Pros
As a placement student in R&D I was fortunate to have a very supportive manager in the KY/Durex team who gave me a lot responsibility in running stability trials, designing formulations and planning projects. However, before I starting working in this team my previous team was disbanded just a couple of months into my placement, and just months after to team had been formed. On that basis: Pros - fast paced: the company carry out projects and develop products very quickly and this makes for a very exciting and dynamic environment. I was able to see a project from feasibility to industrialisation in the year I was there. - generally friendly work atmosphere. - any unnecessary bureacracy that does exist is easy to get around.
Cons
- constant structural reorganisation in some areas can hinder progress.
