Placement Year Review at Argos

The Role

Role Description

Sales Assistants work in a retail environment with the purpose of assisting customers with their shopping needs. They also do tasks that relate to maintaining the sales floor, arranging stock and doing promotion activities. Assistants may work a 40 hour week and qualify for overtime. .Things i normally did:
• Conduct stock taking
• Assist customers
• Restocking items
• Did a few training sessions

1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

Rated 6/10

It was okay straight forward Christmas time was definitively a rush!

2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

They were so sweet they were rather oldish but they were great to work with

3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

They gave me all the help i needed its a great place to work if your student as you learn so much Even in such a small time.

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Because its a big store there was always customers in or display work to do which i found pretty neat

5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

Your dealing with customers and working in one of the biggest stores in the uk So its quite abit of responsibilty

6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

Training was every couple of weeks if anything you were unsure of they'd go over it till you got it perfection

The Organisation

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

really good The staff and customers were a delight

8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

it was rather organized

9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

sessions

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

• Working from home

11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

good

Other Information

12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

yes there was it was nice to be able to have a civil adult conversation without people being immature

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

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

rather cheap

14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

great as theres clubs everywhere around the place

15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

not many tbh

In addition to these questions, is there any extra information you would like to leave about your experiences on your work placement that other students may be interested in?

its a great place to work so if theres a job going id snap it up if i was you!

Review 4/5 for Argos

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