Summer Engineering Intern Experience - Summer Engineering Intern Hardline Engineering Employee Review

Nice people, vacation starts at 3 weeks

In my specific department (Street Lighting), I was not giving adequate training. I was given billable projects to draft pretty soon after employment. I hadn't had real AutoCAD experience before and I was still learning. I was there for about 2 months, did not pass probation. I made a few mistakes, but I was caught off guard by the decision. I was hesitant to ask for help at times, sometimes because everybody seemed to be busy. It seems like I didn't have enough experience for the role I was put in. I was not the perfect worker by any means as I was new, but on the other hand the training was not adequate, I was required to draft large drawings correctly multiple many parts with only a month or two of drafting experience. I was expected to know things that were not even taught, with little room to try and fail myself since they were billable hours. The rest of the company however were nice people. The street light department specifically at the time I worked there was just not the right fit for me.

As the company grows, employees are being asked to expand their abilities and talents, when this usually happens employees don't see recognition, but not at Hardline, employees successes are recognized and employees feel valued.

Typical with smaller companies as they grow, workload for employees may grow and at first their may be some growing pains. I do feel Hardline adjusted to this fairly quickly though and the team really does help each other out, upper management and executives take the time to also connect with the team which is really nice.