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Rating

1.7/5
  • The Role
    1.4
  • The Company
    1.4
  • The Culture
    2.5

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I got no work to do so it was very boring for me. I kept asking for something but no one was willing to give me anything. The first week was fun when we all went to Birmingham. Met lots of nice people and I was busy

    1/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Felt like they didn't want me around and I was ignores in the office a lot. If I did get work it was Always very easy and I did it in about 10 minutes when it was supposed to take me 2 hour. Was never asked if I wanted to go social with them.

    1/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • I wasn't given much support. I spoke to my buddy a lot about how I could improves but aside from that I was given not much help from people even when I asked and said I had no work to do. I asked questions and got brief answers because they we're more interested about working then helping me

    1/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • I was bored most days. Their was never really anything for me to do and when I got given tasks these were usually very easy so I spent a lot of days just watching the clock waiting until 5 30 when I could go back home. Going to clients was more fun.

    1/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I had no responsibility at all because it felt like no one trusted me to do a good job. I get that I am intern but I still want to learn and try hard and show people that I am good. I wish my in charges had given me more chance to shine bright .

    1/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I do accounts and financial at univeristy so the learning to do audits will help me a lot. As I had no work to do I spent a lot of time researching auditing and revising for my exams so this is good. I think it help me have better English.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • No one spoke to me very much so that wasn't nice but the office in general was quite loud and cheery with everyone chatting to each other. At lunch I was left alone a lot because everyone eat at their desks because they were busy. I ate with other interns most days.

    2/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • I enjoyed the first days in Birmingham a lot and the last days in London as these are very structured and I had things to do. The office work was poorly structured as I would be told at the last hour whether I would be at clients or in the office.

    2/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • Did some training and that was not very useful. Asked my in charge managers lots of questions to get more information and they usually answered in a good way and gave me more information. Watched audit videos and did some exam revision stuff given by my managers and they would help me with that.

    2/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • 1/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Big 6 company but seems to be less room for progression compared to other big accounting firms. Not many graduates employed in a year and there appeared to be a lot of people moving between firms. I would really like a job and to become top partner or director .

    1/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Lots of time to socialise in London and Birmingham and I had lunch with the other interns most days but canteen food was expensive so I bright my own. I was not invited to any work colleague socials unfortunately and I was left out of conversations but apart from that everything was brilliant.

    2/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • London so expensive

    1/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Don't use nightlife

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Yes there was. In Birmingham we did go karts and escape rooms and in London we did boat party. Think you can volunteer with people if you want to but I was not given much information on that so I am not too sure. A lot of people socialised after work.

    4/5

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Internship (1 Month+)

London

August 2018


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