Customer Business Executive Review

by Rolls-Royce

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    3.9

    The Role

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

    • After a slightly slow start the placement was extremely enjoyable. Doing tough work with real clients. Set objectives that were both long term and short term keeping me with stuff to do. Social side excellent with so many interns.

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

    • Excellent feedback from line manager, his manager and the managing director of the department. Always saying that I was helpful to them.

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

    • Good amount of guidance without too much guidance! Was allowed to make some decisions on my own but received support whenever asked for.

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

    • Plenty busy enough, but not to the extent of being overworked. Long term objectives meant that there was always something to do.

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

    • Lots of responsibility. I was the key contact for 'miscellaneous UK' customers. Involved being solely responsible for customers such as BMI, BA and Virgin Atlantic

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

    • Irrelevant to my degree, but degree is a not a vocational subject. Beyond my degree the technical training received and management skills learnt will be extremely useful.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Quiet and business like office, but not exactly fun all the time. However, there was a group of younger people who were fun to be with.

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

    • Extremely well organised. Series of reviews and an end of placement presentation and meeting with Human Resources.

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

    • Well. Plenty of training in the computer programmes used by the team and a couple of days training on the basics of Rolls Royce. Also included a logistics open day with CEVA.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Very. Well paid and well organised graduate scheme. Have accepted a job with them, looking forward to starting in September 2010

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • Very good. Everyone lived together in university halls. Regular nights out, 5 a side football team, meals out, regular basketball games.

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

    • Very cheap. Subsidised accomodation and Derby in general is very cheap when compared to the South

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

    • Fine. Like any provincial town. Plenty of bars and a few clubs. Enough people to make sure that there were always people ready to go out.

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

    • Not that many - but was only limited time in the placement (8 weeks). Played one game of football against another firm!

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Management

South East

December 2009

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