Risk Management Review

by GE (General Electric)

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.8
  • The Culture
    4.1

    The Role

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

    • I have only been at my pacement for 10 weeks, and am enjoying every minute of it.

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

    • My colleagues are really friendly and sociable. I have spent a lot of time getting t know my colleague, and not just inside work but outside of work as well.

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

    • If I have a problem in work or struggling with work, my management are always there to guide me in the right direction. The othe staff are really helpful as well.

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

    • Some days are quiet and some are busy, to be honest the better days are when i am busy. But the workload is not to the point where i am becoming stressed and worried.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I have had a certain degree of responsibility up to now. I have had very realistic deadlines to meet, where the work i completed was needed to update important files for the management.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • As i am studying Accounting and Finance, i was a little worried that a Risk interniship wouldn't help me develop skills related to my degree. But so far i have looked at a lot of accounts, and really understanding about where the numbers are coming from and how companies are performing based on their accounts. Also, instead of heading in one direction, which is finance. The risk placement will open doors for me, it will give me other paths to walk down, if by the end of my degree finance isn't what i want to do.

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • I get on really well with the fellow members of my team. Even though i work in a office, the atmosphere not just in my department is great.

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

    • The HR department, within the company orgainse everything and when i joined my work i understood my role and what was expected of me. I haven't felt, that i don't know what i'm supposed to be doing or left in the dark.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • They kept the existing intern om for an extra week to allow me to shadow him. Therefore, having a god knowledge of what was expected of me and what i was going to be doing during my time with the company.

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

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym

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

    • I would like to work for GE in the future, but i don't fully undertsand the chances i have of acquiring a job with GE.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • I live with three of the interns who where also working for GE, we got on well. But we also got on well with the other intern here as well. We went to the cinema, went on nights out and visited most places together where we lived.

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

    • As there where four of us, we live in a house where the rent in proportion to our pay was realtively cheap. certain pubs and restaurants where we lived where cheap as well.

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

    • The pubs around where we lived wer'e good. But the night life in town was great. As i come from the Wirral, i usually go out to liverpool which is a great night out, and Bristol matches it in every way.

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

    • We had charity bbq's, competitions and a lot of other events. GE really do create a great working environment.

    4/5
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Placement (10 Months+)

Wales

August 2010

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