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Fleet Corporate Services Review

by Volkswagen Financial Services

Rating

2.7/5
  • Skills
    2.0
  • Responsibilities
    1.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    2.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I spent 6 months with fleet end of contract, and spent everyday for 6 months doing the exact same thing - terminating contracts, generating purchase prices, arranging collections and charging fees to customers when their collection did not meet critera. I then spent the following 6 months with fleet purchasing - ordering customer vehicles with nominated dealers, amending orders accordingly and dealing with customer queries. I have got to experience some monthly and weekly reporting on excel too, however this was not in my job description


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I wouldnt say i have hugely developed many skills. In terms of hard skills, i have definitely developed my ability to use software and excel. However, in terms of soft skills i really feel they have not developed. Prior to joining VWFS i had a good level of communication, time management, team work, being proactive and being resillient due to what i learnt through previous jobs. However, due to the repetitive nature of the role i found it very hard to be pushed out of my comfort zone to really learn more about how i could develop these skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 2/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 1/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 2/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • No. I was initially given an account to manage in which i had to arrange all the collections of this large fleet, however, this was soon taken over by a team member who had been here longer with more experience of the automative industry. I have recently been given some excel reports to complete, but i have only been given those within the last 3 months of placement


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 1/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • within the first 6 months hardly any. I was isolated a lot by my team in which they would ignore any questions i had as a new comer, and when i asked my manager for additional training to minimise knowledge gaps this was ignored. However, in the last 6 months with the purchasing team and different manager i have had immense support from every team member, both my seniors and manager


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It varied across teams, i felt like it was very cliquey in some teams, with some team members not willing to help or answer questions, however other teams were really inclusive and wanted to help


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • For the first 6 months i really did not enjoy my placement and found it hard to get up each day knowing i had to do the same thing and work alongside a team who werent supportive or collaborative initially. When i was moved teams, my morale improved hugely and i started to like it more. However, overall i did not enjoy it


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 2/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 1/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Volkswagen Financial Services
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Volkswagen Financial Services to a friend?
  • No


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Volkswagen Financial Services
  • Apply for a role you have a true interest in where you can really develop your skills


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Purchasing and Supply

South East

May 2025


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