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great colleagues, poor leadership - Anonymous employee British Council Employee Review

2.0
Dec 3, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Variety of work, great colleagues, generous leave policy, positive legacy and brand, unionised worplace

Cons

Senior Management distant and disengaged. Promotion to higher grades not on all round merit, purely on performance against income targets. Poor work life balance, be prepared to put in long hours, weekends etc if you want to get noticed.

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