Intern Technology Engineer Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
3 /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!
1/5
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
1.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
The amount of work that you take on is pretty self driven. You find a project to work on, shadow on the calls for that project, complete separate tasks known as "giveback", and have time to spend on self-learning.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
To an extent yes, but you are able to control how much responsibliity you actually want to be given.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
1/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
My programming's better and I have some understanding of enterprise related software.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
There's not really an official onboarding for the scheme I'm on, so it took a few months of piecing things together just from calls with other employees.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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?
There seems to be a lot of grievances against the company, and a definite sense fo hopelessness that it's impossible for things to get better. IBM is a corporation and decisions on how we work are made by people we'll never even meet, so complaining about them is impossible to an extent.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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 didn't really enjoy this placement. IBM feels like the peak of mindless corporate culture and its made me reconsider studying Computer Science. Your job feels absolutely meaningless, as does the jobs of everyone around you. It feels like contribute absolutely nothing to society.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
1/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
If you want to work at IBM forever, this is the place for you. You can very easily transition into starting a lifelong career here from your placement.
