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British Council

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Shame on you! - Customer Service British Council Employee Review

3.0
Feb 17, 2021
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Pros

A very established organization with noble goals and objectives. Fair salaries depending on the country you're in.

Cons

In some third world countries, some of the British Nationals (expats to 3rd world countries) act like disgusting modern slave owners taking everyone outside of their culture as a thief or barbarian. - This organization is supposed to be a non-profit but the only thing they do in third world countries is making money out of the rich and corrupt making it very hard for the poor and qualified to benefit from their programs set by the UK government. (revenues collected from teaching center is 1.5 million Pounds at times). I personally witnessed an attempt to escape paying taxes for the country they were operating in (third world country). one of their policies is not to report corruption to government officials if this will threaten their presence in that specific country. In other words, be corrupt if needed, survival is above all. Jobs are given to specific people and aren't based on merit. In the third world country i worked in, jobs belonged to people and relatives of the host country's foreign affairs ministry officials.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Free to work whenever you want

Cons

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