General Motors

GM really knows how to impress its interns, letting them borrow any production car they want.

They take interns on tours of testing facilities, design studios, and to sporting events in the Detroit area throughout the summer months.

Compensation is higher than its competitors, and working in manufacturing gives the added benefit of earning overtime.

Apart from this, GM presents a great working environment, with some of the smartest group of engineers and assembly workers you will ever meet.

You will at times learn more from a stamp-press operator, who has been doing that job their entire life, than you would from school.

Yes, GM is still reeling from the bad press of the auto-bailout, but after working there for a few months, you will realize that this company is much more than just a punching bag for political pundits, and is genuinely a great company to work for.

The biggest problem is the work-place shock of working in a unionized environment and seeing the hourly-salary divide at times. Hours in manufacturing can also be difficult, as standard work hours are from 5 AM to 3 PM, and you may be asked to come in as early as midnight at times.