GTS Offerings Support Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.5/5
  • The Role
    4.8
  • The Company
    4.3
  • The Culture
    4.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • I have worked for 4 years in the lower levels of IT before attending university and the amount of freedom offered by IBM to take on additional roles and responsibilities is second to none. Within IBM as an IT you are given a real role with real responsibilities, this is the real world and is worth doing as part of any degree. Also do not be afraid of trying something different as it is only for a year and you may learn something about yourself that you never knew.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • From the start you will be accepted as an IBMer, this applies both to your close work colleagues as well as your fellow Industrial Trainees. The friendships you will develop in your year with IBM will be carried with you the rest of your life.

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • The level of support in my role has been excellent and is certainly required at the start when adjusting to the new roles. They do encourage you to try research and solve the problem yourself before asking for support/guidance but they are always there if you need them.

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • I worked in a sales role so the levels varied throughout the year, however if you are willing there are plenty of additional roles available to help out with from one of events such as helping present to a client to day to day tasks working with the business finance teams.

    5/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • Understandably from the start you are given a lot of responsibility with the option to grow as the year progresses. My role started off with what I thought was a lot of responsibility but has managed to grow throughout the year as I have taken on additional roles such as the on-boarding of future Industrial Trainees

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • The skills I have acquired from IBM will be invaluable both in my degree and future, they have shown me that although I felt I was a purely technical person I do not have to be. The future is open as long as you are willing give it a try.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • With the flexible desks there are less people working in the IBM offices these days but I have managed to sit with the other ITs in a group on our floor and its never dull.

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Very well organized considering it is only for a year.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • The different courses that I was sent on by my manager was excellent along with access to all the different venders training books (Cisco, Microsoft,etc) and internal IBM education.

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    Above 25 days holiday

    Working from home

    4/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Will definitely be applying to the graduate scheme.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Excellent, the size of the Warwick site means that there is a large group of ITs but not too many that you loose track of people. There are plenty of events that we arranged from paintballing and go-karting to barbecues

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Leamington and Warwick are not cheap but if you get in contact with the other industrial trainees and do a little planning you can cut the costs as we found when we managed to rent a 4 bed terrace house for £200 each and with no council tax and split the bills between four it is cheap. I highly encourage anyone on the IT scheme to get in contact with fellow ITs as living on your own can get expensive.

    4/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Leamington Spa has some good nights out but its not that busy, however, Birmingham is just up the road and that is a good night out.

    4/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Indeed, the IBM club generally arranges events for the larger IBM community and we as ITs arranged plenty of events.

    4/5

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology, Marketing, Sales, Voluntary

West Midlands

April 2011


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