Tax Intern Review

I enjoyed it! I was given far more trust than I expected and getting bits of work that are challenging pushes you in a good way. Obviously there is time where you have to do more menial tasks such as filing but its not presented as being stuff you're doing because no one else wants to its makes sense that from a client perspective having senior managers filing doesn't really make sense.

I felt appreciated. When I handed in work for review I would always get some sort of feedback on it. The fact is when you know that its not just being filed away but that people are actual reading your work and telling you where you've done well or constructive criticism of what you haven't makes you feel like the value not just the work your doing but how you progress.

I worked in Tax department and so didn't hot desk. My senior manager sat opposite me, my buddy across from me and I was surrounded by the same faces each day. There's always people there to ask questions and I found the biggest barrier was my unwillingness to want to ask "stupid questions"

The summer is obviously the quiet period in Tax. However, I felt I always had work to do. Where I finished my work I still always had mandatory training or the Intern Dragons Den project to do. I never had a moment where I was "twinddling my thumbs". Although Obviously client work feels more productive than training or the interns project it was still something constructive to do.

Ignorance is bliss! I feel like I was given a fair amount of responsibility however you do have to take that with a pinch of salt because would I really know how much responsibility I was given! But I completed work where I could see the tax saving. Where I could see the importance of and understand why the company was charging for it. Although all my work went for review I was copied into messages so I could see how what I had done was sent of to clients and how my managers agreed with the question I felt still needed answers or where a revenue/sales item needed broken down further.

I study an Accounting & Finance degree. So hopefully I should be able to take what I have learnt and put some of it to use in my degree. Similarly whether I work with PWC or not after this I have the experience of working in a busy work environment

I was sat with the same people even though your new they were really pretty nice and good at bringing me into conversations

I think it was organised well. I went from formal training into the job, there was work there ready for me to begin and staff ready to explain it to me. Although I sat close to my manager we had more formal meetings so if there was anything I felt I needed to bring up I could do.

We spent 3 days in London for residential training and 2 days in our local office. Residential training was great, well structured and challenging. But the in office training was more general IT set up kind of thing and some of the information was only relevant to those in assurance where as I was a Tax intern (the only one in the office).

Subject to confirmation I should have a job. And nearly all of those I was friendly with were offered one.

We were in one of the smaller offices. And with the graduates being out of the office for their exams there was not as many events organised. Similarly being in a smaller office meant there were less interns. But we still had drinks, a dinner out and went out on a team bonding day at the weekend.

It was quite expensive. I however was lucky enough to be staying with a friend so didn't need to pay rent!

Its not the biggest city in the world but its a student town so has lots of bars and clubs.

We did take part in a couple of events outside of work. However you are only in your office for 5 weeks so there's only so many opportunities you can have.