Business improvement techniques, operations apprenticeship Review
at Amazon
Level 2 Apprenticeship
Engineering
Derbyshire
Review Submitted: April 2022
Overall Rating
0.8 /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!
1/5
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Overview of Role
1/5
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Skills Development
1/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
1/5
For 12 months I would arrive at work and would be directed & sent to a packing station, where I would continuously ask pack single items into a box for a 10 hour shift all day and all week
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
1/5
Gained a qualification but didn’t enjoy the racial discrimination, and watching others getting more training and development based on ethnic background
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
1/5
I learn skills taught by the learning provider through online learning , these could have easily been learnt myself by reading a book, as non of the skills I learnt where applied to job role
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
1/5
In the work place - nobody knew anything about the apprenticeship, it was like talking to yourself.
The online learning was the only learning that was organised
The online learning was the only learning that was organised
How much support do you receive from your employer?
1/5
After complaining and highlighting the discrimination there was some support, but not much, if I was born a different skin colour there would have been more help in training
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
1/5
There normal amount as the online learning was quite easy and the only training provided
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
1/5
It’s quite useless if your stuck on a packing station for over a year watching others being rotated and trained based of skin colour
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
1/5
Non
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Get paid and go home
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon?
If your Asian or black there aren’t many opportunities as those of white English & European are favoured for training & developement .
