Industrial Placement Student Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3/5
  • The Role
    3.2
  • The Company
    3.3
  • The Culture
    2.3

    The Role

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

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

    • Great to be doing a placement at the same time than around 120 university students. However, they were doing a placement at the same time than having a huge amount of university course work and exams. It led to an absence of social life among the Industrial placement students. The site of Stevenage is also slightly out of town and there was not a lot of social within the lab.

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

    • Great guidance from my supervisor and other members of the team. It took me around 3 months to get used to the machines and equipment around the lab and GSK site more generally. Lack of independence was quite annoying at the beginning but it felt better after Christmas (placement started in late august)

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

    • Workflow was quite hard to get it right at the beginning as I am working in a team that is receiving work in "big batches". I felt quite bored at the beginning and took this as an opportunity to do more side projects. Second part of the year was slightly busier but still very do-able.

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I had great responsibilities during my placement year as I was handling precious and limited resources on a daily basis. It was nice to be accountable for some chemistry and be carrying my own experiments rather than doing work on behalf of someone. I have been helpful in identifying possible drug candidates.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • This year was a gap year for me so it was expecting a bit of more. I had the feeling that I could have gained the same skills in 6 months only. It felt that I was a bit wasting my year out of uni from time to time. But it has also been great to realise I did not see myself working in a lab full time.

    1/5

    The Company

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

    • 2/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • 1/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

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

    • 5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • 5/5

    The Culture

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

    • 2/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

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

    • 1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • 2/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

July 2019

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