Associtate - Supervision Retail and Authorisations Review

by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.6/5
  • The Role
    3.9
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Had a great time, good atmosphere, not stressful hours

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Trusted to do important work, and felt they were interested in me.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Had good support from my line manager although he had a busy job and when he had to cover in another area for a couple of weeks I barely saw him outside our weekly meeting.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Good level of busy, could usually ask for things to do if had nothing.

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Worked included being involved on an important piece of supervision, trusted to give my judgement on areas.

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Been the first time I've properly worked in an office, so in terms of getting to grips with office culture and professional skills it's been really useful. I'm not sure if it will assist in my studies much, but I wasn't really expecting it to, although I'm sure I'll have gained some analysis skills.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Open and friendly. Although when everyone's getting on with work it is quiet.

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Well - although once we were in our departments all our work from there so it didn't need to be majorly centralised. All 10 weeks are in one area - which was fine for me as I had a long project to be involved with, but if you'd like to spend substantial time across multiple areas of the business, the set-up wouldn't suit you as well. Had learning lunches, a CSR day and a meeting with the chairman all set up.

    4/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Not much training - just some e learning and some talks by other departments. May be quite contingent on the type of work you do , but for 10 weeks three's no reason why loads of time should be taken up by training.

    3/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events

    4/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Would definitely take a job on the grad scheme although because it's not a massive company there's not huge variety horizontally.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Relatively decent, had drinks together quite a few times. Although this can be contingent on your cohort and who's running events, sometimes they'd not be a massive turnout.

    4/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Not cheap (around £5 for a good pint) but I didn't expect it to be, and the salary could easily cover it. *Note we were in Canary Wharf - FCA moving to Stratford 2018

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Canary Wharf doesn't have nightclub style nightlife, but plenty of bars after work, but the whole of London is a couple of trains away! Also remember we're moving to Stratford for 2018, there's plenty going on up that way.

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Yep - I played a bit in the FCA 5-aside. Plenty of other activities to engage with should I have wanted to.

    4/5

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Internship (1 Month+)

London

August 2017


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