Marketing Insights Executive Review

A solid 7. Having a good team around me has made it enjoyable. Also having lots of other Industrial placement students around helps. It could be improved by feeling less like a "placement" student and made to feel more like a regular employee. I feel you are treated differently as an IP.

By my immediate colleagues, I felt extremely close, sitting with my manager almost everyday helps. The responsibilities I get given by my manager make me feel valued. With GSK being such a huge company, there are so many people around you and you definitely do not feel valued by everyone, a lot of the time it is just when someone needs something they make you feel valued.

One thing that has been absolutely outstanding this year is the support around me. Both my managers (swapped 6 months in) are always there for me and never fail to offer support or guidance where it is needed. I can not stress enough how important this is in you first "proper" job.

This can vary. About 4 months into my placement, my manager moved roles and I had to finish up all the projects he had started, meaning I was super busy, but other times, like in January I was quiet due to the fact budgets where still getting decided. I like to stress as a placement student I only work 9-5, what I am contracted too.

Mixed here. From my team, I was given a good amount of responsibility, but beyond my team this was not really the case. A 5 represents this well, I was a bit disappointed with the amount of responsibility but it could have been worse. This is definitely something to consider when you want to grow your skill set.

I am yet to go back to uni, but I can imagine what I have gained through placement will really help in my studies. One thing in particular is work ethic and time management, this will really help me in my busy period at university as I can better manage my time.

One thing GSK is known for is their company culture and this was shown within the first week I was there. It is drilled into you and almost every decision is based on the company culture and goals. This is a very good thing as GSK is an extremely good company to work for as they really care about their employees.

From 12 months in a company, I can definitely say I would know what it would be like to work at GSK after Uni. From the people you talk to, to the things you do, you get a really good idea of where you could get to within the company.

Again, mixed here. I got a reasonable amount of training from so called "world class agencies", but I feel the company could have done a lot more. With GSK, even though they employ you for 12 months they don't even consider hiring you for the graduate scheme, you have to apply and go through the process again. This is NOT investment.

As people say, I learned what I do not want to do in my future career. I do not want to be in the role I am in now in the future, but at least I know this now. GSK gives you the opportunity to shadow different people and see what different roles are like.

At GSK there are loads and loads of clubs and opportunities to get involved in from Tennis to orange days. I play tennis with friends and my team is currently arranging an orange day where we go out as a team and spend a day out the office doing good to the local community.

I was paid about £340 a week. I think this is good as far as placements go. I could just afford to eat, go out every now and then and save a bit of money on the side. As mentioned previously, this is not enough to entice me to work extra hours. There were not so many "networking events". I had to take opportunities to network through corporate events like parties to network. This is a skill which has improved a lot throughout my year, I have grown my LinkedIn following massively and I hope this improves more in my future career.

Yes. There were countless events to network at with people within the company and people externally. I particular networked with people in other companies and parties and events to grow my professional network. This is a skill which has improved a lot throughout my year, I have grown my LinkedIn following massively.

Yes. I would recommend this to a friend. If I were to do this year again however, I would not come to GSK. I would go to a company which invests more into their students (I.E. future career plans and job opportunities) and treats them on a level playing field to everyone else.