Contractor Review

by Lloyds Banking Group

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Rating

4.2/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    3.8

    The Role

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

    • The work environment was amazing and the work gave a real sense of helping the business and customers.

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

    • They were all amazing, I was never babied and was given as much work as I could handle, important work as well instead of menial tasks.

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

    • Always happy to help, my manager Fiona was incredible and the whole team were so so helpful.

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

    • The collaborative nature of the work made it hard to plan workloads, lots of it depended on when people got back to me, so there were times I had little to do or too much.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Once I was comfortable with the work I was allowed to take the lead on projects and make suggestions without anyone looking over my shoulder.

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

    • Not so much for uni, but so useful for future employment.

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Agile, so no suits and lots of collaboration. Very collaborative, lots of fun.

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

    • Some disagreement about logistics of my placement, well handled over than that.

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

    • I was sent to Edinburgh with all expenses paid for to visit their office. Given online courses to complete, and colleagues were more than happy to help me with learning how they worked.

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

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    National Travel

    Financial Bonus

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

    • 99% sure of a spot on the graduate program.

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • Everyone was very easy going and the atmosphere was jovial, there were social nights out for coworkers leaving.

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

    • Very expensive as London, luckily I could commute from home. Food and drink is very expensive in the area.

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • London, so good nightlife but very expensive

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Loads, Lloyds offered loads of social, networking and educational opportunities.

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Retail Banking, Banking, Customer Service

London

August 2017

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