Undergraduate Assistant Review

by Pendragon

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Rating

1.6/5
  • The Role
    1.3
  • The Company
    1.7
  • The Culture
    1.8

    The Role

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

    • I enjoyed the responsibility and the variation of the projects i was given at the start of my placement. However, when i moved to the Purchase Ledger Department, the experience was horrible and miserable, mainly due to poor management.

    1/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I didn't feel i got the recognition i deserved for my hardwork.

    1/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • The feedback i got from the management was poor and too late. I always felt that they were against me and did not want me to succeed.

    1/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • I was very busy everyday, and some weeks i worked over 50 hours. However, for the most part, the work was tedious and boring.

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

    • I was given quite a lot of responsibilty when working for the Group Project Manager as i was responsible for several important projects. However, when i moved to the Purchase Ledger Department, i was hardly given any responsibilty despite my financial background and despite having worked for over 3 months.

    2/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The project management skills i have developed will put me in good stead for the future because i have developed my time management and organisation skills.

    3/5

    The Company

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

    • The atmosphere was very serious on the whole and the management always tried to intimidate their inferiors and were not shy of publically humiliating their colleagues.

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Fairly well organised on the whole.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I went on the mandatory team talk modules and they gave me responsilbilty of certain important projects which enabled me to develop my skills.

    3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • 1/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • An unnecesarilly long and tiresome graduate programe but potential to gain promotion to a fairly high level in time.

    3/5

    The Culture

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

    • Fairly good. In fact it was quite good how the placement students tended to go out with the graduates.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • For me personally was very high. However it can be fairly low depending on the choices you make.

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Non existent as on an industrial park. Therefore had to drive or catch a long an expensive taxi to the city centre.

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

    • Football only.

    1/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking

South East

August 2007

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