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Variety - Anonymous employee British Council Employee Review

3.0
Jul 30, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good ethos - changing people's lives for the better by extending educational and cultural exchange opportunities. Overseas, work-life balance is difficult. But rewarding work if you can get the right job within the organisation, and challenging and varied.

Cons

Lip service paid to training. Pay comparatively low - org survives & thrives on the commitment and discretionary work of its staff. Hard to speak out in a culture of positivism and perception that job opportunities are divvied out to the compliant rather than the deserving. Can be a bit precious English middle class in some parts.

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Cons

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