Analytical Chemist Review

by GSK

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Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Analytical testing with a HPLC machine Create protocols for testing to improve methods through method validation Mixture of desk work and lab work Working on projects to improve processes in the lab

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Yes, Learnt how to use a number of new data basing systems Developed my skills in excel, onenote and professional emailing Lab skills: Standard Preparation HPLC analysis Method creation

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • 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

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes I was given plenty of responsibility throughout, although it took a while to hit the ground running

  • 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?

    • Support and guidance was high, through my managers, my mentor and the IP lead on site

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

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

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • It was mostly very welcoming and accepting, there were a few people who had ideas that I did not agree with in the LGBTQ+ community though

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed a number of parts of it, but this placement was not exactly what I was looking for

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

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

    • 2/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at GSK

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK

    • Really think about why you are applying, it is very important and will be the driving force for your work throughout your time here. Lots of people work at GSK, staying here for long periods of time or using it as a springboard to something new

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

East of England

April 2023

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