Trainee Programmer Analyst Review
by GSK
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.1
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The Company
3.8
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The Culture
4.3
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I enjoy the people that I work with and I find that the job I do can be very rewarding.
I do feel valued by my colleagues, they always make an effort to say hello and ask how my day is going. I also feel that the work I do is valued within the team.
My manager is always there to answer any of my questions and is always ready to give me help.
It can really depend. In the beginning of the placement I had a medium amount of work, however recently we have had a lot of studies come to close so the workload has shot up. It is still a manageable amount.
I have been given quite a lot of responsibility in archiving studies and creating FSP accounts. I am in quite confident in the fact that the work that I do has an impact on the company and I find that rewarding.
Degree-wise, the only way that I feel the placement has helped me is by increasing my work ethic and my logic skills (from writing SAS, which I can then transfer to help me with coding in my final year). However, I believe that I have developed many life skills, such as I feel more confident in speaking my ideas and I have bettered my interpersonal skills.
The Company
The general atmosphere is pretty upbeat, everyone is always chatting and ready to help you if needs be.
The placement has been pretty well set up, I don't have any issues there.
I believe that GSK takes a massive interest in me, my manager and members of my team always try their best to help me out.
Flexi Time
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
I feel like the future employment opportunities, for me, aren't great. GSK does a future leader program but there is nothing in the statistics and programming sector, nor do they hire graduates in programming.
The Culture
Yes! The students in my building are pretty close and we all hang out together regularly and we also have recently had a programming night out in central London. It is really nice to still have a social life when working full time.
The cost of living is pretty high as Uxbridge is a student town and so I find that the cost of renting is pretty high. Also the cost of socialising is pretty high because whenever we go out, we go to central London.
The nightlife is around, but I think that that is only because I go to university in Uxbridge and so I can go onto campus and go clubbing with my society friends.
Yes, but only because I go to university in Uxbridge and so I can go onto campus and go and do sports with my societies.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
London
May 2017
