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Underpaid, Overworked, Micromanaged, Juvenile Atmosphere - Anonymous employee EF (Education First) Employee Review

1.0
Oct 28, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have none. The most stressful, chaotic, place I've ever worked.

Cons

Trained to "provide support to foreign exchange students" according to the interview. Once you're an employee you find out your handling intense cases that should only be handled by a trained social worker. 80 host families and exchange students is a "normal workload" and you're expected to attend weekend conferences with no pay, which is completely illegal.

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EF (Education First) Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time giving us this feedback. Please get in touch with us at compliance@ef.com if you would like to discuss further as we would like to hear more about your experience. Sorry to hear you did not enjoy your time with us. Best regards.

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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.
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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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