Continuous Improvement Executive Review
by Volkswagen Group UK
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
4.3
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The Company
4.3
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The Culture
4.3
- 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
From start to finish I was made to feel welcome by all colleagues at all levels, I was supported throughout yet given great responsibilities in exciting tasks and projects. The placement helped me discovered an inititative I never realised I had!
We always celebrated birthdays, went for pub meals and socialised outside of work hours, my team were great and I always looked forward to the away days!
My line manager/ supervisor was brilliant, she helped me through any difficulties and always backed me up in tricky situations, I had a great rapport with her and none of the management team were intimedating
There were peaks and troughs in workload levels but the flexi time approach helped this and hard work was always noted, it was never too busy but more challenging and exciting
I was invovled in a major project launch, I was given full responsibility to lead the launch and simply had to keep my manager updated weekly, it was a great experience!
Presentation skills cources, Microsoft Office training, trips to Alicante for Product training and the launch of the new Volkswagen UP! and Beetle...all the trainnig courses made available were excellent! Especially presentation skills! All of them will come in handy for uni next year!
The Company
The team were always up for a laugh and the atmosphere is quite informal at times
Great, the induction has since improved, I was the first undergraduate in my role so there was no student to handover to me so this was the only tricky part.
All training courses were funded by my department and I probably could of gone to a lot more!
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Company Car
National Travel
International Travel
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
I would love to return to VWG... I will definately keep in touch!
The Culture
All the fellow students regularly got together both inside and outside of work, lunching together and some even lived together and all of us got on great
There was plenty of spare wage to spend at the weekend, it's greta living for the weekend and you enjoy and appreciate your social time a lot more!
It's greta, plenty of lively bars, resteraunts and entertainment for everybody!
I wasn't aware of too manay but there's plenty going on that you'd never be bored
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Automotive Engineering
Yorkshire and Humberside
August 2012
