and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!
Posted on 06/29/2016 4:18:33 AM PDT by C19fan
A reader writes:
I was able to get a summer internship at a company that does work in the industry I want to work in after I graduate. Even though the division I was hired to work in doesn’t deal with clients or customers, there still was a very strict dress code. I felt the dress code was overly strict but I wasn’t going to say anything, until I noticed one of the workers always wore flat shoes that were made from a fabric other than leather, or running shoes, even though both of these things were contrary to the dress code.
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They told him when he started that they don’t have the funding to take him on in a paid job. He’s in it for the experience and the networking opportunities. He likes it, though, and says he may volunteer there eventually when he’s in paid work somewhere else.
” This snowflake learned examples in school? Well, guess what snowflake...YOU ARE IN THE REAL WORLD NOW”
I am sure this special little snowflake learned this tactic in school.
The game is to write a list of demands and present it to the dean who will immediately cave into them or else an unpleasant stompy foot will contact the media and any SJW out there who needs a buck or two.
Works well in the hyperbaric atmosphere of academia. Not so much in the workplace where you are expected to produce value and live with rules that make the workplace run efficiently.
I see a great future for this little drip in the bowels of government or on the welfare line.
“The proposal was written professionally...our arguments were thought out and well-reasoned...”
That’s what they get for not minding their own business. Shut up, get to work and stop thinking that part of your job as an intern could be to affect corporate policies of any kind, in any way. As an intern, you are not considered to be an equal, except perhaps to other interns with as little time on the job as you.
maybe he should go to auctioneer school
Good professional attire gives you a psychological edge. I think it actually makes you behave differently. Better posture, for example. It puts you in a better frame of mind to work, sell, be energetic, social, etc.
I’m with you. I would love to see society dress nicer in every venue. I really think it affects behavior in a positive way. Of course, we’re far gone in the other direction.
Always dress for the position you want not the one you have.
Just what is an internship? When I was in school everybody got Summer time jobs. Those usually would pay for o e semester with Dad and Mom paying the rest. But that was in a time where one job would support a family.
“This is also why it’s a good idea for teenagers to work some kind of job in high school or early college, before they’re ready for internships or full-time jobs...”
—From one of the comments at the original site.
But then that’s the whole point of minimum wage laws, isn’t it. To keep teenagers from getting jobs.
Always dress for the position you want not the one you have.
Worse, the *one* example these snowflakes based their petition off of turns out to be a disabled veteran who had lost a leg, and was given explicit permission to wear whatever shoes she needed to in order to be able to walk. The interns didn’t even check with this person to see why she was allowed an exception. Just casually asking the employee in the break room “hey, how come you get to wear running shoes” would have cleared things up right quick.
Internships are a form of on-the-job training. It lets people get some experience on their resume before they leave school, so that they (presumably) have an edge once they are out in the job market. Being able to apply to a position and say that you already know the basics of the role can be the difference between landing the position and having to keep looking.
Interns should be seen and not heard.
Always dress like the people above you. Sometimes that casual dress code is a test.
Artie wrote:
“Other savvy business advice to you youngsters out there...
When they say the door is always open, it’s not.”
Then why do they bother saying “the door is always open”?
I’d like to see the text of their proposal. I wouldn’t be surprised if the word “discrimination” was in there, as the kid harped on the employee that had different shoes.
What they learned in school was probably - list of demands, sit-in, strike, lawsuit. A sequence to follow if demands are not met. A path any employer could see coming and want to nip in the bud.
There was probably a lot of verbal b*tching and moaning preceding this, especially in regards to the excepted employee. At their group termination it was revealed there was a medical reason.
Even I anticipated that, but maybe because I’m older. These dummies don’t realize that such exceptions exist and the employer is also responsible for maintaining that employees “privacy”.
Some places, it's a form of slavery.
Hey Fellow GenXer. I remember when I was trying to make it. Reality bites, but its reality.
Well...congratulations snowflake. You gained some very valuable experience. I hope you're intelligent enough to recognize that and put it to good use in your future endeavors. But I'm not going to hold my breath.
You asked a question and received an answer; that is where you should have left it. Only after you’ve asked and answered whether the job needs you more than you need the job should you go further.
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