R&D Associate Technician Product Developer Review

by PepsiCo

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assistant product developer, working on management and reformulation of brands in Western Europe. Role includes liasing with teams cross-functionally to deliver product reformulations. General creative development support, and arranging of product analysis .


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Communication Time Management Confidence Presentation Skills


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Many opportunities for independence and leadership in projects towards the second half of placement when skills have been developed and confidence grown.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Dependent on managers, but personal support was great. Lots of conversations about career development and goals for the year, as well as ongoing discussion about projects.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Professional working environment. Lots of company initiatives and opportunities for team building


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

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

  • 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?
  • A great year, due to the development of many skills and lots of learnings about the food industry . But personal satisfaction was medium due to lack of personal interest in the industry.


  • 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 PepsiCo
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
  • Research the food industry and markets.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Research

East Midlands

April 2023


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