European Communications Co-ordinator Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.

Rating

3.5/5

The Role

3.8
The Company

3.2
The Culture

3.4

The Role

1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

I learnt a lot of skills and made a good amount of contacts

4/5

2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

I felt my work was not necessarily 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.

4/5

3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

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.

5/5

4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

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.

3/5

5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

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.

4/5

6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

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.

5/5

The Company

7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

Depending on how busy everyone was depended how noisy or fun it was. A good balance as all interns sat together which was great!

3/5

8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

Quite well organised but some errors as I am sure most placements have. Good support system though should anything go wrong.

4/5

9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

I feel the company invest 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.

3/5

10. What were the perks on your work placement?

Flexi Time

Subsidised Canteen

Company Parties/Events

4/5

11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

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.

3/5

The Culture

12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

Got on very well with the interns in my base location and so great social scene.

4/5

13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

London, so very expensive but also still affordable thanks to our salary.

2/5

14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

Central London on ly a short tube journey away was perfect!

5/5

15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

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.

3/5

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