Technology Intern Review

by abrdn

This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.

Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

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

    • The internship has been fantastic! Living with the other interns and a friendly work enviroment have mean that the 10 weeks have been thoroughly enjoyable, and have shown Standard Life to genuinely care about their employees.

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

    • All of my colleagues have been really helpful, I'm yet to meet anyone, whether it be in my department or not, who wouldn't help me.

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

    • The buddy system is excellent. Unfortunately my project was remodelled and so a lot of my work was lost and it was a busy time of the year so my manager didn't have a lot of time to come up with a new project for me. My buddy then took it upon himself to find pieces of work for me to do and for that I'm extemely grateful.

    3/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • My original project was to update a weekly news bulletin everyweek so on the day before and the day of the release I was busy, the other days were spent contacting people so they were less strenuous. However since the project was remodelled I have had a lot more down time, which I am managing to fill but it'd be nice to be doing another project not just bits and pieces.

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

    • I was allowed to edit certain pages on sharepoint but not a huge amount so I still had to ask people with higher levels of permissions then me to do some tasks.

    2/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I believe my level of persistence has increased dramatically, as I have had to contact some people numerous times inorder obtain certain documents. This will really benefit me later in life as it has shown me that I must be more forceful if I want things to be done.

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Generally there is a very relaxed feel and everybody was really firendly, making it a great working environment.

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

    • I do feel that the project I was given wasn't increadibly well thought through and that there wasn't a great amount of structure to my internship. However the learning and development sessions have been very beneficial and will influence my life in the future.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The company has been fantastic with regard to personal development. Having weekly development meetings and performing strengths finders has meant that I really feel as though I have grown in my 10 weeks.

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

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

    • They are very appealling, I'm yet to meet anyone that has a bad word to say about SLI and it really seems as though this company cares for each and every one of its employees.

    5/5

    The Culture

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

    • Living with the other interns has meant that I've made some fantastic friends, the placement has been way over expectations in this respect.

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

    • Coming to Edinburgh I was expecting everything to be very expensive, as many people have described it as London prices. I was however very pleased to find this was not so, everything was ersonably priced whereever you go.

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • I didn't go out with anybody in the department out side of work, I would've had the option been there.

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yes there were many different opportunities to socialise and play sports with the other interns.

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Information Technology

Scotland

August 2015

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