Great Internship Perks, Terrible Work Experience
Pros
They shipped my car across the country, paid for my flight, and paid for my rental car. Not to mention gave a relocation bonus for housing, that they set up and was subsidized. They could not have made that process any smoother. At work there were many volunteer opportunities and I got to interact with many people from the local community.
Cons
The work itself was extremely boring. Was essentially given a data input task as an Electrical Engineering intern (!) because I was told that "I was cheap." Supervisor often promised more interesting work without ever following through. HR was TERRIBLE. Was not told that I had overtaken hours of PTO, since my available hours were prorated (which was not clear), and was forced to pay back Raytheon 4 years later almost $100 for a negative paid time off balance. A little transparance would have been helpful.
