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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
4.0
Oct 3, 2024

A Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Perks + exposure to international colleagues + better centralised system for processes + less paper + friendly culture

Cons

Local leadership can turn toxic and impact employee experience. very often, workloads on project coordinators or exams operation officers can take up 12 hours per day, add immense stress and compltely ruin work life balance.

2.0
Sep 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Nice offices - Good internal training opportunities

Cons

- Poor management - Don't value staff - Do not consider strategies to retain experienced staff - Poor company culture - Very outdated financial systems - Poor pay relative to other companies

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