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British Council reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,308 total reviews)
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Ciarán Devane

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

British Council has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,308 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
Apr 1, 2025

Horrible management, horrible workload

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Made good friends out of my teammates.

Cons

One of the worst companies to work for when you’re not a manager. Management team is not capable at handling people. Little to no recognition for staff who do the bulk of work. Pay was not very good and there was a huge gap between a mid-level employee and manager despite the workload being saturated in the bottom.

3.0
Mar 31, 2025

It's ok for a first job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Global organization and provides cross functioning team projects

Cons

Low salary Low additional compensation

1.0
Mar 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Offered Flexibility and Higher Pay

Cons

But taken away with advent Computer based testing. Management is poor at best and very dishonest. Running out of money so focused on cutting cost at your expense. In form of unpaid OT many after work hours for a meet with your TL.

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