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Rating

3/5
  • The Role
    3.6
  • The Company
    2.8
  • The Culture
    2.3

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Very valuable work and given a lot of responsibility; sometimes workload was very high and computer system was difficult to navigate.

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Friendly atmosphere but was lucky to get a friendlier line manager than many other interns

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Support is there if you ask, unless people are away on leave

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Start and end were slower but middle was very busy

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • The work would have been done by someone else in the project team or by a contractor if it had not been me (not just an academic exercise).

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Good for oil & gas industry

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Relaxed atmosphere because it was a design engineering office

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Changes to the company graduate programme and number of roles available.

    3/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Had just one presentation skills course

    1/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Working from home

    3/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Graduate programme is changing though

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement Î÷¹ÏÊÓÆµs/colleagues?
  • Shared a house; definitely a good idea

    4/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Outer London area

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • No nightlife in Sunbury but OK to commute to London

    1/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Work took up most of the day

    2/5

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Internship (1 Month+)

Chemical Engineering

London

September 2015


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