(5 reviews)

Company Profile

Company overview

Industry

Government Administration & Politics

Company size

11-50

Primary location

British Council I 7th Floor The Curve I 32nd Street corner 3rd Avenue I Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City I 1634 I Philippines

The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Last year we reached over 65 million people directly and 731 million people overall including online, broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.

Reviews overview

2.25 ratings in total

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What’s it like working at British Council?

AI summary of recent reviews

Employees at British Council appreciated the sociable colleagues, relatively high salaries for entry-level roles, learning opportunities such as administrative work experience, and the nice work environment near the city and botanic gardens.

However, there were concerns raised about management, including assigning managers to the wrong departments, lack of understanding of work processes, and unprofessional behaviour. Employees also noted challenges with work-life balance, with expectations of long hours, including weekends and up to 12 hours per day. Some reviewers felt that the company prioritised profits over employee welfare, with high staff turnover and limited opportunities for growth. Additionally, there were challenges reported in understanding and working with overseas management due to cultural differences.

Recent reviews

1.0

IT Department

Mar 2023

Bad work Culture stressful Staff and management

The good thingsSome Employees are understanding and sociable

The challengesMost of the Staff are ignorant. Management assigns Manager's to the wrong department therefore have no Idea in terms of work process. No Work Life balance

1.0

Exams Services

Mar 2020

1 to 2 years in the role

Worst Management, no room for professional growth

The good thingsRelatively high salary for an entry level work. Looks good on the resume.

The challengesThe management never responds and listens to employee feedback. Staff leave every month even if we’re a small organisation (around 30 people in Manila). There’s no room for growth, you have to apply for the same position and go through the hiring process just to extend your contract. The management doesn’t care about employees’s welfare. They care more about making profits and having a larger market share against competitors. Managers are very unprofessional and talking about their staff’s personal lives to other coworkers. The ones with higher positions do pretty much no work and delegate the tasks to their managees. We work almost everyday, even on Sundays and more sometimes up to 12 hours a day. If you do consider working here, you’re better off working for other departments, but never exams! Although even other departments see their staff leave as quick as a month on the job.

5.0

invigilator

Apr 2018

5 to 6 years in the role, current employee

I've been in the company for almost 5 years and my experienced is great.

The good thingsThey gave me a chance to work as a part time invigilator to show my skills and contribute good working environment to the company. I learned a lot of things particularly in my designated department especially in administrative work.

The challengesThe biggest challenge faced by the is a lack of employees with the skill sets needed to continue to drive revenue.

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