Training Media Placement Student Review

I enjoyed it a lot. Everyone in the company is so friendly and the atmosphere is really nice. The work can be a bit slow at times, but I was always able to find something to do. The social side of the company is also really good, with lots of events through the year.

As I was one of 2 people doing my job, I did feel valued, as my work contributed to the company. Due to my skill set, I was asked by other departments to help them with tasks or projects, which really helped me feel like a valued part of the company.

My manager and team were brilliant at supporting me when I asked, and they always made sure I knew what I was doing and had enough information to complete my task. The only small comment would be that more frequent drop in sessions, or my manager asked my how it's going, would have been helpful.

I was luckily able to create my own deadlines a lot of the time, so this meant I could work at my own pace without getting too stressed out about it. I was busy enough to not be bored, but not so busy that I was so stressed I became unproductive - there was a good balance.

Quite a lot. I was only one of two people doing my job so anything I did was used. I created elearning courses and it was really great and satisfying to see them released to engineers after I put the effort in to make them. I worked mostly independently too, so this meant I had responsibility over myself.

As I don't want to go into engineering, most of the skills I learnt were soft skills - talking to and emailing colleagues and external people in a professional way, learning the best way to ask for help and interact with people I don't know, etc. Joining the Sports and Social Committee has greatly helped with my confidence and conflict resolution too.

It was great. Everyone was lovely and chatty, it the right amount to be friendly and still get work done. There was a change after people were made redundant, but luckily this did not affect my team or friends, so I did not feel the effect. The SSC also helped with the nice atmosphere.

HR were rather absent in my induction process, I didn't actually meet them until after the first week or so. As I started later than the other students, I never really felt welcomed by them (even though I'm sure this wasn't on purpose), which meant I felt quite alone in the first couple of months. However, I always felt welcome in my team, and my work was organized well.

They invested in me a lot - my head of department had a few one-to-ones with me, and he would always ask how I was getting on in terms of skills and personal development, as well as work. They would make sure that if work was slow, there was always something to do to further my knowledge or skills.

If I wanted to go into engineering or if there was a job at the company I was passionate about, I would absolutely want to come back to ASM. However, I want to go into the creative industry and unfortunately, there isn't a role here that I feel would suit me.

The SSC meant that you could socialize with colleagues relatively often, which gave me a foot in the door to meet new people - that's actually how I met my closest friends here. Outside of work, there is a lot do in summer, but less in winter, but that's to be expected for a seaside town.

I was lucky enough to get bills included in my rent, which was quite cheap anyway, and as I had money for the first time, the only thing I noticed was that because it's a Southern seaside town, things were generally more expensive. However, you can find cheap things to do easily.

Weymouth is quite a small town, so it has very little compared to a city. There are a lot of pubs and a few bars, and a couple of clubs. All the bars are really nice though, and I do enjoy nights out here, as they're never as busy as a city!

The only main thing I got involved in outside of work was Extinction Rebellion Weymouth and Dorchester, but as Dorchester is not far away, and Poole/Bournemouth are only 50 mins away, there would be opportunities to seek out should you wish.