Electronic Engineer Review
by BAE Systems
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
4.4
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The Company
3.9
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The Culture
3.5
- 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
I thoroughly enjoyed the placement. Quite often I actually couldn't wait to get into the work in the morning
I was treated like a graduate even though I was doing a 6 month placement. Sometimes my colleagues even forgot I was a placement student. As such I did not feel undervalued as I was a placement student
My supervisor helped me whenever I asked. I mostly tried to solve a problem myself, but help was always there if I needed it.
I was never bored and days went very quickly. When I had to demo my work to customers it was quite stressful and manic, but very exciting!
I was solely responsible for my project (which was to create an Android application). I could design the app in any way that I liked.
Before starting the placement I had no experience in Java, however I would like to think I am quite competent using Java. As Java is object-oriented, this will be very useful in the future as professional coding normally involves object oriented programming.
The Company
Very friendly, making jokes and having a laugh some of the time, but most of the time it is quiet while people are working.
I had a desk waiting for me when I joined.
As part of the graduate scheme, there are various lunchtime teaching courses which were very interesting. There is also a web portal with hundreds of training courses. If you want training, you have to be pro-active and look for it yourself, but there are plenty of resources there.
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Company Car
Subsidised/Company Gym
National Travel
International Travel
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
Healthcare from home
Healthcare/Dental
Travel loan
My managers said they would love to have be back as a graduate, just need to get the official offer from HR now. If I do get the offer, I won't hesitate to accept it, I had a great time!
The Culture
There were social events for the graduates and vacation students. There was a boat party in the week that all the vacation students finished.
I lived with my parents and had a 1hr30min commute, so I did not have to pay the rent of living in Guildford. Guildford can be quite expensive (not far off London)
Guildford is a student town due to the University of Surrey being located there, so there is plenty of opportunity for nightlife. Colleagues from work didn't really go out clubbing but there are nightclubs and pubs around.
There were quite a lot of social events arranged by people in my team and by the company. E.g. there was a company-arranged crazy golf night.
Details
South East
September 2014
