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British Council reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(2,315 total reviews)
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Ciarán Devane

56% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

British Council has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,315 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
Feb 2, 2017

Project officer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- diversity -equal opportunities -understanding - open mildness

Cons

-long working hours and no compensation, very little communication with management

3.0
Jan 26, 2017

Learned a lot about international relations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great colleagues, amazing international projcts, outstanding work around diversity and inclusion.

Cons

Some really old-fashioned practices, too much dependence on politics, difficult to move forward if you are not a UK national, poor management in the EU region.

4.0
Jan 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great chance to work in China and experience the culture.

Cons

Working on this particular programme is more of a one year only opportunity due to low salary.

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