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EF (Education First)

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Work Hard, Play Hard, and Get Paid Bare Minimum - Anonymous employee EF (Education First) Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great Employees and employee Camaraderie - Great perks/benefits (vacation days, off sites, events) - Nice building/office - Strong company culture - Good Location, close to the mall for lunch, accessible by public transportation - Growing/Popular industry

Cons

This place seems to hire/attract young employees/recent college grads. Instead of giving them a decent pay check, they make up for poor pay and retain them with crazy work parties, beer, expensive offsites, and an unprofessional "buddy-buddy" work relationship between manager and employee (imagine your boss getting drunk in front of you at a company party and hungover at work the next day). This place is probably good for social individuals who care more about the social experience as opposed to professional development and career growth. There is hardly any promotion or salary raise for employees who work hard and play less. Too many vacation days leads to more work for those who are currently in the office.

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5.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
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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
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
Recommend
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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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