IT Services Analyst Review
by Cisco
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.6
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The Company
4.6
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The Culture
4.4
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Such a valuable experience in both my education and my future career.
Cisco has a well known statement "The Cisco Family", I believe this shows the scale at which you are valued.
Whenever I needed support or guidence my manager was always there for me, if they were busy then there is always someone that is willing to help.
More towards a perfect balance for sure, Cisco is a huge global company so you tend to work some early and late hours (meetings with Australians and Americans respectively). However, the flexible hours means you can easily make that time up elsewhere by working a half day or having that crucial lie in.
Right from the start of the placement I was given huge amounts of trust and responsibility, it's a great feeling and you are always supported by colleagues and managers alike.
Taking this placement has helped my focus my career ideas and I have chosen specific final year modules to suit the work I did on placement. Cisco love to hire back interns as graduates, I am maximizing my chances as much as possible.
The Company
It doesn't feel like work, everyone is so friendly around the office, the social activities are great and you get a real sense of being one of the team.
We were some of the first batch of interns to join Cisco in the UK. Having said that the efforts that the placement team put together were extremely good.
The firm invested a lot of time and effort into myself as an Intern and there were vast opportunities of training, so much in fact I did not have enough time to complete them all.
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
National Travel
International Travel
Company Parties/Events
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
Cisco are currently driving both Intern and Graduate schemes so they are very keen on hiring young potential back to the business.
The Culture
With a total of ten annual interns there was enough of a crowd of us to have a good social scene between us, but even more so with the social and charity activities that Cisco manage.
Living in London is rather expensive, however the benefits of the placement easily out weigh this small issue.
London and the surrounding boroughs have every possible need.
Lots of social and charity opportunities.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
London
July 2012
