Placement Student - Consumer Healthcare Global Change Team Review

Item: Placement Student - Consumer Healthcare Global Change Team at GSK
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at GSK

Placement (10 Months+)

Human Resources

London

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

4.7 /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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - 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.

- Change Impacts Analyses
- Working with different stakeholders
- Tracking on the progress for the separation readiness
- Support of the function

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - I was trusted enough to lead on some projects and meeting on my own

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Communication with different stakeholders,
Decision-making,
Creative problem-solving,
Simultaneously working on a number of projects,
Prioritization

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?

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 had amazing managers and colleagues, so I had outstanding ongoing support

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?

GSK and the new Consumer Health ( Haleon) company we are building have very different cultures. Plus, on project based assignments, you create your own culture within a team you are working with. Therefore, can not evaluate appropriately

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?

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?

Due to its nature, it was a very unique placement, so I enjoyed it massively. Working on one of the biggest business changes in history has been amazing and I met a lot of inspirational people. I also had a chance to work on other projects e.g in Employee Relations or Diversity and Inclusion space.