Mechanical Engineering Review

by Vauxhall

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Rating

1.9/5
  • The Role
    1.1
  • The Company
    1.8
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I found this quite boring personally as an intern and the jobs i was asked to carry out were very repititve. I did find that 12 weeks became a struggle and i wasnt sad to see it end.

    1/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • I was always labelled the 'intern' and never really settled down with the people around me. A select few were friendly.

    2/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Very little support was ever given to me and i was more observing than given a chance to carry out anything myself.

    1/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • I always had someone to follow around but i did not find this very entertaining and i was never given any real work to do.

    2/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • No responsibility was given to me during my time at GM

    1/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I did take away some skills from observing how GM employees went about their work but i feel that i could have learned a lot more somewhere else

    2/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • A dull atmosphere with not much excitement. This were very repetitive and it was very noticeable.

    2/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • My university organised the set up very well but once i got to the company itself i was just told to join people and ended up watching what they did.

    2/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Not much was invested in me and they did not seem to offer any future placements so for this reason they didnt try and develop me too much.

    2/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Subsidised Canteen

    Financial Bonus

    4/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • It is very unlikely that id ever want to enter this particular line of work but my lack of knowledge of the company employment does mean i dont know what they offer.

    1/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • It was fairly easy to socialise with fellow interns when we were together but we were separated on most occasions so didnt see them that much

    2/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Very cheap to live and socialise outside of work, this made the internship more pleasurable

    5/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Good nightlife with a lot things to do especially student nights where there was an opportunity to meet people

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • There were not many opportunities organised by the company but in the town itself there was plenty of sports and activities to do, whichever suited you.

    4/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Mechanical Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

April 2014


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