Student research scientist Review
at Lubrizol
Placement (10 Months+)
Chemistry
Manchester
Review Submitted: July 2023
Overall Rating
2.9 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
2.8/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
1/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
A day will be composed of one or two organic syntheses and monitoring these reactions. Data analysis conducted parallel to these experiments. Further tasks include laboratory administration.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes - carried out personally designed experiments and were responsible for some key laboratory tasks.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Presentations
Decision making
Safe laboratory work
Data analysis
Decision making
Safe laboratory work
Data analysis
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
2/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
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
2/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Regular one-to-one meetings and constant communication with supervisors.
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?
A great office environment with everyone trying to reach the same objectives as a team. However, it felt like the team was separated from the rest of the company’s ambitions and communications.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
1/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved the people I worked with but felt that I did not achieve my full potential in the placement.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Lubrizol
1/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Lubrizol to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Lubrizol
For this role, there are a lot of organic syntheses and so you have to love them. You need to be safety-minded. Relevant chemistry knowledge is not absolutely necessary.
Student Placement - Analytical and Physical Science Department
at Lubrizol
- Placement (10 Months+)
- Derby
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4.8
