Mechanical Engineering Industrial Placement Review
by BAE Systems
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
5.0
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The Company
5.0
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The Culture
5.0
- 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
Fantastic; really enjoyed myself and don't want to leave!! Great graduate community of 60+ people who get involved in loads of extra community projects together.
Felt respected and trusted to do challenging work; treated as part of the team.
Graduate manager supports anything you want to do that will help you to develop and therefore benefit the company. Have been on some really good training courses; including two weeks at HMS Collingwood on a Royal Navy training course which all graduates have the chance to do- best training course ever so much fun!! You also have a discipline manager who helps you choose your 4 different areas to work in.
Always had something worthwhile to do.
The responsibility built up- the structure of the year here is that you can move placements every 3 months to a new area if you want to and each time I looked for more of a challenge and was given more responsibility. If you want to lead projects you can.
Greatly, I have done so much in my time here and learnt so much both in the work I've done and the courses I've been able to do.
The Company
Good fun; everyone's really friendly and get to meet so many people
Amazingly organised! During the time here you do more than one placement. Your first placement is organised for when you arrive then it's up to you to choose where and when you want to move and you can move to another discipline- if you start doing engineering you can try out project management. Plenty of opportunites throughout the company to choose from.
Any training we wanted to do, as long as we could justify why, we were allowed to. As I said before, they sent us on a Navy course which cost a fortune!
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
National Travel
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Above 25 days holiday
Healthcare/Dental
Definately looking at coming back! Had an amazing time here
The Culture
Fantastic! 60+ graudates and placement students so great nights out always people around!
So cheap, renting a 2 bed house within walking distance of the town and work for £350
Had so many really good fun nights out since I've been here!!
It's hard not to get involved with the activities; such a range of different things that you can do, organising quizzes, helping promote engineering in schools and charity work all of which is recognised by the management
Details
Engineering
West Midlands
June 2008
