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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement 西瓜视频s/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I greatly enjoyed the experience I got at PwC, and felt like the amount of work I was involved in allowed me to learn more and experience a varied amount of engagement types and clients. Working in the London Mid Tier meant that I was able to get more exposure with the clients and engage more actively with my seniors. I also enjoyed the training and time spent with the other interns at the beginning.
Due to the size of the team, it meant that I was working mostly with managers or senior managers - everyone is super friendly and approachable. On my main job, the team was just me and a manager, so I was included in all client communication and worked quite extensively with my manager, who was very open to my ideas, which made me feel valued.
They are very good in this aspect and I felt like I had a good space to ask questions when I didn't know something. I think this is mostly because of the fact that the team is not very large, so it's easy to catch-up with someone or just go up and speak to them. I cannot comment on how this was in LTT, they have bigger teams and seemed to be less dynamic in terms of work than LTT.
I mostly had things to do all day. I'd say it was quite balanced, I didn't feel overworked or too stressed. There were times less busy, but I was able to ask someone to give me some work, or just do an online training. Technology was a bit more relaxed than core assurance, we were never coming in too early or leaving late (I don't I've stayed past 5:30 more than once or twice).
I was given a fair amount of responsibility, but I think this also depends on how much you ask for it and demonstrate that you are able to be kept accountable for something. At the beginning they won't let you do a lot of difficult things - especially if you need to speak with the client directly, but the amount of responsibility grows over time.
We had a full week of training at the beginning. I think this could've been structured better - even though I was in tech, I still sat on some accounting sessions or a course on how to use their audit software, which wasn't really relevant for me. There was a lot of training on how to use basic stuff in the office, like booking a desk, and I think this should've been condensed a bit, cause we only had 6 weeks of internship. The skills I got on the job were quite relevant to me, but it depends on the engagements you work on.
The Company
It's an open office, so it very easy to meet with people. Everyone in the same division would usually sit on the same floor. You've also got social groups that you can sit in, but I didn't because most people are doing audit and they had small groups they were sitting in. The office is very big and there are lots of people, which may seem a bit daunting at times, but if you become part of a group it's easier.
It was alright, I think there was too much training. The internship is 6 weeks, which is pretty short already, and one of them was training so you just work for 5 weeks. You're booked on jobs for a certain amount of time or your whole internship.
They do invest a lot in training, 1 of the 6 weeks of the internship was just training. I had a 3-day induction in Windsor with interns from other offices, there were about 150-180 of us. After that we had 2 more days of induction, one in the office and one at another event centre in London. It depends on your line of service, some people also went on to do some courses as well.
Flexi Time
Company Parties/Events
They let you know at the end of the internship if you've been offered a position or not, and they have quite a high retention rate. The prospects are great, there's a great amount of mobility within the firm and you can go up in the company quite easily, as long as you are good. The benefits look good as well.
The Culture
Yes, we all got to know each other during the residential induction, and had lunches together every day. There were after-work drinks with the interns every Friday, and there were some other activities we did together. We kept in touch with interns from the other office in London at the beginning, but not as much afterwards.
The usual cost of living in London - very high. In terms of socialising it was alright, we didn't go out to places that were too expensive.
Usual for central London.
From the company, not that many. There was an international food event on our last week. We went out as interns most of the time.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
September 2017