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 doesnt deal with clients or customers, there still was a very strict dress code. I felt the dress code was overly strict but I wasnt 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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That is true, but the costs to employ someone outright have been pushed so high that employers now look so carefully at work history before bringing someone on board that in practicality employers get a free year of servitude, before unhappy employees can realistically move on to a new job without mucking up their resume and severely limiting their options.
That’s just the way of the modern world.
Ha. I had forgotton that. Great movie.
"Good advice. I will pass it on to the roughnecks throwing chain on a drilling rig down here in South Texas. Im sure that they want to advance. LoL!"
Why are they throwing chain? Did they break the spinning tongs again? Maybe an intern got his tie caught in the rollers.
Thanks for posting your comment. This old retired (2008) deep hole (25,000') driller got a good chuckle.
Yes, we all did it with a spinning chain back in the day, too.
Best FRegards, SS1
You raise a really good point — they probably mentioned “discrimination”, thinking that would increase their chances of being taken seriously.
To the company, a simple request to reconsider the dress code might have been no more than a mild annoyance, but for these kids to issue the type of veiled threat that — if asserted by a member of a protected class — would cost the company thousands in legal fees even if the claim was bogus, probably really PO’d the company and brought the hammer down.
Note to Snowflakes: unpaid interns are not a protected class. Know your limitations.
.And the managers considered it, then stuck a match up their asses and told them that they were fired.
Stupid Snowflakes
The other party who was granted dispensation from the company regarding the dress code should have been of no concern to these interns.
The idea that they were simply unwilling to follow clear instructions rendered them unfit for any further training/education because they failed to grasp the basic concept of authority and who holds it.
I agree.
As I observed above, they were taught this behavior in school and rewarded for practicing it. Then suddenly, Ka-POW!
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