Year in industry student Review
by RB
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
3.8
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The Company
3.5
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The Culture
4.6
- 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
Really enjoyed my placement people were really friendly and lovely and I got on with my team so well. Was nice as well to have a lot of other students you could speak to. Was boring at first as there’s a lot to learn and a lot of reading documents and compliance but after that it got a lot more enjoyable.
People really treat you as a normal employee rather than a student which was nice as you feel like part of the team.
Had monthly 1:1s with supervisor and weekly team meetings. There were also monthly drop in sessions available with our HR contact so you could speak with her if needed.
Was sometimes hard to balance uni work with full time working. You never had to take work home with you.
I had a lot of responsibility over my placement but my experience was not normal as my team lost half our members in the space of a few months so I had to take on more than a usual student. However that gave me a good chance to learn more.
It wasn’t really useful for my degree as it is very specific work to rb but it was really useful in experience working full time and how to work in the real world.
The Company
Really good atmosphere in the office we were always chatting and before lockdown we were able to hot desk so it was nice to get to speak to different people all the time.
Well organised as there were a lot of us we could do group activities like training. It was less well organised in terms of projects because you needed to balance it with urgent work.
Really good training was always offered, practical training was always on offer and we had extra training just for us YII students on other things like emotional intelligence.
Flexi Time
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Above 25 days holiday
Appealing as are a great company to work from but the pay is not great compared to other companies unless you are quite high up.
The Culture
Great social scene always something to do and loads of events on including charity events and sports events. Our team was really social aswell as we had a lot of younger members so we were always doing things outside of work.
Hull is very cheap to live in.
Has good amount of bars but there are only a couple of clubs so depends where you like to go. Hull is quite small so this is expected.
Teams all did loads of activities outside of work and with the charity forum you have the chance to do loads of activities and even organise them so there was always something to do.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Yorkshire and Humberside
October 2020
