Summer Intern Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    4.1
  • The Company
    3.1
  • The Culture
    2.8

    The Role

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

    • Insightful to the company and industry.

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

    • Everyone on the project made me feel very welcome and gave up their time to help me and chat to me about their work

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

    • Pete Graham took an active interest into my work and my personal future but also gave me the independence to work for myself

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

    • Some waiting around between experiments, particularly slow at the beginning of the placement as wasn't enough to do

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

    • I was allowed to work independently and when Dave Littlewood was away on holiday I took responsibility for his work too for 2 weeks

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

    • Has given me a good reference for my CV and broadened my experience within types of equipment etc in chemistry. Too early to tell how useful that will be! Presentation experience etc all very useful

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Some of the process science office were quite cliquey and interaction with them was very limited. Appeared to be areas of tension between some people

    2/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Quite well organised but evident that it was the first year for the placement to be linked in with the grad scheme.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Gave me presentations allowing insight into other areas of the company. In particular it felt that Pete Graham invested his time and advice.

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

    • Flexi Time

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

    • I was offered a placement on the assessment day for the graduate scheme but will not be taking it as I wish to pursue a PhD first. Also been discussion about returning for another placement next summer.

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • It was quite good but there are few young people on site and the others on the summer scheme were mainly from the same university and predominantly male!

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Pretty similar to Manchester given that it is the same area of the country!

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

    • 3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • We went to the cinema a few weeks and had a few nights out. But given that it was a relatively short placement it was fine. I expect with longer to get to know people, things like that would increase.

    2/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Chemistry, Consumer Products/FMCG, Science

North West

November 2010

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