At the beginning of my placement I absolutely hated it as I felt it hard to fit into the office lifestyle What didnt help was the lack of face to face interaction with my host manager It took 5 months to get my first face to face with him but as soon
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement year not only have I been involved in challenging projects across the organisation but been given the opportunity to explore areas outside of my day job such as visiting our fleets to gain further knowledge of the
Bloody boring and learnt nothing apart from how to work like a robot EVERYDAY routines copy and paste ballest data to an excel file from each depots then send out to different stakeholders identify the ballest delivery patterns and manage the ballest o
The internship was enjoyable and gave a good insight into what working in finance is like I had two 5 week placements in two different finance teams Also site visits were organised so we could see more of what the business does and we had talks with oth
I have enjoyed my placement to a great extent They has been a lot on offer for me ranging from making visits up and down the country to attending industry events Everyone I have emailed met my requests and were very helpful as they would usually atta
On the whole it was a beneficial experience I hadnt worked full time before I took this role and I learned what its like to work with a large diverse team on a daily basis I learned that the business has a wide range of functions which all impact each
It was a very enjoyable time spent There was lots of work to get on with that was suitable to my knowledge base The team dynamic meant that boring days where jobs were menial and repetitive were still good days to work It was also enjoyable because I w
I enjoyed my work placement very much as there was always a wide variety of things to do every day
I loved having my placement at Network Rail from the start I was given exciting tasks to further my understanding of the industry As I completed each small project I would be moved swiftly onto projects of a much larger scale including the opportunity
For most of the year I was working in the mailbox in Birmingham here I did not get muchany work even after asking I did get some but from another team which whilst is good to learn different areas it was not good on the organisations part I now spen
Overall I did not enjoy my placement very much Over the year there was very little work at all that I enjoyed doing and the placement did not meet any of my expectations at all I expected far more of a technical element having applied for an Electron
I thoroughly enjoyed my year in industry with Network Rail My year was made up of 3 rotations all of which offered project based work which was challenging and engaging at the same time I was very surprised by the level of work that I was involved in a
My time at Network Rail has been up and down It took a while for me to integrate into what department I wanted to work in This lead to the beginning months being very slow unmotivating and did not challenge me However once I began to find my feet an
I had a great time during my placement this was mainly due to the people The work was not overtly interesting if I am truly honest but I was able to see many high level projects and spend time in various departments seeing how they interlocked and wh
Overall I have enjoyed my placement at Network Rail There is a great balance between challenges within my role as well as many opportunities outside my role to get involved in At times like any jobs there are peaks and troughs with the work but there
My time on the placement has been fantastic Every week there have been different activities for me to get involved with and I was given responsibility straight from the off Work was always challenging yet I was never left to struggle on my own there
