The BC strikes the rare balance between solid, universal policies and individualised pastoral care. - Project Manager British Council Employee Review

There is a definite glass ceiling where you need to know the right people to get on. This permeates across different offices and countries too as the managers have very often mixed a lot in past roles. This creates a 'boys club' atmosphere in the senior management, making it very hard to bring about organisational change and very challenging to even be recruited if your face is either unknown or if you have crossed someone in the past.