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Great colleagues with poor management - Anonymous employee EF (Education First) Employee Review

3.0
Sep 21, 2012
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Pros

The best part of working at EF language schools are definitely the people I worked with. Technically, teachers are competing with each other for classes, but there was never a shortage of colleagues helping each other in lesson planning, classroom management, and giving support in one way or another. The students also made for a great experience as well.

Cons

Management of classes. Staff at our school routinely ranked high in reviews from students and we had a high rate of recommendation. However, management always nit-picked about the 1% of complaints and too often micro-managed staff. Managerial reviews are nothing more than mere formalities. Additionally, classes would all too often be arbitrarily given and taken away without good reason. If you enjoy uncertainty of work and lack of transparency, this is the place for you.

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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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