IM Summer Internship Review
by Transport for London
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
2.3
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The Company
3.7
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The Culture
2.6
- 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 students/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
The Olympics/Paralympics shifts were incredible, although my work within IM in between was relatively quiet and unstructured, due to many being busy with the Games.
They held one-to-ones every few weeks, but was left to own devices in terms of finding work.
Other colleagues proved to be far more helpful than official management, in terms of providing feedback, allocating work and networking.
Had one project to work on over the summer, with a few ad-hoc admin tasks.
Given reasonable responsibility for one project over the whole Summer, but not so much in other tasks. Was given the opportunity to present to Leadership Team which was good.
Not so much for degree studies, but being in such a large organisation certainly helped in terms of channelling in to something I actually enjoy. Was sponsored to take a professional exam which was an excellent addition to CV.
The Company
Reasonably quiet but a few characters who made days go quite quickly!
Due to Games, it felt like there was no actual work in IM due to expected busyness of staff. Was asked to try and organise own placements which I did successfully.
Now have job in different area of TfL, and was sponsored to take professional exam. Fantastic company for investing in staff.
Subsidised Canteen
National Travel
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
Have a new job within TfL.
The Culture
As there were four interns, there was always someone to get lunch with and a few drinks events.
London prices
London
There didn't seem to be any clubs or anything open to us.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Customer Service, Information Technology
London
December 2012
