Biostatistician Review

Item: Biostatistician at GSK
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at GSK

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Analysis

Stevenage

Review Submitted: June 2023

Overall Rating

4.4 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

I work with large Clinical Trial data sets using SAS and R to help analyse this data and create reports to then feed back. I spend most of my time in R and Excel and also using PowerPoint to give my reports.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I have been in 2 departments here at GSK, in the first I didn't have much responsibility as it was all high priority work being done so I mainly shadowed other Statisticians. However, in my second rotation I have been given a lot of responsibility and am treated as an equal team member. I have also been able to contribute a lot of work to two scientific papers that will be published.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Learnt a lot of communication and working as a team, especially knowing when and who to ask for help when I'm stuck.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I received a lot of support during my placement, the hard part was knowing who and when to ask as sometimes this can be quite intimidating, but whenever I asked for help I was supported well.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

2/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

I think there's a really good company culture in my department. We are given realistic deadlines that sometimes we must work hard to meet but I don't feel overworked. There are also lots of different Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) which I take an active part in so this is a good way to meet people and feel comfortable at work.