Developer Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

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

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

    • Was given a number of positions of key responsibility on projects, to make my work feel valuable in what I was doing

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

    • My manager was always supportive and during our weekly meetings always asked how work was going and what I wanted to develop in future. GSK are extremely focused on self development and to see this even in an IP year is great.

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

    • I worked on rapid deployment projects so day to day more work would come in as mmy role spanned a number of different areas on the business at once

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

    • Was given a number of positions of key responsibility on projects, to make my work feel valuable in what I was doing

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

    • I've learnt a lot of skills of how to work in business and how to work multi nationally with people inside and outside of my team and I'm sure these skills will help in future no matter how big the company is

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • GSK has a friendly atmosphere where you can talk to anyone and most people are happy to help with any problem

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Work flows from project to project very well and the IP program as a whole is well established

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • GSK are always interested in developing you, if you want to work on something you can find yourself the opportunity

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

    • Flexi Time

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Above 25 days holiday

    Working from home
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • For my role as a developer choices are limited, being an international company they either hire externally or abroad. But the grad opportunities as a whole are good running both Development and SAP programs with fast track for IPs

    3/5

    The Culture

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

    • There's a large base of IP's in IT alone, so the theres always someone to go for lunch with

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

    • It's London its always going to be expensive when you're used to being a student

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Great as London has so many locations within central via the tube

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • A number of opportunities including sports and social

    3/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

June 2012

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