R&D Technician Review

by Johnson Matthey

Rating

3.5/5
  • Skills
    3.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    2.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    2.3

    Overview

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

    • Consult literature, conduct experiment, analyse results, organise and present in group meetings, ensure health and safety standard, present to people outside the team

    Skills

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

    • I have learnt time management and project management skills. Responsibilities to work safely in and out of the laboratory, interpersonal skills, etc

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

    • 2/5
  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • I am responsible for an entire project so yes

  • 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?

    • Not really from my manager, but the rest of the cohort are very helpful

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

    • 1/5
  • 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?

    • Friendly and easy to approach nature, people are willing to help

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • Not entirely but its solely because of my line manager, otherwise the people around me are very friendly and always willing to help

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

    • 2/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 2/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Johnson Matthey

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Johnson Matthey to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Johnson Matthey

    • definitely apply for Johnson Matthey if you are an enthusiastic researcher, need to make sure you like what you gonna do

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Research

South East

June 2023

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