EF Education First Reviews

Pros

Cannot mention any pros. Terrible company

Cons

Expect to work 60 hours for the price of 38

Advice to Management

Don't run your employees into the ground

Pros

The weekly salary includes holiday pay which is a nice addition. It's a very casual job and the uniform is quite flattering (polo shirt, lanyard and jeans). The workforce is young and in my experience very friendly! The students are generally very polite and sweet. The EF training weekend in London is great for making new friends and being fed really well (although it comes at the expense of sleep!!)

Cons

Training isn't sufficient, pay works out as pretty bad because the hours are so long and so unsociable (for example this role was advertised as 9-5 and worked out at 8:30 to 9 at the worst). No time is spent with the students, it really is an office job where you will be expected to stay with no coffee breaks and in my experience lunch can only be taken if you insist on it. The attitudes of returning staff make it... very hard to innovate - in my experience the centre manager was stuck in their own idea of how it was run 'last year' and provided sub-standard activities and customer service because of it - this totally goes against EF's focus on the WOW factor.

Advice to Management

The training you give to senior staff is really well intended but it just doesn't give enough information - for example, elektra wasn't gone over enough and as a result the academic managers had to spend a while learning and practising it at the start of summer. Maybe elektra was supposed to be practised during the time before the school opened, but if this is the case then it never happened! It made the whole... summer very slow to get started. The senior services role wasn't utilised half as well as it should have been - our student services coordinator ended up covering for teachers and making posters and doing pointless tasks instead of being able to help with elektra as they weren't taught how to use it. There is way too much work for the academic manager on their own - they need an assistant manager to help with all of the work because in my experience our academic manager was barely leaving the office at 10pm.

Pros

You can tell that everybody who works here genuinely LOVES this place, which is something that is extremely hard to find these days. EF hires people with amazing personalities and a great work ethic-- these people are amazing to work alongside. Also, every person who works here is passionate about the product.

Cons

Don't work here if you arent willing to go out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself every day.

Pros

employee experience is great, company takes care of you and provides many perks including a huge, modern building with many amenities. people are friendly and nice, culture is one of helping you reach your potential; including lots of one on ones with your managers, trainers, and anyone you want!

Cons

tour consultant role is sales heavy with lots of goals you have to reach. salary is low, but it is an entry level job

Advice to Management

good job at keeping your employees happy and excited about coming to work. shoutout to angie and mike for all their hard work and taking care of employees.

Pros

The staff at EF Shenyang were very supportive in getting teachers adjusted to the new city and provided comfortable furnished apartments. The long-term teaching staff were very supportive in terms of offering guidance when needed. The administrative staff are friendly and responsible. The schools are provided with good quality books, classroom props, and whiteboards that allow teachers the means to teach engaging... classes easily. The pay is quite good, especially for the hours worked. You can tell EF Shenyang truly supports their teachers in terms of helping them improve their abilities through the helpful swap workshops, friendly peer-offered advice, and insightful coaching sessions offered regularly by the teaching staff. Overall, it is evident that they truly care about the quality of education their students are getting. On a personal note, my experience with EF Shenyang was fantastic. I had great classes where I was able to properly have classes that were educational but fun. The teaching and admin staff were great and supportive. I have zero regrets working here and would recommend the experience to anyone.

Cons

The only negative are the 'winter' and 'summer courses' where you have to work more hours and manage a lot more responsibilities due to day classes occurring. However, I would also say that the courses were an interesting experience as well as it involved coordinating with the other teachers and had different activities then normal classes like crafts. It is a bit tiring, but it’s a couple months out of a whole year... and there is a feeling of satisfaction when you have finished the 4 weeks. Overall, you don’t work a ton of hours during the rest of the year to be honest, so it makes it a lot easier when the month comes around as you know it’ll be back to normal soon enough.

Pros

children are great and had alot of fun times.

Cons

work life balance and pay.

Pros

Extremely positive, fast paced environment. Lots of responsibility and opportunities to take ownership

Cons

Not the place for you if you need a lot of structure or defined processes.

Advice to Management

Keep building the culture

Pros

Start-up culture in digital team, within a big organisation. Generally great people. Inspiring vision.

Cons

Internally used products were great to work on. Inspiring vision to develop products for third party use, but without the plan to deliver it.