Operations Management Placement Student Review
at Gist Ltd
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management
Bristol
Review Submitted: October 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
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Helping managers to run the operation either from the warehouse floor, or in the office in transport. This involved maintain, and trying to improve upon daily targets, managing a team of warehouse operatives/drivers, and completing various admin tasks.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
The more I learnt, the more responsibilities I was given. Management of the team and helping to run the warehouse were probably 2 of the biggest responsibilities I handled during my placement.
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?
My Communication and leadership skills were greatly improved upon. I also learnt more about incident investigation, conflict management/resolution and diversity and inclusion.
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?
Gist link you with a mentor and a placement buddy from the day you start. Along with your line manager and colleagues at work, you always feel you have someone to turn to no matter what the situation.
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?
At my site in particular, there was a great sense of community, as many of the people there had worked in the depot for many years. The learning and development team also do an amazing job of building of strong culture of development among the placement, grads and degree apprentices.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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 very much enjoyed my placement, the core reason being the people I worked with. I can stress enough how wonderful the people at the Bristol depot were during my time there.
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 Gist Ltd
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Gist Ltd to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Gist Ltd
Utilise the connections with your mentor and placement buddy as much as you can. They are both very experienced in the industry and the placement buddies are made up of a group of graduates who have since rolled off the scheme. I would also suggest trying to visit as many sites in the network as possible, and see how different ways of managing the operation suits different workforces.
