Statistician Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working as a Statistician in providing statistical expertise to support the R&D activities of GSK and product transition to manufacturing. I work on lots of projects involving a variety of different products/drugs creating reports presenting analyzed data using specialist software which means I need to constantly liase with various colleagues including scientists, engineers, statisticians etc so they have the information they need. I do lots of training too so I can always improve my skills and keep learning on the job.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes increasingly so. Analytical & Critical Thinking Communication – Clarity and Trustworthy Initiative – Forward Thinking Teamwork – Flexible and Adaptable Organisation – Time Management Problem-solving – Thinking outside the box


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, spearheading meeting and presentations. Consistent communications through emails etc including forming reports and performing analyses directly working on code used by colleagues.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Constant support given by management and colleagues if required - thorough training given and learning courses provided.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • friendly and professional - wide IP network lots of outside hours activities and plenty of networking opportunities


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • good extent, could have been expanded upon if i had been working on site


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
  • Get (applications) in early and be yourself :)


    Report this review

Details

Placement (10 Months+)

North East

June 2022


View More Reviews