Assistant Management accountant Review

by Alcoa Howmet

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Rating

3.2/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.2
  • The Culture
    2.1

    The Role

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

    • A very enjoyable experiance with many life skill benifits amungst working with a great friendly and hard working team

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • A very friendly but demanding bunch, you will not always get the recognition you think you deserve but it was worth it in the end

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • A very helpful team who helped signifficantly and happily answered any questions.

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

    • At month end I was very busy but it did die down towards the end of the month, sometimes I wsas stuck for work but by asking the team if they need any help they were more than happy to abied.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I dealt with 1000' of pounds worth of goods and numbers for managers to report in there meetings, if these wernt calculated correctly then they reported the wrong numbers.

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

    • The level and commitment needed to work 8 - 4 evry day for the first time will help with the ammount of work I will do next year. Knowing the way in which a real business works will help in essays

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Good group to work with in which often jokes were made and out of work activitys often occur

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Sports and Social Club

    Company Parties/Events

    Above 25 days holiday
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • It is a struggling business with over 100's of recent redundantcies so sometimes was not such a nice working enviornment

    3/5

    The Culture

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

    • I was the only student at the company

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Reasonable, however was a very nice city and good location

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Poor.

    2/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Not really

    2/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

South West

July 2011

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