Relationship manager Review

by Santander

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Rating

3.3/5
  • The Role
    3.5
  • The Company
    2.8
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

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

    • Thoroughly enjoyable job, the people were great and my boss gave me the freedom to find out about what parts of the company interest me

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

    • Everyone is really friendly, people come and say hello all the time and they respect and listen to your opinion.

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

    • Advice was there when I needed it, but it's up to me to ask for it.

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

    • Good balance, when I was at work I was busy but the hours weren't too long. Could take as much work on as I liked.

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

    • I was in direct contact with customers, were given daily tasks that affected customers but in my time there I wasn't given the full duties of someone who worked my job for a living - as to be expected, 10 weeks isn't long enough to learn a full job

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

    • Will help with presentations and networking but really relevant to my degree

    3/5

    The Company

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

    • Good ethos in the office, we had bi weekly huddles and there was a great out of office scene

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

    • The people in my office were fantastic but the HR department were very poor at responding to emails at the beginning, I think they are understaffed. Credit given to Lorcan for sorting out any issues I had.

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

    • 3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • 3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • There is the potential to move on to the graduate program.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • We had a great group of interns who were always socialsing. One thing I would recommend is to find the names of the other interns who are in london as soon as possible, we didn't meet each other until the third week which was a shame

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

    • It's London

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • 4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Nothing officially organised by Santander but there was always something going on with colleagues.

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

August 2014

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