Enginee Review

Item: Enginee at TJX Europe
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at TJX Europe

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

Watford

Review Submitted: September 2023

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

• Understanding and practising an Agile way of working.
• Carrying out the back-end development of a core enterprise system.
• Training and working with HTML, CSS, Telerik, C#, JavaScript, and many more.
• Meeting with stakeholders to discuss system requirements.
• Using Jira, Kanban, and GitHub.
• Pair programming with other team members.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given work that is actually being contributed to the improvement of the company. We were given the work at the same basis as full-time employees. This showed the trust the company had towards us to give such responsibility.

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/adopted the Agile way of working.
- Immense training on C#. This also went hand in hand with my software development skills being developed.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

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?

5/5

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?

There was support and guidance available anytime it was needed. From both my own team as well as teams in other department as I was interested in their work.

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

4/5

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?

The company culture and general atmosphere is extremely comfortable. All employees are very welcoming and kind. There is heavy influence on networking as there are many social events throughout the year.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed my placement quite a lot. It was an amazing experience. I had learnt a lot about the different career routes I could take whilst expanding on my skills as a software developer. All team me members and the IT department are very welcoming and always open for a chat.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at TJX Europe

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend TJX Europe to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to TJX Europe

It is an extremely welcoming and comfortable atmosphere. As long as you are trying your best and delivering what is needed you will have a great time.

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