Mars Food UK- Marketing Intern Review

by Mars

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Rating

3.5/5
  • The Role
    4.1
  • The Company
    3.1
  • The Culture
    3.0

    The Role

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

    • Working at Mars has been a fun,exciting and challenging way to spend the summer. The variety in day to day jobs has made my time here extremely enjoyable from visiting factories, planning a mini food festival, developing websites and even eating dog food! The variety in my Food Marketing Internship has been completely engaging and I've certainly learnt a lot!

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • From day one my collegues made me feel comfortable, everyone at Mars is extremely welcoming and friendly.

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

    • Through out my time at Mars my line manager has been a great support not only with the day to day projects, I have had the responsibility for, but also ensuring that I personally develop. This has been done through regular informal catch ups and PDP planning.

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

    • Through out my time at Mars I have been given a substantial number of objectives to complete.

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

    • Once being set objectives it was up to me to decide how I would run them out and make my own mark on the projects I had been given. Everyone was available for questioning if I was ever unsure and the team was always willing to help.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Working in Marketing at Mars has helped me to refine my data analysis skills whether that is with numbers or with consumer insights. This skill will be extremely useful for approaching my final year dissertation to really be able to disect and extract data appropritately.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • The office is a great place to work everyone is approachable no matter what their job role is and the addition of pets in the office is definitely unique!

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

    • The internship as a whole has been organised extremely well. As a summer intern I have been provided with an induction a 4 week plan and then slowly been eased to planning out my own workload.

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

    • Mars have been great in guiding interns through this summer scheme. All interns have been given challenging projects and PDP's have been composed to ensure that we develop.

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

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • This internship has given a great advantage to observe how Mars as an organisation operate and it gives you the opportunity to try out for a graduate panel!

    3/5

    The Culture

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

    • I was lucky enough to be placed at the offices close to Nottingham, where the majority of Interns were placed. Social events we arranged on a weekly basis.

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

    • Cost of living was reasonable as expected. Student halls are available to live in if accomadation is needed, many of the interns house shared over the summer though.

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

    • Nottingham has a great variety of bars, pubs and clubs. But if that's not your thing there are many great restaurants, cinemas an ice rink and theatre to keep you entertained...plus the great shopping!

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

    • Mars have limited outside work activities as a whole business apart from Rounders on a Tuesday night. Many departments do have their own after work socials which are great to!

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

East Midlands

August 2013

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