Manufacturing Engineering Intern Review

by Rolls-Royce

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Rating

2.1/5
  • The Role
    3.1
  • The Company
    1.5
  • The Culture
    1.5

    The Role

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

    • Overall I quite enjoyed the experience, I learned a fair bit and it was a nice place to work. However organisation was poor, especially by HR who failed to arrange IT for me resulting in a week of me doing nothing.

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

    • The vast majority of my colleagues treated me very well, including me in office jokes and helping me out when needed. A few were a bit patronising.

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

    • My manager barely spoke to me throughout my placement and at one point forgot my name. He assigned a contractor to work with me (who was very nice and very helpful) and that was about it.

    2/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Quite a lot of the time I had nothing to do because I was stuck waiting on other people and hadn't been given any other work to do. When I asked my colleagues whether there was anything I could do to help them they responded either that they had no work to do themselves or that there wasn't any way I could help them.

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was given responsibility for running a small project, and given freedom to conduct trials and pursue whatever I thought was the most promising.

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

    • I received no training, but I gained some useful skills in project planning, design of experiments, and reading engineering drawings.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • The atmosphere was pretty nice, with plenty of friendly office banter and cake on people's birthdays.

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

    • The whole thing was very badly organised. HR told me my IT had been set up but hadn't actually done it, so I spent a week doing nothing. My manager clearly hadn't planned what I was going to be doing and gave me only a very vague project outline.

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

    • There was no training.

    1/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

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

    • 3/5

    The Culture

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

    • There were only a couple of other students on site, and we were all on different schemes. We were not introduced to each other, and there were no organised event or social activities.

    2/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Accommodation was pretty cheap, but a long way from the site, and transport costs were high. There wasn't much opportunity for socialising.

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

    • No idea, probably not very good.

    2/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • There were no activities outside of work.

    1/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Operations, Manufacturing

East Midlands

September 2014

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