Commercial Associate Review
by SAP
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
4.8
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The Company
4.4
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The Culture
3.1
- 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
My year internship at SAP was nothing short of amazing being part of a dynamic team who invest time and energy in you was invaluable to me.
All my colleagues wanted to do was to teach and share their knowledge with me so that I could develop and grow. It’s something that emboldened me to come out my shell and make a positive contribution.
My manager from day one wanted to set out a clear path for my development. I was lost and didn’t exactly know what I wanted but with his support and those in my team I slowly but surely began to lay out my own future plans.
Quarter Ends at a Sales Tech company is especially busy! But besides from then I was constantly busy working on projects to improve processes and to help develop not just processes in my team but also my own logical thinking.
Making sure all contracts were signed before midnight at the end of every quarter is quite a big responsibility I guess so that we could recognise revenue.... But you always have the support to make sure you don’t sink but swim.
Dealing with stress and extremely complicated tasks at such a big and complex company was a skill that I learned massively. Especially given that you don’t really deal with this when you have a little part time job for pocket money while at University studying.
The Company
Lively and busy all the time. Especially at Quarter end when the pressure is really on to give your best and really deliver!
My placement in my team was very organised my manager knew what he expected of me and made sure I knew what I should expect of them and that really helped.
My team made sure I was involved in all kinds of meetings where sometimes I would shadow and sometimes I would actually contribute to enhance my skills and understanding of processes and complex concepts.
Subsidised Canteen
National Travel
International Travel
Company Parties/Events
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
On my last day of my placement I was actually offered to join back the following July as a Commercial Business Partner (graduate) after I graduate from university. So that was a big achievement for me.
The Culture
The intern community was very close. Thursday night drinks with everyone was always eventful!
It’s London? Very expensive!
The nightlife in the area was virtually non existent. But we were close to so many areas where we could go and with just a train and tube station round the corner it was never an issue for us.
There were all sorts of volunteering and other activities that we got involved in for charity and contributing to the local community.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Commercial Law
London
November 2018
