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Management is quite toxic - Sales and Costumer Service EF (Education First) Employee Review

2.0
Aug 20, 2025
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Pros

working at ef has taught a lot, for example how I don't want to be if I'm a manager one day.

Cons

Management, it's all chaos and cliques, my colleagues were great but I'm happy to be out.

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EF (Education First) Response
11mo
Hi, thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We are sorry to hear of your negative experience working here. Your feedback on management, organization, and cliques is concerning. We understand how important the role of the manager is, and we aim to train our managers, especially new managers, in everything they need to run their teams successfully. This is the reason why we have our global manager training program called the Very Colorful Book. We're sorry your experience didn't reflect this, and we encourage you to reach out to hr@ef.com so we can learn more about your specific experience and ensure your concerns are properly addressed. Thank you again for leaving a review.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Good training, good communication especially for a remote position, flexible, great management

Cons

Scheduling and staffing effectively could be challenging due to unpredictable nature of emergency response, which caused both understaffed shifts and overstaffed shifts. In addition, phone-based customer service can be emotionally challenging - customers in stressful situations can often be difficult to deal with.

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EF (Education First) Response
2mo
Hearing that the training, communication, and management stood out, especially in a remote setting, is really meaningful. Thank you for sharing! As you mentioned, the nature of emergency response is inherently unpredictable. Our phone-based support in high stress situations can be central to defining the experience for travelers, and the people who handle it are a big part of that. We’re proud of the team you were part of and hope the skills you built here continue to serve you well.
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
17h
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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