IT 2nd level server and network administrator Review

by 3M

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Rating

3.7/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.4
  • The Culture
    3.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • As someone who is very technically oriented, I really enjoyed working at 3M, due to the wide and varied role that I had, the people that I was working with, and the responsibility that I was given.

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Colleagues were very pleased to have the introduction of my team, and I was very warmly welcomed and included in social activities outside of work.

    4/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • My manager was very supportive and we had regular review meetings to discuss work that was going on to ensure that I was getting on ok, and that I was being given the experience that I wanted.

    4/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • The level of busyness was fairly varied - sometimes incidents came through very fast, but sometimes support was very quiet.

    4/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • My team was placed between a 24 hour operations team that monitored the servers and network links, and the 3rd level application and systems specialists. We were given a large amount of responsibility in terms of detecting potential major incidents, and on occasion, I ended up leading the resolution of major service impacting incidents.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Throughout the year I gained a great deal of experience in server 2003 administration, network theory and practice, hardware, and general computing theory, and all of these will help me at university and beyond.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Really good atmosphere within IT as a whole due to a busy program of organised social events. The number of students within the whole of 3M from marketing etc helped as well.

    4/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • My manager had organised a full training schedule for when I arrived, and I was provided with great support all through the year.

    4/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • No external formal training courses were provided, so most training was on the job by third level team members, however I was also taken to a warehouse to see the infrastructure in the ordering systems, had regular overviews of the work of other parts of IT, and people were more than happy to support any learning that I did want to carry out (eg learning Perl programming language)

    4/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Sports and Social Club

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events

    Staff Sales/Staff Shop

    3/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • If I decided to follow an IT career after university, I would definitely consider returning to 3M.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • approx 30 placement students work at 3M Bracknell, so there is an excellent social scene, and there are also a large number of recent graduates within IT.

    4/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • I shared a house with 3 other placement students that I met on facebook, and rent was a reasonable amount. Going out, however, required a taxi back from reading or wokingham, which is quite expensive.

    3/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Dead in Bracknell, but lots of pubs in Wokingham, and usual student fayre in reading.

    2/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Lots of organised and sometimes subsidised social activities within 3M IT, which were always well attended and good fun.

    4/5

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology

Scotland

September 2008


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