Business Management and Marketing Assistant for Smart Communications Review
at Panasonic
Placement (10 Months+)
Marketing, Business Management
Bracknell
Review Submitted: July 2025
Overall Rating
3.6 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Checking stock levels, managing loan stock, communicating with sales team regarding inbound stock, helping with PR activities, raising orders and tasks.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I was given responsibility by my manager, with myself having to be proactive most of the time. Given tasks and projects to work on indepedantly.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Excel, SAP, communication, data analysis, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, working in a team.
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?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I received some guidance and support but would have appreciated more support from my manager. At points I felt quite unsupported. Going forward I think having set 1:1's maybe weekly/every couple of weeks would have been beneficial as a way to have felt more supported.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company atmosphere was friendly and people were approachable, if I ever had issues I felt as though there was always someone to go to that would be able to help me. There was a hard working atmosphere too which was a good environment to be in.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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 did enjoy my placement and I appreciate the skills and experience that it gave me however I think I could have been given more opportunities throughout this year.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Panasonic
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Panasonic to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Panasonic
It is a very welcoming company and the people that work there are very nice and helpful hwoever you have to be proactive and ask to help/ask for tasks throughout the year.
