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Still up there but going downhill - Anonymous employee British Council Employee Review

3.0
Apr 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is very good for the EFL field, professional development is excellent too. They're present in places where it's difficult to find good EFL work as well.

Cons

Bureaucracy is a killer. There's a stupendous amount of paperwork to do. Management structures are unflexible, and there is a lot of cronyism. A lot of what you'd expect in a huge multinational. Remuneration and benefits are on the decline, in order to match industry standards.

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