RSS Engineering Team Review
by IBM
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
3.8
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The Company
2.8
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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
The job was very enjoyable. Great team couldn't have asked for a better department and role.
Colleagues always valued by views.
Great management always willing to help.
Could have been challenged more, there were quiet periods.
More towards the end of placement.
Confidence grown, developed great range of skills.
The Company
Great atmosphere.
Very poor organisisation my start date changed several times. On my first day, management did not know I was starting. There was no induction until 3 weeks after my start date. I was highly dissapointed and thought there would be an employee that would look after students in their first few days.
I would say my department invested in me. The company as a whole did not I was never able to go to important trips due to a 'travel ban' on students.
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Subsidised/Company Gym
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Above 25 days holiday
Working from home
The graduate scheme is very poorly ran. Many companies throughout placement offer employment and invest in developing their placement students post placement. IBM on the other hand have not done this. There is a Industrial Trainee to Gradauate Scheme which tests students on skills that they have already shown throughout placement, the reason they have to go through this again during highly stressful periods of university is questionable. The feeback from the assessment centres is also EXTREMELY slow. I loved my placement with IBM and looked forward to a bright future with the company, clearly I was not what they were looking for. However, it makes my placement now seem worthless.
The Culture
Great.
Expensive.
Great.
Great.
Details
Yorkshire and Humberside
January 2009
