GSK Biopharmaceutical Industrial placement Student Review

by GSK

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Rating

4/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

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

    • I really enjoyed both my project work and the environment of my department

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

    • I felt like an equal, as part of a team who were interested by my work

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

    • 1:1 every week consistently and always available when I needed help

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

    • Varied, often could have had more to do, sometimes very busy. A good balance most of the time

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

    • My own project and additionally other pieces of side work for different campaigns, although not involved directly in huge responsability

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

    • Gained a professional manner and people skills, also had a lot of chances to give presentations and learnt how to present data / draw scientific conclusions

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Great, made friends for life, although I think I was lucky with my office as there were many people of a similar age to me. A social every month or so was good. Everyone ate lunch together which I really enjoyed

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

    • Everything GSK was great, however I was actually employed by SRG and they weren't very well organised and communication was very difficult about payslips, holiday etc.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • My supervisor was great, I applied for PhDs whilst working at GSK and he really helped with the applications and improving my writing, CV and presentation skills. We were well trained in the lab and went to a lot of personal training or development things. Lots of opportunities to improve and develop

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Definitely appealing, I would love to come back to this same department. everyone appears to have previously done an IP year so prospects look good.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Among colleagues, I have made friends for life and enjoy eating lunch with them every day and going to out of work socials. As there were only 2 IPs in my department, that side was not particularly social

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

    • Stevenage is very cheap to live in which is great, however London is much more popular for social events and very expensive

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Stevenage has limited nightlife

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

    • Both inter and intra department there are many social activities. There are also sporting activities available across the company - I played netball with the other IPs and other GSK colleagues.

    4/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

June 2016

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