People Operations Assistant Review
at FDM Group
Placement (10 Months+)
Human Resources
Leeds
Review Submitted: July 2022
Overall Rating
3.8 /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!
4/5
-
Overview of Role
4/5
-
Skills Development
4/5
-
Support and Guidance
4/5
-
Company Culture
4.5/5
-
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.
Answering emails from the People Team Inbox
Approving holidays for employees
Project work - reworking policies and dealing with employment law
Interviewing employees and onboarding them (incl. induction)
Contract creation
Dealing with Payroll processes (Joiners, movers, leavers)
Approving holidays for employees
Project work - reworking policies and dealing with employment law
Interviewing employees and onboarding them (incl. induction)
Contract creation
Dealing with Payroll processes (Joiners, movers, leavers)
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Had responsibility of a payroll process, leading a project, being a SCRUM master.
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?
Built upon communication skills, pre-existing HR knowledge, Professional skills and writing.
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?
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?
Had great support throughout the placement with questions being answered and support with workloads between University and the placement.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Company culture is good, a relaxed environment however, it is firm but fair.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
The placement was enjoyable throughout however, the work did get repetitive and stale after 8 months, some different tasks would have been more beneficial than constant everyday tasks month in month out - there is admin that needs to be done but, there was work where I could have been involved with.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at FDM Group
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend FDM Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to FDM Group
Be yourself and don't be afraid to ask questions even at the interview stage
