Application Developer Intern Review

by J.P. Morgan

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Rating

1.7/5
  • The Role
    2.0
  • The Company
    0.5
  • The Culture
    2.6

    The Role

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

    • Unworkable work environment (if you are AD expect your IDE to type character a few seconds, waiting for the environment for long time, not ready when joined), terrible HR (I can't tell enough about it), wasting of your time with training you that you shouldn't set up 5 letter password, don't expect any interesting discussion about computer science.

    1/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • My group was OK, but I know of many that saw their line managers once fortnight.

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

    • Chaotic, chaotic, chaotic, no real learning outcome.

    1/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • They expect you to stay at least 1 hour for free every day. Very nice.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • 3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Training only consist of required fraud detection, bribery, etc., quite brain washing and takes considerable amount of time. Otherwise, if you even seek domain training, like coding in certain language then it's disgraceful - advanced python was like introduction to python, some courses are just tests, and the courses will have cost attached beyond reason which require managers approval.

    1/5

    The Company

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

    • Walls have ears, watch yourself to not say anything not professional or you will have HR and your manager on your head in 5 minutes escalating to the CEO himself. I got sick of that, the atmosphere is full of fakery and traitors. Interns are generally nice bunch, but be careful with others, most will be nice, but there is always snake lurking somewhere waiting to turn your life into misery.

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Total chaos.

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

    • I didn't get any value out of what was organized, total nonsense, oriented towards people who can't code at all, and who you can see all around the company. Also lots of funky-bunky staff like meet whatever senior person and hear the same thing for 10th time.

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

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

    • You can get an offer for CDP that is in the same place, but you are placed in a pool of candidates, so you don't know what team even you'll join. CDP is basically 26 months internship.

    1/5

    The Culture

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

    • 3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • 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?

    • Yes, but nothing interesting. However, Bournemouth is interesting area to explore.

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

East of England

August 2015

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