intern Review

by Telefonica (O2)

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Rating

3.7/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.1
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

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

    • fantastic instore support and working with great people

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

    • felt highly respected when in position of management

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

    • in store management has been fantastic unfortunatley placement directors lacked direction

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

    • extremely busy store always jobs to do

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

    • promoted to assistant store leader, ran the shop on many occassions

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

    • learnt a lot of life skills and personal development

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • generally fun happy atmosphere on the shop floor

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

    • placement lacked direction and was the only dissapointing part of the programme, often changed direction and a real lack of communication from programme leaders

    1/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • started with a lot of training and attended many courses this stopped within the last three months

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

    • Company Parties/Events
    2/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • guaranteed part time work while i finish university

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • have spent time with other interns on the programme when we could meet up which got less and less towards the end

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • newcastle fairly cheap, lived here for three years so was aware of cost of living etc

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

    • great night life in newcastle best in the country

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

    • few opportunites

    3/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Banking, Retail, Sales

North East

June 2014

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