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EF (Education First)

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Decent at the start but went downhill - Online English Teacher EF (Education First) Employee Review

2.0
5 Sept 2025
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Pros

Was a good training company at the beginning and good student base- good bonuses on the kids teaching platform, had a good mentor early on when worked for the company, a good place to learn initially.

Cons

Became much more corporate, not enough classes or availability , management didn't really care about welfare and well being of staff mental health etc, A complex and unfair process about resolving technical difficulties with the classes, looking to keep money and not pay out to staff who had technical difficulties or reprimand students who had technical difficulties or not shown up to a class.

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EF (Education First) Response
9mo
Hi, thanks for taking the time to write about your previous experience working with EF Teach Online. If there are technical issues with the platform, we are able to support teachers and students promptly. Teachers have a dedicated team managing a customer-service ticketing system to ensure all queries are responded to as soon as possible, and students have a similar system available with their own dedicated multi-lingual team. It’s case by case, but if an issue arises on the teacher’s side, teachers may not be compensated if the class could not be taught. However, if the problem is clearly on our side—for example, if the site goes down—we proactively update class statuses and ensure teachers are compensated, even if no report is submitted. Our goal is always to resolve issues quickly and fairly. But if this was not the experience you had, we encourage you to reach out to hr@ef.com so we can properly address your specific case (especially your comments around lack of respect or regard for welfare, as that is highly concerning). Thanks again.

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5.0
20 May 2026
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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
7 Jul 2026
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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