Marketing Assistant Review

It was the ideal mix of applying knowledge learnt from academic work and taking new and exciting perspectives to business

I got on very well with my team, primarily as I was in one of the smaller departments and therefore felt far more valued. Even after I have left I have kept in contact with a lot of my colleagues during my placement

Anything I was unsure of there is always someone in the whole of 3M who would be able to help you - definitely the benefit of working for a large corporate with many sub business - lots of experience and a variety of knowledge.

It varied ... during busy quarters I sometimes wouldn't stop even for a brew ... but it balanced as sometimes the day would drag and I would be counting down the hours ... very common in a lot of jobs

I think I was able to prove to my manager during my placement that I was capable of more responsibility and therefore took on more work ... all placement students are given this opportunity.

The majority of my business accumen comes from my year at 3M - and I now refer nearly everything I do at uni, including my degree, to 3M case studies. 3M are also particularly helpful with providing information and help for dissertation studies.

There was a really good balance amongst my team of friendly office banter and moments when you could tell everyone was really snowed under and had to be quiet and work. Because of the inter department sport games it gave you chance to build up relations with people in other departments

You can tell this scheme has been running for many years and they know exactly what they are doing - however they are always eager to welcome helpful criticism so they can improve year on year ...

There was a number of training schemes put in place ... some were helpful however some just repeated skills learnt at university.

If you are keen to go back to 3M and you have shown promise ... they are always keen to hold on to you.

3M take on about 15 placement students and it varies year on year, and mainly depends on whether people choose to live in london or reading.

In comparison to prices I am used to up north, it was more expensive, but not central london prices at the end of the day, ...

Bracknell is appauling for nightlife however reading and london are only short train journeys away and I regularly went out to both and thoroughly enjoyed it ...

There is a strong bond amongst the under 35's at the company with monthly TNDC's Thursday Night Drinking Clubs and before I left a few of us began to go waterskiiing at Thorpe Lakes. I also played in a netball team put together by one of the graduates at 3M.