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The British Academy - dysfunctional and uninspiring - International Team British Academy Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2020
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Pros

- Generous annual leave - Friendly and supportive peers - Potential for important and impactful work - Location is great

Cons

- Terrible communication within teams and between departments - Managers lack management skills - No acknowledgement of team members skills and experience - Highly administrative work with no room to take on additional projects - No career progression or development - High turnover with no acknowledgement of why - A complete lack of trust resulting in extreme micromanagement - Management can be coarse, controlling and pedantic - Changes to procedures or policy are generally frowned up by managers Overall a toxic environment. I would actively discourage anyone from working for the British Academy.

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5.0
20 Jan 2026
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Pros

work life balance, nice colleauges, get to be exposed to diverse policy context

Cons

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4.0
17 July 2025
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Pros

- Really Nice venue that was always clean - Friendly people, seems like moral was high - great training opportunities - Free snacks and really nice coffee making machine

Cons

- Felt like my role was restrictive, didn't like clocking in and out and having my rota managed (this was just my department) - Salary isn't great, it's better for entry level staff, it was ok for a the short run. - Quite a loud office and distractive atmosphere, sometime management didn't seem professional with their comments, and some micromanaging happened.

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