IT Placement Engineer Review

Item: IT Placement Engineer at TJX Europe
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at TJX Europe

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science

Watford

Review Submitted: September 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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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 was an engineer within the Global Buying tools division. I was given tasks on the in house applications, like adding features and fixing bugs. I also worked on the APIs and did testing

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I wasn't given many big tasks but there were a couple. One that stood out was trying to replace a software library with another one. Overall, it was mainly low risk, low responsibility 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?

I learnt how a business runs using the scaled agile framework. I also learnt C#, Blazor and the .NET framework in general. I also developed a practical application of my coding skills

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?

4/5

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?

I started in a team where support wasn't great as they were too busy and based in America. When I moved teams however, support was great. I had a dedicated 1 on 1 mentor who would take the time to explain things to me and help me whenever I needed.

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

5/5

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

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The culture was very pleasant. Everyone was extremely friendly and was encouraged to reach out to anyone we liked. I never felt uncomfortable reaching out to someone high ranking. There were also plenty of social events that were very fun, especially Red Nose Day. Everyone in the office was friendly and there were many pub trips

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?

5/5

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

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed my placement overall. I was unfortunately put into a team that wasn't right for me at the beginning, however upon request, they moved me to a team that was a much better fit. I met some lovely people and made some great friends. I've gained incredible industry experience in not only IT but also retail and such a large company.