Layout Planner Review

The journey for me was a long one, struggling a long round the M25. Apart from the travelling the placement was brilliant! They gave me loads of responsibility from day one, planning my own stores and interacting with senior colleagues.

In the beginning it was quite difficult to earn the respect of everyone around me, just coming into the role without much real life experience. However I worked hard and became a valued member of the team.

The management on my placement were brilliant. There was always some one for me to talk to and they were constantly giving me more responsibility. They were also helpful in allowing me to spend time in other departments.

At the beggining of the placement I found myself with not a lot to do, after that however I have been quite busy. There are always peaks and troughs in work load but thats just the way the schedule works.

I was given a huge amount of responsibility. I was in charge of facilitating high level meetings and also allowed to plan layouts for stores myself.

The placement taught me a lot, interacting with different types of people on a daily basis really improved my relationship skills. Having to manage my own workload helped me to improve my organisation which before my placement was a big downfall in my university studies.

At most times the office was a nice place to work with people being friendly and helpfull. However there was some times when there was a heavy workload where the atmosphere became quite tense.

There were a few teething issues at the beggining as I was the first placement student my department had ever had. However after that initial period placement was fine with someone always being around to answers questions and give me support

The company invested a lot of time and event in me. They sent me on lots of training courses and allowed me to spend time in other departments, even though that ment some one else taking on my workload for a few weeks.

With Tesco being such a large company opperating in so many different areas the prospects are brilliant. Allowing any employee the chance to move between numerous departments, places and even countries would appeal to most.

There was only me and two other placement students and the other two were in a different department so I didn't see them much.

I lived at home on my placement and commuted. I did however go out a few times and found that it was quite expensive to go out, well compared to student bars anyway.

The night life is good in the area, with it being so close to london most people hop on a train for nights out.

There were many things going on outside of work that I could get involed in, for example a triathlon for charity. I also used to play football most weeks with my work colleagues