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ESR Support Analyst Review

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Management Consulting

Warwick

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

4.8 /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
5/5 - Skills Development
4.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
As a Junior Support Analyst my role is to support the ESR service and all its modules. This involves triaging, distributing, and managing customer support requests whilst working to avoid customer escalations and providing work-arounds to issues experienced by the ESR user base. I also gather statistics, metrics and ensure the team are achieving their SLAs and not failing KPIs by running various SQL statements and producing management reports. At times, the ESR account can be unpredictable thus I also assist senior team members to carry out major, scheduled activity such as organisations merges and movements, interface extracts and any other ad hoc activity and support in the resolution of major incidents by co-ordinating deployment, fix and customer communication activities.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, as a key member of the team I was given tasks with high responsibility such as deploying work orders into the live environment. Furthermore, my reporting tasks were pivotal in ensuring the account doesn't breach its SLAs and face large financial penalties.
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?
Yes
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I had a task manager who guided me and helped me on my day to day jobs within the ESR Account. I also had a foundation manager who was my first point of call with the IBM side of things.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
IBM are a very inclusive company and I couldn't be any more proud to work for them. They value each person as their own and are tremendously supportive.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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 had a tremendous experience at IBM. The experience I have gained is invaluable and I am grateful to have had the opportunity.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
I would advise people to be themselves and express themselves when applying. Make sure you do your research when applying,
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