Accessories and Merchandise Analyst Review

Its such a valuable experience working for such a reputable company and seeing how a business works on an international level. As well as gaining certificated training such as excel, you gain experience with working alongside many other business professionals

Everyone at VWG are so helpful and approachable, it doesn't matter what level in the business they are, they still want to help out when they can.

With an open floor office plan, everyone is so close so any questions will be answered as soon as possible

There are always deadlines for presentations and meetings which the data I was analysing was needed for. With good time management, I wasn't rushed off my feet, but there was always a push to get the work completed to the highest precision.

Had on-going projects throughout the year which I could develop in my own way, tailored to fit the needs of the team.

No classroom or lecture can give you the skills to converse and work with a team the way that a placement does. It gives you actual responsibilities in a real life working environment where the work you do actually contributes to the business

Everyone is very friendly, relaxed, and always up for an chat or a joke (when the time was right!). It doesn't matter what position they are in the business, everyone is still accessible to talk to or to run ideas/corrections past.

Very organised with induction and training days laid out for the undergraduates. There are around 40 undergraduates so everyone throughout the business knows their importance in maintaining the smooth running of the business

We have access to a number of different training courses including various excel courses, training for interviews and others relevant to VW.

There are opportunities for undergraduates to bypass the application process for the graduate programme, and go straight onto an assessment day. VWG tries to promote the graduate scheme to current undergraduates.

As there are around 40 of us, plus the undergraduates at VW financial services, there are so many opportunities for socialising, such as going out at the weekends or having picnics in the evening, or a lot of the boys play football together.

As I lived with one other individual we were paying £437 PCM for rent, but you can definitely get cheaper if you live with more than 2 in the property. Socialising isn't overly expensive, similar to other pubs and clubs in the southeast.

As Milton Keynes is a working town, the nightlife is great on the weekends but not great during the week. There are plenty of other things to do during the week such as shopping, skiing, mini golf, great places for walks and so many restaurants

There are many gyms and sports clubs, so pretty much any sport can be catered for. There are so many parks and lakes, so these places are great for socialising or exercise. There is also a really great BMX track