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      Pros & Cons - ESL Teacher EF (Education First) Employee Review

      2.0
      Sep 15, 2016
      Esl teacher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pros: Flexible schedule, working with students all over the world I love teaching but found after a few years with EF that it was more trouble than it was worth.

      Cons

      Cons: They are constantly finding reasons not to pay you (and the pay is already pretty low for teaching), there are times when there is limited availability in slow seasons and while you are expected to be patient during these times, if you find a secondary work and things pick up, they are not so patient about your hours of availability. In addition - the requirements changed and increased over time while the pay increase was only slight. I was supposed to be earning $12/hr but factoring in the time with custom lesson plan preparation or just general plan prep and grading that often times went beyond the 15 mins you're supposed to theoretically spend, I was probably making more like $6 or $7/hr.

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      5.0
      May 20, 2026
      Sales and admissions coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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
      1mo
      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
      Tour consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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