Senior Research Executive Review

by Millward Brown

This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.

Rating

3.5/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.3
  • The Culture
    3.3

    The Role

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

    • I believe I was a bit underpaid, but the job was great!

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

    • The rest of my department felt very confident of my work and we liked working as a team and hanging around as friends. Even when we are now in different places we still keep in touch. The rest of the company was very nice too, not as friends, but they came to me comfortably when facing some problem they felt I could help them solve.

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

    • My boss was the best boss ever! He always thought with us how we should approach the problems, gave us feedback on our proposals and told us when he thought something was done specially right.

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

    • There was always something to do. Very busy all the time!

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I started just as I finished my degree and had no responsibilities at all, but as time passed by, I had to manage to run the team while my boss wasn't there.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I learned a lot of marketing which I don't really enjoy, but I learned some statistics too, that was quite fun! I also learned how to program on VBA and they let me try some R codes too.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • It was fun, but it was hard, time consuming and underpaid.

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

    • We would usually be having a meeting every 6 months to fix objectives on my career, I think this is very important.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • They didn't hold anything back even when I told them that I wanted to study a MSc after working there for a while.

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

    • Flexi Time

    Healthcare from home
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I want to do something more challenging, to learn new things and to get well paid.

    2/5

    The Culture

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

    • Yes, we still are very good friends.

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

    • We were all mathematicians, it was quite easy to talk among us.

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

    • We were always working, and even if we got out early, we were a bunch of geeks, we would probably had dinner together or go to the cinema. Not quite the typical definition of nightlife.

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

    • No! That was very difficult, no time for that.

    1/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Science, Science

International

April 2011