Microsoft

Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case.

As an intern, I found that the company policy was very open towards interns. I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.

I found that

Seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment.

As an intern, I found that the full-time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out. However, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.

Encourage the big-picture openness of communication to filter down to the little things where it really matters.