Group transformation Review

The team were great and I was allowed lots of time to work on personal projects or get out of the office and stretch my legs, the team was also very social. The work however was not that interesting, although that's just the way I is sometimes, I do believe it was an accurate representation of a similar full-time role.

My colleagues all treated me extremely well and were very friendly. I cannot score this any higher than an eight however as the work was quite technical. As an intern I wasn't capable of doing much of the work, or taking a significant portion of the workload from my colleagues.

My line manager was exceptional throughout. They were clearly very happy to have an intern to work with, and very knowledgeable about the role. Everyone in the team spoke highly of them which is indicative of their character. I was not micro-managed, but was given support and guidance whenever it was required.

This varied from days when there was very little work, to days when the amount of work was just right. The nature of the role I was in meant that it normally wasn't possible to actively seek out work, as we were usually waiting for tasks to be handed down to us, or waiting for people to respond to our requests for additional information.

I was given responsibility over some of the more minor duties. I do not believe this is because I wasn't trusted, as previously mentioned the role I was in was quite technical, so naturally I spent a lot of time developing my technical skills, which prevented me from being given too much personal responsibility.

I learned a lot about working as part of a team in an office, and the importance of continuous personal development. This however is all stuff I was already aware of, so I cannot score this higher than a six. For someone who is unfamiliar with the working world they would undoubtedly give this a ten.

There was a great atmosphere, clearly everyone gets on on a personal level. The atmosphere was upheld by team meetings with a focus on collaboration and discussion on how to further improve the working environment through physical changes to the office or activities. Although there is a hierarchy, no one dominated the office at any time.

Pretty well to be fair. This however I believe is mostly down to my line manager who clearly had spent some of their own time preparing for my arrival. This in turn encouraged me to put more effort in to my development and performance. All of the credit for the organisation should go to my line manager, and not the Lloyds scholar or emerging talent teams, who did literally nothing.

I was offered any form of training I liked, including day long courses based outside of the office. I had access to the full range of online resources that all full time employees have. I was regularly advised on how to track and record my personal development during regular meetings with my line manager.

I enrolled on the Lloyds scholars programme. During my time on the programme the requirements to enrol onto the graduate scheme have deviated from the conditions which I originally signed up to, making the likelihood of me getting a job in this company much slimmer as additional steps have been added. Whilst I accept their right to add these steps, I believe changing a contract midway through it is poor form, and this has significantly affected my desire to work for this organisation. I would advise anyone who considers a graduate or scholar scheme offer from Lloyds banking group to consider the possibility that their side of the offer may change for the worse, without notice.

We were put into charity challenge teams and challenged to raise as much money as possible during our internships. However the social interaction with other people on placements never went beyond meeting for the specific purposes of planning events. Overall this aspect is quite poor, there were organised social events but they all occurred in London, with none in any of the other sites.

As above.

Bristol nightlife is good.

Yes, there were regularly organised events in which I could participate with members of my team. I was also encouraged to take an active role in planning them, and this formed a part of my placement where I could develop my project management and collaborative working skills, as well as practice working to a deadline and with limited resources.