R&D Packaging Placement Year Review

Item: R&D Packaging Placement Year at PepsiCo
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at PepsiCo

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing

Leicester

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.6 /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

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - 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.

Joined project calls, completed R&D packaging tests, produced reports and analysed the data to make decisions on how to best move forward with the project.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I was given my own projects to run as a packaging engineer. I also got many opportunities to further my professional development and increase my responsibilities as required.

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?

Developed confidence to share my opinions to help projects progress, built on team working, leadership and communication skills and learnt more about the food industry and how it works as a cross functional company.

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?

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 got a good level of support, with frequent meetings with the First Gen team (who organise the placement scheme in the company) and my manager

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very hardworking but rewarding.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

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 very much and would recommend anyone looking to learn more about the food industry. It has been a great opportunity and has allowed me to get an insight on what a full time corporate job is like.