Account Manager Support Review

The work that i was given was always challenging and interesting. it gave me the ability to learn about what i was doing as i had no prior banking experience before hand. I wasn't given jobs which no body else wanted, i was given jobs which were important and made me feel like i was making a difference

The jobs that i was given helped save the other managers time and it felt like i was doing work that was helping rather then just mundane tasks designed to keep me busy. The other managers were always supportive, i never felt like i couldn't ask a question when i needed it.

Especially at the start of my internship when i still had very little knowledge of what i was meant to be doing, the management was always there to give me a push in the right direction and answer questions. whenever i did a task the management would always make sure i understood why i was doing what i was doing.

The problem was that i was only there for a short amount of time which meant that i wasn't able to be trained to do anything besides the basic roles off AMS. This meant that sometimes i was looking for jobs to do and asking all of the managers to give me work and was sometimes doing jobs such as organizing cupboards because i had nothing else to be doing.

On the assignments i was given i was often on my own, when i was given a task i was very rarely micro managed which meant that i was able to go about the task my own way. My work was checked at the end to make sure i was correct as i was involved in important tasks but during the exercises i had freedom.

The ability to look at a problem and try to find out how i was meant to do it on my own instead of asking a manager has been a valuable life lesson to me and has made me more independent as a person. Towards the end of my internship i was asking very few questions and was completing my own tasks and responsibilities.

The general atmosphere in the office was always extremely friendly, everyone was extremely nice and supportive and i was able to join in with the office banter. What i have learned is how the atmosphere can go straight from friendly banter to serious work ethic and concentration within a couple minutes which meant that i was sometimes trying to continue the talking when others were busy.

The internship overall was well set up, the problem is that a 10 week internship isn't enough time to fully learn about the bank. We had introductory sessions in the head office which were a little dull because what we were taught could have been sent in an email and presentation and stopped us having to go for the day in the head office which for me ,because i had to travel in, meant that the day was extremely long.

The company wasn't able to train me in anything big however i was given on the job training about the different roles and tasks which i was completing, the different teams took the time to answer questions and give me rundowns about what their job entails on a day to day basis.

I would very much like to carry on working for the bank, they are all extremely friendly and i have thoroughly enjoyed my Internship. In the future i would rather go and work in a larger office such as the head offices however i thoroughly enjoyed the work that i did in the smaller branches.

I met all of the interns on the introduction day and everyone was friendly and in the same situation as me. many of the interns worked in larger branches which meant that they were working with more interns however working in the smaller branch meant that i had no contact with the other interns.

The cost of living in general is extremely low where i worked, i Lincolnshire the cost of socializing is also very low however due to the lack of public transport it did mean that i had to drive into work every day which does get a bit expensive and would have liked to be offered a travel subsidy for driving 40 mins to work everyday.

I didn't experience the nightlife in Lincoln as i lived very far away from the place that i worked however for the people i work with they say that the nightlife is actually very decent and have compared it to places like York and other areas, and of course it is in the North so there is lots of pubs to enjoy

Nothing really, I represented the bank at a networking event and cricket game however this was during work time and i was with my boss the entire day, however it was very enjoyable and it was a nice change from the work that i was doing and i would definitely do it again