Strategic Propulsion Engineer Co-op/Intern Review

by GE (General Electric)

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    4.4
  • The Company
    3.4
  • The Culture
    4.5

    The Role

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

    • Excellent role with a variety of projects and a lot of activities outside work environment.

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

    • Very supportive and keen to help, explain and answer any question.

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

    • Fantastic mentor, very supportive and influential. Role model on engineering, leadership and mentoring.

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

    • Very busy in a good sense. This part of placement was quite flexible since it was strongly upon how much are the abilities and how keen is the intern that determined how much responsibility and work the intern will be given.

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

    • More than what I was expecting in a good sense. This was giving the opportunity to the interns to get outside their comfort zones and stretch themselves to develop even more.

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

    • Extremely important skills were developed that cannot be learned from books or University and that is because of the unique daily challenges that the workspace in GE offered me.

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Very nice environment to work in, people were very kind and keen to help and answer any question no matter of their workload and time available.

    3/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very organised, everything was set up in advance and there was a great effort to keep the good organisation in place.

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

    • A lot of time of invested on us by experienced engineers/employees in order to develop all the necessary skills to be capable to perform our daily work as good as possible.

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

    International Travel

    Company Parties/Events

    Above 25 days holiday

    Healthcare/Dental
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • 3/5

    The Culture

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

    • Interns night out were regularly organised while also other activities such as go-karting, camping, surfing and many others

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

    • Cheap meals in breakfast and lunch times. Any employees socialising sessions were paid by the company

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

    • Very close to city centre, with literally everything to satisfy all different types of preferences.

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

    • Volunteering activities are very common such as maths mentoring, STEM activities and sports activities organised by the company.

    5/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering

Wales

June 2016

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