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thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Well, is there?

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I don't know, but they left Peru last Sept for some reason.

guangho · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 476 Location: in transit

Thrifty, you don't think there is any place good to work for, remember?

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Wht do you consider to be good?

A good salary?
Chance for advancement?
Training sessions?
Vacation / Time Off?
Work environment?
Legal work visas?

I thought the BC was a decent place to work for.

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

They've got a decent rep all over- but I knew people who worked there in Barcelona, and I can vouch for that one as good.

Best,
Justin

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

The one in Istanbul was closed for security reasons probably a good thing as there was lots of snobbery and holier than thee attitude.

kaw · Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:45 am Post subject:

BC (in my experience) great for training etc not so good for money....although getting a pension underway is a sort of bonus (and a step on the road to becoming a 'grown up' - yikes........)

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

guangho · Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 476 Location: in transit

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

I am looking for a new less bad employer.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

in_asia_bill · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 197

They dont seem to have a good rep in Hong Kong.Look at the comments on the BC thread on that forum.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

I thought they were hated because they weren't that bad a place to work for.

A teflers envy is generally in inverse proportion to his earnings.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

No. Look at BC in KSA-9000-1100 SR, 1 flight a year, 6 weeks holidays a year, split shifts, no kids schooling-the money has been the same for 10 years. BC Bahrain-740 BD, UAE 9-10 000 Dirhams, Doha and Kuwait much the same.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

British Council in the Gulf is not good for local hires; better than the shadier language schools, and a reasonable short-term option, but not a career.

The British Council has long worked a dual salary scale; those hired from the UK have comfortable salaries and pensions, independent of where they teach; those hired locally have salaries based on local wages - they are at the top end of the local scale but nothing to write home about.

I presume the salaries would be reasonable in somewhere like Spain and Turkey (in Sri Lanka they are actually tempting).