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British Council reviews

3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,315 total reviews)
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Ciarán Devane

57% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

British Council has an employee rating of 3.7 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
3.0
Dec 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a nice place with very friendly people and a great structure, the Brazilian office has had some changes in the past and most people are new

Cons

Slow process for changes to take place, can't follow the market speed when offering direct customer products..

3.0
Dec 16, 2016

Politics and inflexibility

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

diverse team, occasional training opportunities, work that makes a bit of difference if involved in local delivery of projects

Cons

internal processes are overly elaborate, painstaking and laborious for staff to follow, moreover, expectations on their delivery keep changing depending on who happens to own a particular agenda at HQ; the organisation preaches diversity but in reality there is a major divide between the British management and in country delivery teams; terms and conditions are better for UK staff than for overseas staff

4.0
Dec 8, 2016

Very Good Working Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work culture work life balance 5 days working

Cons

temporary job non renewable contract Working on weekends

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