Buyers Assistant Admin Review

I really enjoyed being apart of ASOS; the social aspects of the company are fantastic and they really look after their employees. I do feel that the work load and pressure that is put on placement students is extreme. And quite overwhelming to a student who has never worked in a professional environment before or in the role. Despite this; I did learn an invaluable amount of skills and knowledge due to being so heavily involved in my role.

At ASOS you are not treated as a placement student but like apart of the team on a permanent basis. This means that you are totally submerged into the company, the business area, and department becoming very valued by your colleagues.

This is one area which I was very disappointed with throughout my placement. I found that my experience with managers negative. I had 3 different Managers throughout my placement, all of whom had never had to manage a placement student before and were unaware of the training that I was to receive or aided my learning and development. I feel strongly that a placement student should be given to a Manager who is aware of all details of the placement programme and is understanding that they are a placement student.

Placement students in Buying at ASOS are entirely overworked. Regularly staying in the office until 8 or 9 to finish the days work.

I was given a lot of responsibility on my team which I was really proud of. The team trusted me with roles which had a large impact on the department.

My experience at ASOS was invaluable. From to just experiencing the company to my knowledge to business skills... this will hugely affect my studies and be the foundations to Post Graduate roles.

The atmosphere in the office was busy, loud, and at times hectic. But this is to be expected in the ASOS buying department, spirits were high and people were always happy to help if its needed.

As mentioned before, I had 3 different managers during my placement year. This made things extremely difficult to adjust to the wants and needs of each manager and their supervisor style. This had a negative impact on my experience at ASOS and made my 12 months quite difficult.

I received interesting training on areas which were relevant to my role. These training sessions were helpful and aided my performance. We had the choice of attending company offered training sessions additional to those which were directly related to our roles.

I'm unsure yet of my post Grad employment - but I would certainly return to ASOS if it was still relevant to the direction I'd like to work in.

The social side of the company is great. Everybody is very friendly and so friends are made easily amongst team members. There could have been more organised social events just with the placement students to integrate them all together. But between the teams and departments the social scene was really good.

ASOS HQ in Camden, London, therefore the costs of living were very very high and so was socialising. However I do think that the pay is fair considering it is a placement in Fashion (which are known for being badly paid) in line with competitors.

ASOS HQ is in Camden so there are plenty of bars very close, after work there is a culture of going to the pubs and bars around the office which are very lively and fun.

Obviously if you became close with your team you might meet up outside of work, but there wasnt any arranged activities.