Summer Student Review

by Atkins

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.7
  • The Culture
    3.0

    The Role

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

    • Learnt a lot, friendly staff and great facilities

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

    • All were friendly and appreciative of the work I performed

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • I was given all help that I asked for

    3/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Initially wasnt very busy and ended up doing lots of reading but after a week or two I had much more work and was much more busy which was good.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • A little, especially towards the end working on co-ordinating a nationwide project

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I learnt a lot more about the geology side of geotechnics which was very useful which im sure will prove invaluable, a great insight.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Everyone worked hard but always had time to help or have a chat or make you a drink!

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

    • Was well organised in terms of no problems with setting me up with a desk or equipment but i think more external guidance to do a generic structure of potential tasks could be useful especially for situations like I experienced in first week with little work to do!

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • People did take the time to explain things to me if i needed it and i learnt a lot through this

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

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

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

    • It would be very appealing, especially once i had covered more on my course and was able to do more of the design/engineering side of things

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • I was the only other student in the particular section of office and didn't really come across many students until towards the end where another student game into my section of office which was good

    2/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Was already paying for student house so would have been paying anyway and could live pretty cheaply

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Loved it

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

    • Opportunitys were there but i wasnt encouraged to take them, but thats probably fair enough over a short period of only 6 weeks

    2/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

South West

August 2013

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