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Great Atmosphere, Great Benefits, Great Company

Biomedical Engineer at Allergan
Allergan, most known for Botox, is one of the oldest pharma companies in the US. Since we're midsize at about 5000 employees, our projects move fast and with little bureaucracy. I work in R&D New Dr... Read more.
Overall Rating:4 Stars | JS wrote on Mon Oct 22 2007

What people have been saying about their jobs...

Awesome place to be a summer intern!

Computation Technical Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
I worked as a summer intern in the computation directorate. I had an awesome experience at LLNL. The people I worked with were very helpful and just great people in general. Every intern gets assig... Read more.
Overall Rating:5 Stars | Anonymous wrote on Fri Nov 02 2007

Job Quality Depends on Sector

Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
The initial wage/salary is decent, but don't expect any sort of attractive raises/promotions (even if you put in more than excessive overtime). Benefits are pretty standard, but good (i.e. health, mat... Read more.
Overall Rating:3 Stars | Anonymous wrote on Fri Nov 02 2007

Slow-paced Internship and low moral

Engineering Intern at Conexant Systems
I interned at Conexant in the test group and learned a great deal about communications (the EE kind). People were cool, but overall moral was low and people were constantly leaving the company. I im... Read more.
Overall Rating:4 Stars | Anonymous wrote on Mon Oct 29 2007

Fast-paced Internship with lots of opportunities

Camera Software Intern at Qualcomm
Without going into details, I thought this internship was awesome. Coworkers were willing to teach and I was exposed to a lot of new things. There was a mix of the tedious intern type of work and th... Read more.
Overall Rating:5 Stars | Anonymous wrote on Mon Oct 29 2007

Great company

Pharmacy Assistant at Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser has a pretty strict interviewing system if you have no connections. They require a computer skills testing (job related), a group interview, and then an one-on-one interview. KP spends a lot ... Read more.
Overall Rating:4 Stars | Anonymous wrote on Sun Oct 28 2007