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      Good Coworkers - Corporate to the Core - Anonymous employee EF (Education First) Employee Review

      3.0
      Mar 8, 2018
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Coworkers were the best I've ever had. They were incredibly hard working and fun to be around. Health insurance is top notch.

      Cons

      Customer service is the central point of your job, no matter what you do. It is a company first and a school second. All staff, but especially teachers, are NOT paid a livable wage. The teachers are HOURLY! What?! ~$30 for 80 minute classes? What a joke. If you are not staff, forget paid time off or sick days, raises are rare and do not fairly compensate for the hard work. They treat their employees like tools rather than sources for future innovation. Turnover was the highest I've ever experienced. They keep it running with the sweat, blood, and tears of people who genuinely care about their students. If you are a new professional, this is a great way to start your career and then get the heck out of dodge for a better work environment. It's very sad for people who have to stick around.

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      5.0
      Apr 22, 2026
      On tour support coordinator
      Recommend
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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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      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
      Tour consultant
      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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