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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 ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Aug 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

can't think of any pros

Cons

underpaid; no work-life balance at all even though employees are entitled to 20 days of annual leave

3.0
Oct 29, 2019

Slow to change

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly. Opportunity to travel. Good work life balance. Great benefits

Cons

Consultants get paid ridiculous amounts while permanent staff have been on a pay freeze for years. Very slow to change.

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