Intern, Retirement Review
by WTW
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.3
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The Company
4.3
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The Culture
4.3
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
The whole team is really friendly and welcoming. The training is thorough and the work is challenging and diverse.
I felt very valued and I felt my work was making a difference, we had to present about a client at the end of the internship and lots of colleagues came to hear what we had to say. The study package for grads is very good too so they obviously value us.
Lots of support, before each new task we'd be talked through and was easy to go back and ask more questions. We were given feedback regularly and opportunity to work on our points of feedback. Often when I asked for help it was met with enthusiasm and colleagues would see to it that I was helped to a solution.
Very busy, all but one day in my first week I was jam packed all day and not bored at all. We had a good amount to do and people were good at not dumping too much on us last minute. They made sure we didn't get too swamped though and made sure we left at 5pm where possible which was great.
We were given lots of responsibility in terms of client work but obviously due to the nature of Actuarial work our work had to be checked at least twice before going to the client.
The skills were massively valuable. learning to be sharp and critical in my thinking as well as maintaining a professional working relationship with people has been extremely useful for my personal relationships and in how I'm looking to approach uni work for 3rd year. Lots of technical skills to learn too and I've definitely developed my skills here a lot.
The Company
Quiet sometimes but also friendly and sometimes people get chatting for a while. Flexi working seats so feels relaxed.
Very well organised, everything was very clear and I didn't feel lost at all.
Lots of training, for the 8 weeks we had 1 week of training sessions. the grad study package is really good too.
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
Company Parties/Events
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
Very appealing, don't know if I got a job yet we find out after we leave.
The Culture
Very good social scene, pub every friday and first Friday of every months we get free drinks in the office before the pub. socials almost fortnightly and fun ones too, in your hub(10) Business unit (30) or whole department.
Was quite expensive as it's in the City but good fun
Nightlife is good as you're near shoreditch so lots of our socials go there
Lots of out of work stuff, company cricket/football/netball/fun runs etc etc
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary, Management Consulting
London
August 2019
