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Rating
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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 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
It was not the hardest job I have ever done. Unlike working in retail, working in the office in a banking nevironment is much more relaxed. I mean, everyone on my team are very senior directors and extremely busy so they did not have a lot of time for me.
Did not contribute much to their day to day tasks. It was not my fault, on several occasions I have emailed them for work to get on with and recieved no response. Did in the end get invoved with admin work which I am helping them with at the moment
Everyone was very helpful and guided me on how to do a task correctly
I would say I had very little work so had to extend the time I spent on a piece of work which was not very demanding or time consuming.
Not very much.
I did understand the professional banking environment and how to dress and how to talk/act in public settings as well as meetings
The Company
Despite everyone being extremely busy and caught up with their work, they reamined to have moments of happiness and chit chat about current affairs in the news as well as gossip in the office.Despite everyone being extremely busy and caught up with their work, they reamined to have moments of happiness and chit chat about current affairs in the news as well as gossip in the office.
It was fine. I mean my manager was new to LBG but he managed to keep himself well informed baout the lloyds scholars programme.He was very helpful. It was fine. I mean my manager was new to LBG but he managed to keep himself well informed baout the lloyds scholars programme.
Not very much. I mean I got to shadow on the trading floor at 10 Gresham street but that is about it with personal devleopment aqnd training only took place on the first day before work. Not very much. I mean I got to shadow on the trading floor at 10 Gresham street but that is about it with personal devleopment aqnd training only took place on the first day before work.
Company Parties/Events
I am not too sure about career path. Still considering all my options available to me.
The Culture
Yeah we all lived in Dinwiddy and so a Whatsapp group chat was created which we announced days we were going out to bars/clubs
Not bad at all. Lloyds payed us a great wage as well as paid for our accomodation in London which meant we had a lot of disposable income.
I did not go out very often but everyone else seemed to have a great time in london
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
August 2015