Summer Placement Student Review

by National Grid

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.3
  • The Culture
    2.5

    The Role

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

    • Really useful Health & Safety experience, and the main project I was assigned took a lot of organisation and planning which was great experience.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I felt I was appreciated for the value I added in such a short period of time (8 weeks), considering it was such a busy environment to join

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

    • Was often left to use my own initaitive working on my own projects that I had been assigned, but whenever I needed assistance help was always at hand and guidance as required

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

    • Had more than enough work on a daily basis to keep me occupied - also lots of variety.

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

    • My main project involved a reasonably sized budget to produce a health & safety marketing campaign, and I was given pretty much a free-reign on how I wanted it to run etc

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

    • Excellent core skills experience - i.e. communication skills, organisation, project management, taking responsibility. Engineering experience - various site visits gave me some good mechanical engineering experience, in terms of utility replacement work

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Good friendly atmosphere with the team I was sat with.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • The placement itself could have been organised better, such as having an itinerary for my first week to go round all the different departments to get a full appreciation of all the different teams. However through asking lots of questions I found this out over the period of the placement anyway, but in hindsight a week at the start doing this could have been useful

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Was sent on a three day training course at the start of my placement - useful for working within the industry.

    3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Car
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Very appealing!! Will definitely be applying for their graduate development scheme

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • Not really applicable as there were no other placement students there.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Travelled from home to work therefore minimal costs

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • As above - N/A

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • As above - N/A

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering

West Midlands

September 2009

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