Pros: Started under Tech Transformation (Project Management), I asked the training lead if I could do Software Engineering (Modern Engineering). They allowed me and supported me in this change. That was in the first month, which shows the level of support you can get with the right people. Everyone is friendly and supportive, willing to help and go the extra mile to check on you. Training is very tailored to the project you're going to do. So, it is positive because it covers all the fundamentals, but negative because you initially have less of a say in what you want to learn.

Cons: There is documentation and a way to get help for everything. There is so much that sometimes it can be overwhelming. The starting salary is low compared to the average post-university engineering salary: £31,400.

Pros: One of the best and flexible working

Cons: Lack of growth opportunity and doesn't offer competitive salary.

Pros: Not many pros to report.

Cons: If you work here, be prepared for a wave of bureaucracy around every single internal process imaginable. The terrible mandatory ‘training’ you have to do that everyone just flicks through without actually reading. As an apprentice, you get absolutely minimal respect from both the apprentice team and the people on your project. The company pretends to care about its employees, but when I was suffering from mental health issues and had to take sick leave, upon my return, I was met with a barrage of abuse from the apprentice lead for Newcastle, saying I can’t take a single day off or do a single thing wrong or I’ll be fired on the spot, and criticizing me for needing time off. If you file a complaint with HR, expect it to come back to bite you. Unfair performance reviews. No recognition for anyone except bootlickers to senior people within the Newcastle management team. Terrible pay for the amount you do. Sub-par holiday allowance. All the benefits that were good have now been taken away. Very little opportunity for progression. Toxic work culture and a cut-throat environment with people fighting for scraps – this isn’t the 1990s; it shouldn’t be this way anymore. No real sense of being part of a team.