Vacation Student - Mechanical Building Services Review

by Arup

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Rating

3/5
  • The Role
    3.5
  • The Company
    2.2
  • The Culture
    3.3

    The Role

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

    • The working environment at Arup was very good. I got to see many different projects, though I wasn't given much significant work to do.

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

    • Everyone were very helpful when I asked for their help, especially the younger ones. They showed interest into advising me on different matters even if I didn't ask. Very friendly environment.

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

    • Lot's of support from my supervisor though he was quite busy all the time. Other people in the group also very keen to help.

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

    • Unfortunately I wasn't busy all the time. Since this was a short placement (6 weeks) I was hoping to get as much out of it as possible. Often I was given some very trivial tasks just to keep me busy, but I was hoping for something more advanced.

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

    • Very few tasks were actually critical. That was of course because often it was impossible with my experience to be given a critical task, but I believe there could have been some more important work for me.

    2/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Not very useful in my degree studies, but definitely going to come in handy in future work placements.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Depending on the day and the people I was working with it would vary. I was definitely enjoying it more when I was working in a group, but some times I was just working alone in rather boring staff.

    3/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Organising wasn't very good. I was hoping to have some preset work to work on and focus on, but most of the work I did was bits and pieces from different projects. I wish there was some more attention to the work given to the interns.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • 6 weeks was a rather short period for the company to actually spent time on training me on different software or techniques. As my supervisor told me, it would worth training me on AutoCAD if the internship was longer, but obviously this wasn't the case.

    2/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events
    1/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • It's a definitely an advantage to have worked in the company, but there is no fast tracking since the application procedure is rather short (application - assessment centre

    3/5

    The Culture

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

    • I got to go in some social events with the other interns, but also with some of the graduate engineers.

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Well London is the most expensive you can get both in rent and socialising

    1/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • The perks of being in London is that you have a big range of stuff you can do to enjoy yourself, even if the weather is doing its best to spoil it.

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

    • Other than the range of choices of activities in London, the company organised different events or trips quite regularly.

    4/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

London

November 2013

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