Company: IBM
Date: 2012-07-20
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

My experience as apprentices is great but it really depends on the people you work with.
Pros: It's a big recognized company which will offer many opportunities. Not inside the firm because they do not hire, but after for your job search. If you are lucky enough to be in a good department, like marketing department, you will have some benefits such as 
- the possibility to work at home from time to time, you get a laptop which you can carry everywhere.
- having flexible working hours : no one will stare at you or make a not funny joke about the time you arrive / leave at you workplace. As long your job is well done nothing else matter.

Like I say before, people you work with are the key. I have an amazing team. They trust me, my work and I have responsabilities, interesting projects, I learn a lot.
Cons: Like every big company they have process, too many ... I heard it was one of the worst. It is really boring to follow every steps, to have to fill tools with information, to get approval for every € spend... 
There is also a  lake of creativity, we do every the same kind of event and activity, because of all the process we don"t have enough time to create. And we work a lot with agencies which are here to deliver creativity.
The do not hire even if you succeed beoing the best of your open space... No way
When you arrive you really have to be proactive, work don't come by itself you must look for it, ask for it.
My experience is great as I said but many of my fellows are disapointed, they do nothing or ininteresting tasks as excels files, they are really bored.
As an apprentice we are really noy paid well 1100...