Summer Management Trainee Intern Review

I loved most aspects of my placement, the variety of work has been superb and it has really opened my eyes to the world of work. Days can be tiring and at times crazy, while the 10 hour shifts are long, they can fly past when your busy.

Enterprise really is like a family, no cheesy comments intended. Buy every day it feels like everyone is working for each other, no matter what level you are - manager or summer intern - everyone has the same level of respect from each other. The encouragement to work hard for each other and creat revenue for the company is unreal.

Guidance from management was great, your fellow colleagues will do anything they can to help, and everyone from top to bottom always tells you to just keep asking and asking questions. As a summer intern you are also given a mentor to make sure everything is always going well. In the busy city centre branch the time the branch manager has to support you is limited however.

Being in the city centre I very rarely experienced a quiet or boring day, however I do know that outter city branches were a bit more quiet. There will always be something for you to do but the busy days really are busy. You can be on the go almost straight for the 10 hour shift, although tought the day flys past.

The main thing with Enterprise is that everyone is working towards being a manager. Everyone who is there is wanting to one day run their own brand so from the very beginning you are thrown in at the deep end and given a lot of responsibility. You could be through the door for 5 minutes on your first day, and you would be asked to answer the phone and get to it.

This placement really has opened my eyes and allowed me to view how the working world works. It offers so much more than other jobs that you could go for, the skill list that is provides you is lengthy. Customer service, financial skills, people management, time management, sales experience and so many skills have been worked on while at Enterprise, which I will take forward to use.

Although the days were tough sometimes and the work was tiring, the morale never dipped. Everyone always seemed to have a smile on their face and everyone used each others energy to keep the beat up. Cakes on a friday always helped!!

A great, professional internship. From day one the company presents themself in a very efficient and organised manner. The plan and schedule for interns is well worked and trys to allow experience in all aspects of the business. Like all internships, some improvements could be made.

A lot was invested in each employee, there are plenty of meetings before starting the job and every employee starts with a one week training course in their head office at Stirling. They either fun a car for you to get there, or can fund accomodation and food for the full week that you are there. They really make you feel important and that you learning and developing is vital to the company.

Always great opportunity, if you are willing to put the work in to impress, they are willing to reward you. I already have the offer to stay on part time when I go back to uni at the end of summer, and then go back full time the following summer.

Very friendly and fun staff who were always up for a laugh and a good night out.

Glasgow city centre, plenty of cheap places for students for a good night out. They travel costs into the city can be expensive to be in 5-6 times a week, but there is plenty of bars, clubs, shops and places to ear.

It is Glasgow city centre after all!

Charity work goes on within the company which you can volunteer for, there are also branch nights out that can easily be arranged and there is Elite day each month where the company treats the top section of employees in Scotland for their hard work and sale for the month.