Placement Student- Chemical Synthesis Review
by Lubrizol
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
4.4
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The Company
4.8
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The Culture
4.0
- 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
Overall the placement was enjoyable. The work I was involved in was really engaging, and the fact there were so many other students on site also made the year enjoyable.
I felt very valued by my colleagues. They allowed all the students in my department to present work to other departments in meetings which were important to the company. Any ideas I had were also welcome and valued.
There was a lot of guidance and support. Monthly supervisor meetings helped me to see where I was doing well and where I needed to spend more time working on. Other full-time lab members were always on hand and happy to help at any time.
I was very busy, but this was just because of the high responsibility I had. This allowed me to build my time management skills quickly.
I was given a lot of responsibility.
The skills developed will be very useful, the ability to do independent research, and present findings to an audience are important in the science industry, both of these skills were developed to a large extent at Lubrizol.
The Company
The atmosphere was good in my office. It was a student office which made it comfortable from the beginning. The main office where full-time colleagues in my department was also friendly.
It was well organised which allowed me to begin work in the lab immediately.
I was given a lot of responsibility, which allowed me to carry out lots of different tasks in and out of the lab. This maximised my personal development. Any additional skills/tasks I wanted to carry out were open to discussion with my supervisor also
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
The work was engaging and there was lots of opportunity for personal development. The colleagues were friendly and the site is in a really nice location, so future employment prospects would be very appealing.
The Culture
The social scene was good, the students would often sit together at lunch as a group. Nights out and other activities were always being organised.
Socialising was about average price as far as things go.
Nightlife in Derby in my opinion isn't that great, however if there's a big group out it's always going to be a laugh. Nights out to Nottingham are also possible (20 minute bus journey) which is a lot busier and has more to choose from.
Frequent emails would go round about activities going on outside of work and students were always included.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
East Midlands
September 2018
