Intern Future Projects Review

by Airbus

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Rating

2.4/5
  • The Role
    1.8
  • The Company
    1.7
  • The Culture
    4.0

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Un-rewarding placement. Projects given did not carry extensive responsibility and were researched based in my specific department. Position therefore worked towards no deadlines and was not challenging. Did not stretch my skills and was very very loosely related to my degree in Aeronautical Engineering

    1/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Valued by colleagues to a fair extent as part of the team. Willing to help and provide advice.

    3/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Manager was a sub contractor so was rarely there, also had a high workload so was oftern unavailable and was not in a position to manage an intern, a position which requires a fair amount of guidance

    2/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Work was self directed and un motivating, setting a broad and unspecific project, led to boredom through self direction of work.

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Limited responsibility with research work- has no ultimatum if successful or not

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Developed knowledge of the company and for working in the industry only. My skills however were not challenged (degree specifically), however will have developed my dissertation writing skills from compiling a 45k word report as my 6 month project

    1/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Slow moving environment lacking change

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • As an overall business, well organised, however the roles of the specific departments were lacking

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Not allowed to participate in any training not directly linked to the role. Visit to Broughton manufacturing facility on 2 occasions was however worthwhile

    2/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • 1/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Not at all interested in pursuing a career with the company, and has potentially tainted my view of the industry

    1/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Good atmosphere amongst interns however within a small network

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • In a student city the value was good

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Great time in Bristol... one of the few perks of the placement

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • A few sports clubs in the company but otherwise all self lead

    3/5
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South West

August 2012

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