comes next.
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