Packaging Placement Student Review

by Cummins

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Working with data, spreadsheets and interactions on site/with suppliers to improve packaging standards and environmental impact for the UKLC and Cummins.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Have learnt to view things in a more broad sense as opposed to the purely analytical way I did so before. Also learnt to communicate better with people in a workplace environment


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given more responsibility than I expected going in. From near enough the beginning I have been treated as a full time employee would as opposed to just a placement student may be percieved.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Have received plenty of support from the start, from my manager, colleagues and mentor that Cummins has provided.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Atmosphere and culture has been very positive, everyone extremely helpful and co-operative.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 2/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I've enjoyed it immensely, I've got exactly what I wanted out of it and more that I didn't expect but am grateful to have received


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Cummins
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Cummins to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Cummins
  • Even if at first you don't succeed, wait four months and they might just offer you a job anyway. They always keep you in mind if you present yourself well


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Logistics and Operations

West Midlands

May 2023


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