IBM

A big company on your CV.

If you join as an early professional on the foundation scheme, you are likely to be working with other students from both similar and diverse backgrounds.

The staff canteen was spacious.

Being able to work from home.

• Micromanagement and low salary in comparison to the industry average.
• More open lines of communication with management are required, e.g., clarification of work objectives.
• Lack of training.
• Cutthroat policy demonstrated by management, with a lack of support provided to early professionals concerning relocation.
• Lack of meaningful work, which involved endless mundane and repetitive tasks instructed by my line manager, with no clarification provided as to why these tasks were important.
• Dull office environment and atmosphere.
• Blame culture and toxic working environment.

More support and opportunities should be provided to early professionals if you want to retain talented people.