Graduate Data Scientist Review

Overall, the grad scheme was very strong at NESO, with fair remuneration and a wide array of teams to gain experience in. A particular pro about NESO is being able to go on secondment in your second placement to be able to experience working for a different company in a role you might not have expected for yourself. This was a great development opportunity and not something found in many other grad schemes.

Within my stream the main roles and responsibilities were around data analysis, engineering and coding on a day-to-day basis.

It is likely you will only find better grad scheme pay with banks or contracting.

One of the few down-sides to the grad scheme is that a lot of teams within NESO are technically behind, meaning it is difficult to be pushed unless you're in one of the few teams that are dedicated to data science.

There is a good support system in place, with buddies and talent coordinators, but communication from Early Careers can be poor and often led to significant stress amongst the cohort.

There are few companies that promote a healthier work-life balance than NESO.

The culture and values are clear and strong, many of the staff are friendly and eager to share knowledge. There is a healthy hybrid working scheme in place too.

I have always found NESO to be very progressive and make strong efforts towards proper DEI.

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It is a fantastic place to work with great remuneration, and many opportunities to explore if you aren't clear on your career path, or what interests you.

As mentioned previously, a disappointing factor was not working in teams with stronger technical strength within NESO. Placements felt more like business intelligence roles where you could bring data science knowledge to the table.