Pros
- You get to experience lots of sides of the business, for example sales and screening - You get to see areas of various industries that you may not have even heard of before - If you can show potential, they will invest time in you to try out things you may be interested in, e.g. Meeting clients or presenting to companies - A nice place to work in terms of little competition or office politics - Great social aspect with regular office drinks and outings -Fairly target-driven, for example a lunch at The Shard if employees reach their targets -A small company which means your opinion is heard and often you can get involved in being discussions about the business and big decisions -A good place to do a placement if you are unsure what sector to go into and if you'd like to see how a company works without being thrown into a massive corporate Overall a very pleasant year on placement. A nice company with a good team collaboration.
Cons
-Often repetitive and tedious work - Because it is a small company, you can often be working on top of each other and there is no HR to speak to when you have an issue -Long hours and working late which often goes unappreciated -Quite underpaid for the amount of work you put in with an unfair bonus system due to favourism