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      Inspiring international environment with room to grow, but restructuring takes its toll - Experience Design Director EF (Education First) Employee Review

      4.0
      Aug 18, 2025
      Experience design director
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      Pros

      Truly international workplace with exciting, diverse colleagues Beautiful office space with lots of energy and creativity Fun community events and a lively office culture right in the city center Leadership trainings are excellent and provide real personal growth Working on services which have lifelong impact on students' lives

      Cons

      Elaborate sign-off processes take time and energy, where trust isn't always felt Frequent restructuring and quarterly finance review based decisions on hiring and layoffs can feel exhausting and lower morale

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      EF (Education First) Response
      11mo
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We’re so glad to hear that you value the international environment, vibrant office culture, and the opportunities for personal growth through leadership training. It’s also great to know that you appreciate the meaningful impact of what we do. Thank you also for your constructive feedback on sign-off processes and changes in the organization, we appreciate your feedback and have shared it with leadership. Trust is very important to us, we encourage you to reach out to talk with your manager, Recruitment & Employee Development team, or you can email hr@ef.com if there is anything else you want to share about your specific experience so we can properly address it. Thanks again for sharing.

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      5.0
      May 20, 2026
      Sales and admissions coordinator
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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
      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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