Summer Placement Student - Transport Review

by Atkins

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    2.8
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    4.0

    The Role

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

    • The opportunity to develop my IT skills and involve myself in a number of different projects.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Some colleagues gave me challenging and very interesting work, whilst other colleagues gave me more simple tasks, although I appreciate that this was probably for time-saving purposes.

    3/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • The line manager system is very good and he provided frequent and very useful feedback.

    3/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Varied week to week. On some days I was incredibly busy but during lag-times I would have to ask around quite a lot to find work.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Again, this depended on the project manager giving me the work.

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I greatly valued the opportunities to develop my GIS, Excel, modelling and report-writing skills, which have increased my confidence in some of my degree coursework.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Busy but mostly relaxed. My team was very sociable.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very well organised, I knew the logistics of my first day well in advance, for example.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I was trained thoroughly in a number of software programs. I feel as though the company did a decent job of recognising my placement partly as an opportunity for me to develop my skills.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Company Parties/Events

    Working from home
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • They did a good job advertising the potential career paths within the company, but only really focused on the work of the team I had joined.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • There were no other placement students. However the team frequently organised fun outings such as pub trips and meals.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • I lived locally, so this wasn't an issue.

    5/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • It was good.

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yes.

    4/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

East of England

November 2015

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