ASM Specialist Review
by GSK
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.7
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The Company
2.9
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The Culture
1.1
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Very intresting to see how a global organisation operates it's IT department. Depending on which department you are in, work varies from programming to managing documentation.
A checklist was given to me when I began which had everything I needed to do; training, access to computer systems, car park arrangements etc. 1:1 meetings whenever needed.
Some days I would have a whole system to move to another database, other days I would have a few documents to move...Need to balance workload and find training to take part in which can benefit you and your role.
Thrown in at the deep end, was a ginnea pig for trying out a new process and using a new system. Produce problem/incident volume metrics for one of the IT departments and sub-departments...which is used by many others.
Alot of online training avalible, training I have received is extermely useful and will help with future studies.
The Company
Varied as people work at home alot, some days there is only a few people in other days everyone is one.
Very well structured.
GSK invests in training for all of it's staff, every other day you hear that someone is out on training.
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
Limited number of graduate roles avalible!
The Culture
Within out site...yes
Dangerous.
Only if people arranged something, one or two paintballing trips. However there is running clubs, snooker clubs, lunchtime football etc
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
Scotland
November 2009
