Supply Chain Intern Review

by Eaton

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Rating

3/5
  • The Role
    3.4
  • The Company
    2.8
  • The Culture
    2.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • Really enjoyed all the new skills I learned but struggled with being one of the only interns at the site, especially living alone, away from my friends and family.

    3/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • I feel like my role and the job I did was essential but I wasn’t validated by managers very often, I had to seek that out deliberately. However, on a social level, everyone was always very kind and supportive.

    2/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • My direct line manager didn’t provide much support and organised talks with the intern manager felt quite unpersonalised. However, I found amazing support through some other colleagues and especially HR.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Initially, my work was extremely sparse but quite difficult, so I was bored quite a lot with some very stressful periods. As I gained more responsibilities I was busy every day.

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I was very quickly entrusted with a very high level of responsibility. Within a few weeks I had almost full responsibility of each of the tasks that I did, all with great importance to the department.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I learned fantastic skills for my future career and really valued the extra training sessions. Other than soft skills such as time management, I have very little useful skills for my degree as my job wasn’t related to my studies.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Specifically in my department, it was a very quiet atmosphere on a usual day. Some days, for example around Christmas, were more fun, yet in general it was quite dull unless I moved around the factory and talked to other colleagues.

    1/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • The internship programme was great and it was the organised training days, assessment centres and career fairs that I enjoyed the most whilst doing my placement.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • The personal training I received, I actually value more than the skills I leaned on the job. There could have been even more of these throughout the year!

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Working from home

    1/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • It was very difficult to secure any kind of graduate role within the company. I will have to apply like anyone else, although I would have an advantage over someone who didn’t do a internship with the company.

    3/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • I had almost no socialisation with the other placement students at my site, but when I got to meet up with interns from other UK sites, it was great.

    3/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Cheaper than when living at university but still quite a high price compared to other areas of the country.

    4/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • I almost never went out, so I can’t say much about this one.

    1/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • There were some opportunities but more geared to pearls the older demographic that most of my colleagues fit into.

    3/5

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Logistics and Operations, Purchasing and Supply

South East

October 2019


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