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British Council

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Good experience, but be careful not to get too comfortable and stay too long. - Anonymous employee British Council Employee Review

4.0
Jan 10, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Culture is strongly in-favour of the employee, with fairly progressive HR practices. Good opportunity to work in different countries and on projects that bring you into contact with some senior policy-makers and interesting government and NGO organisations.

Cons

Salaries are being eroded over time, with pay-freezes across the board and no performance-related bonuses for academic and management level staff. The organisation is mis-understood in the outside world and experience has little currency outside of English language teaching.

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5.0
Oct 20, 2025
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Pros

Benefit package is quite generous. People friendly.

Cons

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4.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free to work whenever you want

Cons

Working for more than 8 hours sometimes

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