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British Council reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(2,311 total reviews)
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Ciarán Devane

61% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

British Council has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,311 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The British Council employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gemeinnützige Organisationen & NGOs industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
5.0
Jan 9, 2022

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Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great working environment in foreign affairs industry, many interesting projects

Cons

need more experienced regional team

4.0
Jan 7, 2022

Rewarding experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lot's of freedom and autonomy.

Cons

Poor communication, at pressing times during the pandemic they were hard to contact.

2.0
Dec 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International working/meet people from different cultures , people on the whole are nice and care about their work

Cons

Chaotic, constant restructures, lack of strategy, high staff turnover, Bad HR system and team, lots of unhappy people leads to unhappy teams

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