Placement Year Review at Lloyds Banking Group

The Role

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

The job itself was really good. All of my colleagues were friendly and helpful, and the experience itself I felt was invaluable.

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

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

I felt like I was a valuable resource within the team. People would often ask me to carry out tasks if they didn't have the time, or would ask me for help if they needed it for a variety of different things.

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

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

I don't think I can fault my management as although they were often busy, they were always there to help and answer any questions. They were very approachable.

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

Unfortunately the only problem I did have is the workload could be quite erratic; sometimes I would have too much going on and other times I didn't have anything going on.

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

★★★★★★★★★★

Rated 10/10

I felt very fortunate in that my managers trusted me and put faith in me, which perhaps I wouldn't have expected as I was just a placement student.

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

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

I believe the skills I most developed were the professional ones, though this is only because the main part of the job (databases) is not an area I feel I'll carry on into. I have however definitely learnt a lot about database administration and management. I would feel confident if I had to take these into a similar job.

The Organisation

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

★★★★★★★★☆☆

Rated 8/10

The atmosphere was good. I think it was relaxed as you can be in a high pressured field of work. It's obviously not going to be quite as fun and sociable as offices were there is less pressure, but the atmosphere was good. Everyone was friendly towards eachother and also the dress code was casual, which I feel helped.

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

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 5/10

This would be the only really fault with the placement, though I feel any future placement students would not have the same problems. The reason for this is that I felt the placement had previously been less I.T orientated and whilst I was there I think there was a bit of transition where the placement role became slightly more useful to the team as the student in the role would be doing a computer science course or similar. The start of the placement was quite slow and I found myself with much to do for a lot of the time in the first few months. This changed gradually as I changed managers.

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

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆

Rated 6/10

I don't think there was much training as such, I just sort of learnt from other people as I went along. My manager did do mid-year and end of year reviews with me that included targets, so my personal development was something we looked at.

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 4/10

• Company Parties/Events

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

★★★★★★★★★☆

Rated 9/10

Whilst no formal offer was made, they would find a place for me in their department if I told them I wanted to work there. This is mainly due to the knowledge of the department I have and it would be cheaper for them to train me up on the job than hire an expensive external contractor. So I feel if I did want to go back, the door is very much open.

Other Information

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

★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Rated 7/10

There were no other placement students in my department so I didn't come into contact with anyone placement students during my time there. Everyone in the department however were very friendly and social, and we went out for drinks a lot after work.

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

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 0/10

I was living at home and was commuting a long distance to work, so I can't comment on the area really.

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

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 0/10

Again I was living at home so can't comment in relevance to the job. Brighton is a good place to go out though!

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

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Rated 0/10

I don't really know what this is asking!

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?

Not really! Just do your best in any placement you do get as it won't go unnoticed!

Review 18/31 for Lloyds Banking Group

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