LS SWG Operations Support 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
3.7
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The Company
2.7
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The Culture
3.8
- 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
I learnt a lot of skills and made a good amount of contacts
I felt my work was not necesserily valued but I also learnt that my team looked after me in terms of help to develop myself, shadowing and advice very very well. So in this sense like family.
I was always given support in my work, anything I didn't understand. Not being judged if I didn't understand and also help to develop an idea of where I would like my career to go.
I had days where i really had nothing to do and wasn't given anything by my manager, but became pro active in taking this time to do shadowing or work on other things and so a medium balance I felt.
In my first 6 months I felt a great deal of responsibility, not too much in the sense I was swamped but enough to feel I added value which I feel lacked in the second half of my placement year due to a change in manager.
I gave 9 because I have learnt many things about myself and also about the way to approach different people and different types of work. However, these skills I don't feel are very useful towards my degree, but in my career and after I have graduated they will help a lot.
The Company
Depending on how busy everyone was depended how noisy or fun it was. A good balance as all interns sat together which was great!
Quite well organised but some errors as I am sure most placements have. Good support system though should anything go wrong.
I feel the yinvest much more in apprentices and graduates than they do interns. Which is understandable as they are full time and we are here for a year however, if they invested more into interns I believe their intake of interns would be a lot greater as we would have developed a knowledge of the company a lot more.
Financial Bonus
Company Parties/Events
Working from home
Have the chance to apply back before external candidates however, Not a very high chance of getting back 25% of interns come back. Not a large intake and therefore may be not as appealing as the chances are not too high.
The Culture
Got on very well with the interns in my base location and so great social scene.
London, so very expensive but also still affordable thanks to our salary.
Central London on ly a short tube journey away was perfect!
Activities in terms of giveback was good to get the chance to 'giveback' to the community ie, interviewing year 11 students etc. Also corporate games a chance to get involved which is great.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Logistics and Operations, Sales
London
May 2014
