Not_Cleaver t1_j9alzlv wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:04 PM

What do you mean by incomplete? That you stopped after reconsidering or that you messed up? I take it you withdrew yourself from consideration for the withdrawn ones. The ghosted ones are places you’d likely not want to work. So unprofessional. Yeah, it sucks to reject someone, but it’s better than leaving them hanging.

UglyDODO OP t1_j9am7oc wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:05 PM

I think that one required some extra written sections and maybe recommendations that at the time I couldn't be bothered to complete.

Not_Cleaver t1_j9ams34 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Fair. Especially for unpaid internships it’s so asinine to require recommendations. Congrats on getting your internship. Hope it’s good and productive work. And may the BS tasks be kept to a minimum.

nicholasf21677 t1_j9e1lo7 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:04 AM

OP is doing engineering, there’s no way it’s unpaid.

gland10 t1_j9e93bg wrote on February 21, 2023 at 7:36 AM

Straight up not accurate. At a private company internship, probably paid, a government internship, nope.

TheOGBombfish t1_j9ef5xl wrote on February 21, 2023 at 8:57 AM

Unpaid internships are slave labour and should not be accepted

gland10 t1_j9efhk9 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:02 AM

That doesn't make what I wrote untrue

nicholasf21677 t1_j9kzs9i wrote on February 22, 2023 at 7:11 PM

Government engineering internships are definitely paid; if OP is working at a private company he is probably making $20-40/hr

gland10 t1_j9mlde9 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Fire engineer at a place i used to work is unpaid, they follow a permanent employee around for 6 weeks because they can't actually do any work. Civil internship is similar and also unpaid. Engineering internships for local small city government I did was also unpaid. Most don't budget for paying interns and if they do, then the intern got lucky.