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EF (Education First)

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I have been working with EF for almost 7 years, unbelievable!! - PR Manager EF (Education First) Employee Review

5.0
Jun 21, 2013
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Pros

I like its family culture, everyone is treated as a member of the whole family, to get support and caring from your bosses. And more important, EF allows you to make mistakes, very tolerant. Besides, there is no distance between you and others from other departments, as long as you can pick up the phone, you can reach anyone, even have a lunch talk with big boss. Then, I also like the beautiful office building in Shanghai, the most cool office I have ever seen in my life. The most important, I can always meet very talented people in different area working around me, positive, energetic, smart and friendly, very impressive. Talking to them is also good learning to me.

Cons

If the office can be much closer to my house, that would be great.

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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
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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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