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    3.6
    69%
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    78%
    Approve of CEO
    EF Education First CEO Dr. Edward Hult
    Dr. Edward Hult
    639 Ratings
    Pros
    Cons

    • "There is required to work Long hours journeys" (in 106 reviews)

    • "low salary (perks instead of pay)" (in 92 reviews)

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    1. "Teaching Assistance"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at EF Education First part-time

      Pros

      Teachers are all very nice and considerate. CAN LEARN a lot of teaching methods in the class from being assistance

      Cons

      the salary is a bit low

      EF Education First2019-10-07

    2. "Low Cost Business Model"

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      Current Employee - Activity Leader in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at EF Education First full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Use of resources are very good

      Cons

      Long hours, customer concern over staff concern, profit before welfare

      Advice to Management

      Change of culture and morale needed

      EF Education First2019-07-23
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    3. "Lovely place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at EF Education First full-time

      Pros

      Comfortable working environment Lovely coworkers Weekly pay Pay isn’t bad

      Cons

      Long hours Have to work some weekends

      EF Education First2019-05-14

    4. "Homestay Recruiter"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at EF Education First part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great staff to work with very very good location no lifts which means good cardio options

      Cons

      Bad pay very bad pay

      Advice to Management

      Increase the pay please thanks

      EF Education First2019-05-05

    5. "Good fun but low pay"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at EF Education First full-time

      Pros

      Good fun and great colleagues

      Cons

      Salary is below market

      EF Education First2019-03-07

    6. "Hourly wage, a lot of paperwork without pay, good atmosphere, fun place to work"

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      Current Employee - EFL Teacher 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      - Good atmosphere - Fun place to work - I like my bosses - Media in most rooms - Room for progress - Exciting working environment - Development workshops

      Cons

      - Low salary - Contract hours are bad - No sick leave - Feel overworked - Too much paperwork - Must do a lot of work for free i.e. correcting tests, correcting homework, writing lesson plans for every lesson - Some rooms do not have a media

      Advice to Management

      - Please pay us more, we can't afford health insurance or rent - We feel overworked and underappreciated. Please pay us for non-teaching hours. - Please give us sick pay

      EF Education First2019-03-06

    7. "Activity Leader"

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      Former Employee - Activity Leader in Dublin, Dublin

      I worked at EF Education First full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Fun, active summer job, decent salary

      Cons

      little time off, stressful at times

      EF Education First2018-08-02

    8. "Group Leader"

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      Former Employee - Group Leader in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at EF Education First full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Very good and friendly staff

      Cons

      Long hours, lots of responsabilities

      EF Education First2018-07-17
    9. Helpful (2)

      "Exhausting, Exploitative and Problematic"

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      Former Employee - Coordinator in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at EF Education First full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Diverse group of colleagues who you can genuinely laugh with about how disgraceful the organisation is. Made some amazing friends in the process of working in EF

      Cons

      Higher management have no respect for any of their staff and treat them with a "you're replaceable" attitude. When it comes to replacing staff they take months to do so and expect the junior staff members to take on the responsibilities of the managerial positions with no extra pay or help. Higher management has no leadership or management skills. For some reason, there's a divide between the teachers and the... general staff and that can be very awkward. Pay is extremely low. You are basically on minimum wage, which is only made worse by the fact that you are expected to stay back for hours after work. On top of that, every five weeks you are expected to take an emergency phone for a week. This phone rings NON STOP in the summer, and is still very annoying in winter. You are basically working 24/7 when you have this phone. Higher management also avoids taking the phone, trying to pawn it off on junior staff members. Also the emergency phone is never mentioned at the hiring process. Just a very unpleasant place to work for. Don't be fooled by their good marketing. They don't hire young people to advance and utilize their skills. They hire young people to drain them off energy.

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      Advice to Management

      Respect staff's hard work and give them proper breaks and time off. Hire a separate staff member to man your nightmare emergency phone. That should be a job on it's own. Or at least pay your staff extra to take it home. Also, please make sure your higher management is competent and capable.

      EF Education First2018-07-30

    10. "Good place to start, no incentive to stay"

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      Former Employee - Teacher 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at EF Education First part-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Supportive staff, good place to learn

      Cons

      Terrible pay - even worse than industry standard, no pay rise or bonuses, very poorly organised.

      Advice to Management

      Pay teachers a living wage, hire more admin staff

      EF Education First2018-06-26
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