BPP- trainee commercial manager Review
by Marks & Spencer
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
2.9
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The Company
2.8
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The Culture
1.4
- 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 job role provided a wide range tasks within working in different departments. Dependent on your skill set you may enjoy working on some departments more than others e.g. Food department vs clothing.
Most colleges show interest in your development and go the extra mile to aid you. However, if you are on a placement student you be overshadowed by graduates as they are looking to be fully employed.
Support systems are a lot more useful in smaller stores where you can be given more responsibility and therefore learn much more of what is required of you.
Peak times e.g. Very busy especially operationally.
The further you go throughout the placement the more is expected of you. However in larger stores managers can be very territorial over there work.
Learn lots more practical skills in real life situations.
The Company
Office environment changes with different shops. At a higher level and I bigger stores this can change to a very tight and can be intimidating.
Quite structured in terms of what areas of a shop you wpuld work in but mostly is all sorted out last minute.
There is plenty of internal courses available to go on and they are useful somewhat. I would encourage to go on these more from a networking point of view of not from skill learning environment
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
National Travel
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Unsure.. Definitive feedback is quite sparce in terms of future employment. No one person seems to be in control of the employment prospect point of view. I have worked under many managers throughout a year placement but how my performance is managed or collated is never confirmed.
The Culture
No social scene at all between either fellow placements or full time employees. Very difficult as employees are all of different ages or positions in there life. Plus being outside of London people have long drives/commutes so socialising was limited/none existent.
Cheap/standard for the North. Free parking mostly around work and subsided food.
Minimal. Working in different areas of the country as well made nightlife socialising poor. Also some areas very rural.
Very few. Some charity work is offered but no real drive especially at management level
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Financial Management, Logistics and Operations, Retail
Yorkshire and Humberside
July 2016
