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Online teaching - Anonymous employee EF (Education First) Employee Review

2.0
Sep 21, 2017
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Pros

The majority of the students are serious and work hard in class. The classes are generally a positive experience for both teacher and student. Th platform works well, although individual students do have regional internet issues.

Cons

Students randomly select classes and hence the other students attending, so language levels and interests are often unequal. Teachers can only open availabilities and have no control over group, or private, or booked lessons. In other words, you cannot determine how many hours you work every week. So the income is very incremental and not dependable. Pay is very low for any experienced teacher. There is no human support or even a contact to call. Everything goes through the central portal to a random person for a reply.

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5.0
May 20, 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
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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
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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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