EF Education First Reviews

Pros

Great colleagues, travel (limited to your region). Good experience at times

Cons

0 respect for employees on the ground doing all of the hard work and 50 plus hours per week. If you work here during the summer expect to work minimum 6 days a week at less than minimum wage. Cult like company culture. Disgraceful treatment of employees Extortionate prices for students which goes in to the headoffices and never the schools. No work/life balance A lot of office politics People fired unfairly

Pros

Lots of opportunities to take on responsibility. Could serve as a starting point to gain experience and get a better job.

Cons

Terrible Pay- Monthly salary works out at near minimum wage for department management roles in the school and you will work more hours than your contract. Unethical working conditions (staff are pressured into working countless hours of unpaid overtime) Cult-like corporate culture Poor organisation High/constant staff turnover

Pros

Cannot mention any pros. Terrible company

Cons

Expect to work 60 hours for the price of 38

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.

Pros

They're totally legit when it comes to visas, pay & helping you whenever you need it.

Cons

The schedules can be hectic, the summer courses are really tough.