Financial analyst Review

by IBM

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Rating

2.7/5
  • The Role
    2.2
  • The Company
    2.8
  • The Culture
    3.4

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • I did enjoy the external opportunities outside of my job role. Such as careers events and give back schemes. However I found my job role very repetitive and found my self over worked due to having too much working being added to my role through out the year.

    2/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I found the intern community very friendly, however my immediate team were hard to communicate with. This made problems through out the year with communicating their issues in time for resolution. I found my team in other offices very kind and helpful when visiting and appreciated and encouraged by email.

    2/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • I had very little support from my immediate manager, i also found it very hard to get help when I needed it during my initial three months.

    1/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • I found my self very busy and unable to complete all of my daily, weekly and monthly tasks with in my contract hours. Making the year very stressful especially when no help was available.

    1/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was given lots of responsibilities with invoicing and reporting.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • It helped me gain experience in excel, which i believe will help me with further studies and future jobs. I also gained useful professional interpersonal skills which will help me in future work environments. I think i gained mainly life skills such as working with a range of people and learning how to be diligent and hard working.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Not very social or inviting however this is expected in an office.

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Well set up through the foundation team, welcoming event and information was passed on well through out the year.

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I had one training course which was for accounting practices, this was well set up however not useful for me as I had already covered it in my degree.

    1/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Financial Bonus

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Working from home
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I would like to try the wider IBM as i believe my placement is not accurate for the business as a whole.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Really good experience

    4/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • N/A I lived at home

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Average

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yes there is always something going on with giveback opportunities

    5/5
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Placement (10 Months+)

South East

May 2018

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