EF Education First Software Developer Reviews
Updated May 17, 2019
Found 18 reviews
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Dr. Edward Hult
7 Ratings
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"Great people, atmosphere and opportunities"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at EF Education First
Pros
EF has great people with amazing team dynamics, making the work atmosphere very pleasant. Management offers many opportunities to developers to grow and own projects.
Cons
EF doesn't give out stock.
EF Education First2016-06-10 - Helpful (5)
"Software Developer"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at EF Education First full-time for less than a year
Pros
Travel all over the world, and great salary
Cons
managers have no idea what's going on
Advice to Management
spend more time training new hires
EF Education First2017-01-05 - Helpful (11)
"Place to start, not to grow"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at EF Education First for more than 3 years
Pros
Party culture, young employees. Nice new facilities in Boston. Expect to make friends here. Great place to start a career, as a developer you'll get to contribute to software used daily, and interact with those very users. Great product you'll feel good working on. Potential for travel perks.
Cons
Little room for growth. Stale technology and ignorance towards developing trends. Noncompetitive salary. Poor retirement package. Company culture to hire young and replace with a new generation once they become dissatisfied. Very shallow depth of experience in tech team.
EF Education First2016-07-29 "A good experience"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at EF Education First for less than a year
Pros
It was a good experience
Cons
Lack of practical documentation for software spec
EF Education First2019-05-17- Helpful (1)
"Not at all recommended"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at EF Education First full-time for more than a year
Pros
=> Monthly parties => Happy hours
Cons
=> First and most important thing is job security. You can be fired at ay day => No hikes => Poor management
Advice to Management
Respect your own employees who served there for more than 5 years. Don't keep firing people for silly reasons.
EF Education First2019-03-22 "Good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good culture, nice offices and locations.
Cons
Sometimes hard to figure out who is in charge of what.
Advice to Management
Take more risks in term of innovation. It's good and getting better but still not enough. Keep it up!
EF Education First2019-02-10EF Education First Response
February 11, 2019 – Senior Director of People Operations
Thank you for this review -- and the reminder to continually focus on innovation, one of our core values! Thanks, too, for being a force for innovation on our tech team. Keep up the good work! Mike Kaufman, Sr. Director of People Operations
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"No Hike, No future, No Vision"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
It used to be an awesome company but all is lost now, previously anything was possible in a good way now it's only in bad ways.
Cons
The managment changes every year exactly when hike is due and they do restructure. After that all they throw peanuts based on some evalution which is fake promises and stupid politics. - No hike to ppl (as msg that we don't need you) - technical lead are asked to do more firing and political stuff than Technical thing - technical skill measured by non technical ppl - stupidity in the name of scrum and...
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please think seriously and practically before doing so many change.relying on one person is a mistake there are other smarter ppl, stop covering up.
EF Education First2019-02-19EF Education First Response
March 2, 2019 – Senior Director of People Operations
Thank you for your feedback, and we are sorry that your experience has been negative. We have clearly been unsuccessful in communicating what we are trying to achieve with these big changes that we are going through, but we are truly trying to create a significant improvement in ...
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"Fun company"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than a year
Pros
Unlimited drinks, parties and dinners minimum twice in a month. Not much work, all are maintenance projects. Managers are friendly if we are close with them. No timings. Come anytime and leave anytime. Just stay at office for 9 hours
Cons
Mallu politics. If we are close with them good scope otherwise they ll trouble you. Hike will be 2-4%
Advice to Management
Nothing. Keep going
EF Education First2018-03-16 - Helpful (6)
"Worst company I have worked in"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than a year
Pros
International brand, good value on CV (hopefully)
Cons
- HR is a team of foolish heartless people, especially Lavanya - Work hours are really long - Environment is not where one can learn new things or grow, its like we are the back office for a large company and HR treats us like cats and dogs employed as their servants
Advice to Management
Replace the HR with some people who know what people mean and how important they are to the company
EF Education First2017-05-27 "Happy to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at EF Education First full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Motivation, team Work, coordination, could learn with no limits, you get access to lot of materials on some of the best technologies. Work-life balance and fun. Dynamic work schedule. Office space is fun and happening.
Cons
No cons except it is very competitive and the hiring bar is very high but i am someone who loves a competitive environment since I believe it pushes you to do better!
Advice to Management
You want to hire great people - but don't hire overqualified individuals for a particular role.
EF Education First2015-11-25
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EF Education First Response
March 27, 2019 – Senior Director of People Operations
Thank you very much for your feedback. We're sorry you left EF with this perspective. We are going through a lot of changes, with the ambition of improving employee development, satisfaction & pride as well as productivity and the quality of what we do. As you’d expect with ...
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