Marine and energy broker Review

by Aon

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Rating

4/5
  • The Role
    3.9
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    3.9

    The Role

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

    • Really enjoyed it and have a great insight to insurance and AON

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

    • Colleagues are very friendly and inclusive but understand they don’t have loads of work for us

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

    • Manager was very good and could always go to him with any questions

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

    • Purely because the insurance market is pretty inactive over the summer due to 1/7

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Less responsibility but because i worked with a new team each week which have a great overview but less in-depth work

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Think I’ve learnt a lot about working with other people and in teams during this project which is benefic for my degree

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Really good, active and busy which made it a nice environment to work in

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

    • Well set up - just the lack of work due to the summer months in the market which is a hard to avoid issue

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

    • Lunch and learn, internship days and the CSR all helped develop us as people loads

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I’d really like to work within AON in the future - a great company

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • The social aspect to the job was one of the best parts! All the interns came together really well which was great

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

    • It was really expansive but for what we were doing and the location. That was understandable

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Very good - London night life so a really enjoyable night out! The only issue is trying to get home etc or you don’t live in London

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

    • Loads of activities offered within the company eg yoga on the 42 floor, big tv screen to watch sport together after work etc

    4/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Insurance & Risk Management

London

August 2018

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