Accounts Payable Payment Specialist Review
by Intel Corporation
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.1
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The Company
3.8
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The Culture
4.5
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I loved my job, but it did get a bit monotonous after a while. The more work you asked for the more you got out of it. You had the benefiting of doing however much work you were comfortable with.
Never at any point during my internship was I treated like I was just an intern. I was a valued member of the team. For numerous processes I was the expert and everyone would always come to me to answer questions and opinions
The management have meetings with you every week and you can tell them anything, ask for more/less work etc
At different times of the week I was busier than others but this was because of the way the processes were run
I was lucky enough to rotate around the department during my internship, which meant I knew the department inside out so I was given more and more things to do and my opinion was more and more valueable
I don't think many of the theories I learnt during the first two years of my degree were actually used. But I learnt alot more valuable people skills and work situation skills which you can't be taught and are more valuable and noted by employers in the long run
The Company
There were some real characters in my office and it was always very laid back, people were always having a joke and I could be myself
Very well organised. The internship programme is taken very seriously within Intel; they value them greatly. When I was leaving they were already planning on how they were going to attract interns for the 2010 recruitment and asked me to represent the company to my uni in the career fairs
The company encourages you to take training classes and gives you the same integration and learning plan as it does to it's full time employees
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
The company encourages rotations every 3 years and offers you to take professional qualifications. They help you to keep your career as interesting as possible and so that you keep doing what you want to do
The Culture
Due to the large number of interns Intel employs it means that there is a huge intern social community and to that extent it feels like you're still at university with weekly nights out and events and parties. It was brilliant!
Swindon was very cheap, as it's not a student town it means you get extremely good value rent for nice houses and everything is a reasonable price
It was made exciting by the large number of interns and the social events that were held every week
There were plenty of clubs and committees, you could pretty much get involved in anything
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Wales
August 2009
