Commercial Intern Review
by L'Oreal
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
3.8
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The Company
1.9
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The Culture
2.9
- 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
I have enjoyed working with my team and the work is varied which I also liked.
My manager was very appreciative of my hard work but at times its hard to get the recognition I felt I deserved as everyone is time poor. For example, I may have done a great piece of analysis and its hard to find the opportunity to showcase it.
I had weekly catch-ups with my manager and she was really open to listen to my ideas. Also, I was given adequate support on elements such as workload where perhaps L'Oreal being the fast paced environment that it is, often you have a lot of things on and my manager helped my prioritise in those pressured days/weeks. Very occasionally was I not able to seek support when I needed it.
This varied a lot in terms of activities that were happening. I never had nothing at all to do. More often than not I had too much and learning to say no to do pieces of work was often challenging but I also did get support on this from my manager and the team.
A lot - I could own projects, if I had idea generation then I could execute this, but also their was a lot of admin type work or pulling data for other members of my team.
I have learnt so much in terms of organisation, time management, communication etc. I can't explain more on how much this work has taught me for my future endeavours. If you are willing to work hard, and under pressure in some cases, then you will learn loads. The responsibility you get and exposure to great people across the business is great.
The Company
It wasn't great at first because I didn't know anyone and people were busy so their wasn't any time to chat per say. However, as I got to know people, the people were so friendly you just need to be super aware that other are busy and when are the right times to 'have fun'.
I would say the HR side of things isn't great. I only found out what brand I was working on the week before I started. I also only heard from my manager around 4 days before my first day. This gave me little time to prepare and gave me a huge amount of anxiety prior to starting the placement.
I didn't have any formal training, per say. But in terms of learning from others in the business and the exposure to internal/external meeting, then I learnt a lot.
They offer the chance to get on the graduate scheme, which I am currently in the process of apply for. But I have heard it is very competitive but I would love to get on to it.
The Culture
There was within the intern community, I joined the team for a drink after work on a few occasions but it wasn't a good social scene.
Very expensive
There was lots of bars and pubs to go for a drink after work.
Yes its central London so lots going on.
Details
Business Management
London
May 2017
