Systems Sales Operation Specialist Review

Item: Systems Sales Operation Specialist at IBM
Rating: 3.1
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

London

Review Submitted: June 2021

Overall Rating

3.1 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

3/5 - Support and Guidance

2.3/5 - Company Culture

2.5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

On a day to day basis my role involved providing sales reports to managers to aid in tracking sales performance and to gain/keep operational control.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, providing reporting is quite a substantial part of running a business.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Developed team working skills and gained a lot of excel skills.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Received some guidance and support, however due to pandemic reasons there was a lot of personal change within the department which caused the support and guidance to be rather minimal at times.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

3/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

3/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

People were always very friendly. Some go above and beyond to help you if you have issues.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

3/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

1/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

2/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

3/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I think overall it was a very valuable experience. However, the circumstances with the pandemic have made it a tough year, where there was very little enjoyment at times due to the repetitiveness of the role and the limitations to try other things.