Pros: Pay is fair. Opportunity for growth.

Cons: I couldn't ever meet with my manager during co-op. They didn't have time for me, so I sat idle a lot.

Pros: Some co-workers were friendly. The pay was pretty good for how little I worked. I made a lot of friends with other co-ops, and my assignment leader was nice.

Cons: I barely had anything to do. I'm honestly not even sure why my division wanted a co-op, because I had almost nothing to do for half the co-op. I asked for more work, which I got, but it was boring and did not teach me anything. I do not feel like I gained any valuable engineering skills from this co-op. HR was horrible to me as well and accused me of lying when I brought forth problems with my co-op experience. GE is a very Type B company; everything takes forever to get done, and no one seems to actually work for the full eight hours every day. Some of my coworkers were very disrespectful to me and to each other (lots of cursing, yelling). I'm glad I never have to come back here again. I have many co-op friends, and less than half actually like their assignment and think being here is worthwhile.

Pros: - Well-structured internship/co-op environment that allows students to meet with fellow co-workers. - Project-based work that encourages daily interaction between students and senior engineers/managers. - Challenging work environment that encourages questions.

Cons: Interns mostly focused on a single project and did not have the opportunity to see other departments within the company. Would have liked project assignments to be more technically challenging.