Sales and Marketing Intern Review
by Buzzlines Travel Limited
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
1.6
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The Company
0.9
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The Culture
2.8
- 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
It was awful, the office is located on an industrial park in the middle of nowhere.
I had a woman who phoned up to complain about how her husband had been suffering from travel sickness as a result of a seating error and was told by my manager that he did not wish to deal with it and that "Not everything has to go through me, this is not my job."
Was left to work things out on my own from day one. No training, no guidance, was expected to use complicated computer software packages with no previous training or experience. I was in the position for three weeks and in that time my manager spoke to me once for a total of 3 minutes.
Waste of time, was offered a placement at Disney but turned it down due to previously accepting this placement. I regret my decision. Please do not waste your time in applying for this company.
The Company
Apart from the other interns, no one really spoke to me. The office was grim and everyone was stressed out.
Awful, the previous intern tried to set it up for me as much as possible but the hand over was only a week. There was no scheme in place whatsoever.
No training, not even a health and safety induction.
National Travel
International Travel
Trust me, unless you live in the area you wouldn't want to work there.
The Culture
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Operations, Advertising, Business Management, Computer Systems Engineering, Customer Service, Legal/Law, Marketing
South West
August 2012
