Intern/work experience Review
by GVC Holdings
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
4.3
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The Company
4.2
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The Culture
3.3
- 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 really enjoyed my time at GVC and felt that there was a right balance of training and also giving me responsibility on certain projects.
Whilst I moved around different departments of the company, colleagues throughout the company made me feel welcome. They were able to make me feel like I was contributing towards the company rather than just being there for the sake of it.
Even though I was at the company during one of their busiest times during the year, everybody took the time out of their days to show me the ropes and always had time for questions and for feedback on the work that I did.
This varied from department to department but for the most part I was kept busy with projects with all departments bar one. Thats only because I was with the technology department and I was just unable to contribute as I don't know enough in that area but that was only for a couple of days over 6 weeks.
Again this varied from department to department but in general I was given quite a lot responsibility and was allowed to work on my own projects with quite a lot of freedom.
This helped me enormously as firstly working with these departments helped me with organisation and time management which will only help me in the future. Also, this has given me a much clearer vision of what I would like to do in the future and actually working in these departments showed me what I am more naturally better and worse at.
The Company
The general atmosphere couldn't be any better were everybody is very friendly with the right mix between a professional attitude whilst being able to have a laugh.
I was given plenty of notice what I was doing and with projects lined up for me straight away and in opinion spent the right amount of time between the different areas of the business.
Everybody was amazing with taking time out of their days to firstly welcome me and then giving plenty of time for feedback on projects and really felt that due to that I improved during my time there.
Even though I have three more years of university to go, I would love to work there afterwards as both the people there are very friendly and the work interesting.
The Culture
I didn't really get to know the other interns as we were working in different departments.
It is based in Stratford so the prices will always be reasonably expensive as it's London but certainly cheaper than central London
There are good pubs and bars around where I work but I haven't been out there as its too far away from where I was staying.
There were quite a few activities with 5-a-side played often which is the only one that I really did.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
July 2018
