Engineering Placement Review

by EDF Energy

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Rating

2.5/5
  • The Role
    2.8
  • The Company
    2.4
  • The Culture
    2.3

    The Role

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

    • The work was fairly mundane and repetitive, a lot of spreadsheets etc

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

    • Most i felt valued, however to some i was just an easy pass off for mundane and admin jobs

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Only in my 8th month I had a personal developement meeting with my programmes lead, who was new to the position.

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

    • Pretty busy, but mainly mundane tasks

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

    • Not a lot, just for setting meetings and take minutes

    2/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Not a great deal

    3/5

    The Company

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

    • in my first office it was very quite and boring, i was with people who weren't doing the same programme as i was so i had no one to talk to about my work. however halfway through the year i moved to a different office with people who were on the same programme as myself so i could talk to them about the work and they were generally alot more talkative and fun.

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

    • pretty poorly, even starting was poorly organised, had to wait months to get a startdate and then only have a weeks notice. there was no structure throughout the placement, i was put into a postition to do a task and the admin roles others did not want to do.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • apart from the compulsory training there was none

    3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

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

    • not really

    2/5

    The Culture

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

    • there was a good group of young people there so the social scene was quite good.

    2/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • living costs were fairly high due to living in the south, not much different from when i am at uni

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • it wasnt great, have to travel quite far to go anywhere good, which costs about £50 to get a taxi home from

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

    • there was a football club every uesday but other than that there was nothing

    3/5
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Placement (10 Months+)

South East

May 2017

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