Pros
Great training to get little to some experience with different applications and languages. Once you get placed you do get thrown in the deep end but Kubrick and Aer Lingus for me were extremely helpful to me in things i didnt understand. You can then hone in and gain valuable experience in the applications your company uses. By the end of my 2 years i was leading my own projects from within my team at Aer Lingus. Kubrick also help sponsor a certification which definitely helps with upskilling
Cons
I was on the bench for 5 months. Which was not an issue as i had plenty of time to upskill, but also annoying as i just wanted to be placed at a company. It was only because of a lack of roles available at the time but im not sure if the company policy has changed now so the training intake groups are not as large so people are not waiting on the bench for so long to be placed.