Retail internship Review

Item: Retail internship at Tesco plc
Rating: 3.7
Author: Anonymous

at Tesco plc

Internship (1 Month+)

Customer Service

Welwyn

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

3.7 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.3/5 - 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.

Our internship was based on a shift leader role, however my role on a day to day basis included exploring the retail business further experiencing other parts of the business expanding my knowledge.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes we were given a variety of responsibilities during the internship more store based specifically than a role based responsibility from the internship.

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 have learnt a lot about how to network, ways to develop relations and communication with other peers. I have been able to develop my personal and working skills further to progress in development pathways.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

3/5

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?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

This is where I felt the internship fell short, the guidance and communication received from those organising the internship was very minimal and not structured. We were left very much to our own devices and up to the description of our store managers in helping to build a programme for the duration of the internship.

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?

2/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

It was good, these aspects where not a worry and a part of the internship that worked well.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

2/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

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

2/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed my internship mostly due to the connection and understanding I was able to build whilst on the programme. Therefore really enjoyed it, but do however feel if this understanding wasn’t found the internship outcome would have been very different.