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Learned a lot and met great people, but it felt old-fashioned. It needs a modern approach to work

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at IBM for 1 year
March 27, 2017
Galway, Ireland
3.0
Pros

Great people; I learned a lot over the course of my internship. I had a mentor assigned to me that I could ask all the basic questions to at the beginning, without feeling stupid. After a small amount of time, the questions were few and far between. Fun work outings, sports, etc.

Cons

The office was very old-fashioned, boring, and lacking life. However, I believe this was expected to change to a more open-plan layout. I worked with teams remotely instead of working with those who were sitting right beside me. There was a huge workload, which left little time to unwind. There was not enough opportunity to be creative, perhaps due to working in automated testing.

Advice to Management

Make the office more fun, social, and a happier place to be.

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