Sales and Marketing Assistant Review
by Panasonic
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.8
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The Company
3.5
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The Culture
3.1
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I like a lot of aspects of my job, however some could be improved, although this is the same with any and all placements. Luckily, once I mention any problems I was having, the problem was rectified.
This varies, again like any placement my duties ranged in difficulty and stature. I was instantly trusted and as time went on I was given harder tasks.
My manager always has time to answer my questions, no matter how small. If my manager was not around, I had help from the whole team.
Again this varies, some days I am snowed under, which I prefer, and others it will be quiet, but there is always something to do.
During a period of time where our marketing executive was away I was given a lot of duties and left to see things through to the end, but most daily tasks are not project based, but just a deligation of a sale meaning that I sometimes do not get to start and complete tasks.
TBC
The Company
Everyone is very nice, however the majority of my team are not office based, therefore I would be alone on my desk, but the rest of the floor are very social with each other so I never had no one to speak to.
The broadcast industry has many events, which I get to go to and experience for myself, which has really shown me how sales and marketing works in a long term basis.
I have been able to do any training course I have wanted, if I ask generally my manager and team are supportive and want me to get the most out of my time at Panasonic. I was taken to Amsterdam for an exhibition, I will be taken to Bristol for another exhibition and two more awards nights in the future. The entire team really want students to see how the broadcast industry works.
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
International Travel
The broadcast team has just re-hired the placement student from two years ago as their new marketing executive, this does mean that there are not many more team roles to fill.
The Culture
All the placement students are lovely (there are 16 of us), but Reading is not so great for night life, but we all keep social even if it's just a visit to the pub! The up side of only having 16 placement students is that we all know each other quite well, compared to companies with lots of students!
Going out in Reading is very expensive during the summer, but once the Reading students come back in term time, student nights will start up again.
Bracknell does not have nightlife!
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Operations, Data Science, Business Management, Marketing, Sales
South East
September 2010
