Each intern, regardless of the department they’re joining, has the unique opportunity to spend a week on the manufacturing floor as part of their required onboarding program. It’s a practice that applies to new employees as well, and is a pivotal part of understanding Byrne products from the ground up. Of course, Byrne’s “work hard, play hard” philosophy also includes their interns, as these young people become part of company team building activities and events. When it’s finally time to head back to school, each intern ends their Byrne journey with a report-out of the projects they were involved with and an evaluation of their time working with the company. “We’ve become domain experts on internships,” says HR Director Sandy Buchanich. “Through these programs we support our community and share our talents with this next generation, but we reap countless benefits as well. We increase our bandwidth, expand our culture and even help create an incredible pool of talented candidates who may join our team as full-time employees.” For Byrne students and employees alike, it’s a culture of goodwill that often extends beyond the length of the internship itself – and far beyond Byrne’s own walls.
Norm Byrne with our original internship program champion, Sue Mead.
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