Undergraduate Quality Assistant Review

by The Co-op

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Day to day there is a mixture of admin roles and practical testing. The internal testing and quality monitoring is how we as a team check to see what the products are like from a customer perspective. I will go out and shop for products from all different supermarkets so that what we test is not factory examples but actual examples that customers will buy. I also spend a lot of time setting up testing on our online portal so that these can be carried out by an external company.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • i have learnt lots of new IT skills and i am improving my knowledge of Microsoft office. I am honing communication skills and general soft skills needed to raise my employability. Mainly though i am learning in depth how retail works, what affects it and how products come to be from concept to shelf.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I have been given plenty of tasks which require a level of responsibility but i do always have a co-worker behind me when i need extra help or reassurance.


  • 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?
  • Everyone is supportive, even people not in my team. I have lots of different people i can ask for help and they are always saying no question is a stupid question so i feel i can ask anything i don't understand.


  • 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?
  • Its a small team within a larger team, the smaller team is really close and very happy. The wider team- i still haven't met everyone properly because its so big and we work hybrid so miss each other in the office. But the culture is to be supportive, call out anything we aren't happy with and everyone is super friendly.


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I am still doing my placement but i am thoroughly enjoying it, the incites into retail on all levels is fascinating. I think that mostly i enjoy working with the food products, getting to try them, seeing how they compare to what they should be like and then seeing how our customers enjoy them. I also really enjoy getting to talk to people from so many different areas of the business both in food and the wider company.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at The Co-op
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend The Co-op to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Co-op
  • Be open to every idea and opportunity. But remember that is a real working business and the work you have to do is really going to impact so its hard work but its fun and enjoyable. I would say to be yourself from the very start and learn about what The Co-op is, where it started, where its going and what they do within your community- it might surprise you!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Consumer Products/FMCG

North West

September 2024


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