IP Student Review

by GSK

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.2/5
  • The Role
    4.6
  • The Company
    4.4
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

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

    • Very enjoyable, felt like I achieved a lot and gained a lot of experience

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

    • All very friendly and helpful

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

    • Whenever I needed help someone was happy to provide it, even if my supervisor was unavailable

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

    • Got very busy at times, but it was great to have lots of lab work to do.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Mostly just me and one other person working on my project so felt like I had a lot of responsibility to keep it going.

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

    • All skills I learnt would be very applicable to future molecular biology labwork

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Open plan office, so busy and usually something going on, but was still possible to get work done

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

    • Was talk of switching to another group to do some work that never came about, but I still had a lot to do.

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

    • All of the neccessary training given and happy to allow me to try different things

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

    • Flexi Time

    Sports and Social Club

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I would like to work back at GSK for this department, if a job were available to me

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Most weekends something was going on

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

    • Fairly average - could get into London easily (where socialising would be more expensive) but living here wasn't too expensive

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

    • Lots of bars and pubs, not many clubs

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Lots of things around, whether advertised by work or found by ourselves

    4/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

South East

June 2012

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