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In reply to the discussion: Article: I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code [View all]RandySF
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Article: I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code [View all]
Heeeeers Johnny
Jun 2016
OP
As an intern, you are there to learn about the job and industry, not change the company policy
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#2
I particularly love where the kid talks about how he/she "should have been told" why
Squinch
Jun 2016
#17
In the article it says that the other employee was a returning soldier who had lost her leg.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#23
The employee who was exempt was exempt because they were a returning soldier who had lost a leg.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#220
The part that said she had to start crippling herself to comply with a stupid footwear dress code
Warpy
Jun 2016
#189
The petition specified that they wanted to be able to wear "non-leather flats." That
Squinch
Jul 2016
#245
"I was able to get a summer internship at a company that does work in the industry..."
jberryhill
Jun 2016
#5
Too bad someone like you wasn't there to tell them this when the issue was first raised.
Yo_Mama
Jun 2016
#54
Well yeah, because there's a whole world out there. It would be a bummer if we peaked at 20.
Yo_Mama
Jun 2016
#58
It's difficult to see how a good manager would let this petty office drama go so far.
hunter
Jun 2016
#149
Not really. This kid thought he/she could dictate terms to the company when he/she didn't
Squinch
Jun 2016
#18
My first "real" job was working the stock room of a men's clothing store ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2016
#97
Yes ... Insisting that a young adult (child) own up to their decision ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2016
#113
I'll tell you ... There is nothing wrong with his insisting that I own my decision to quit ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2016
#124
If your boss was abusive and he told you to subject yourself to that abuse further,
closeupready
Jun 2016
#129
Okay, you know what, I'm not here to pick a fight with either one of you.
closeupready
Jun 2016
#137
I think the father taught him a lesson in responsibility. You don't just walk off a job
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#128
Not if you're a responsible adult. You at the very least tender your resignation,
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#132
I might die before 40, but I'll be able to say I was never anyone's slave
FixTheProblem
Jul 2016
#257
OH, for fuck's sake. Such drama. The kid was an intern in a job with a dress code. Such
Squinch
Jun 2016
#29
I'd have booted them too. Mostly for stupidity (making demands in a situation in which
Squinch
Jun 2016
#38
How about just saying "No, that's not the way we do things here, now get back to
smirkymonkey
Jun 2016
#168
They did that. It wasn't good enough for the kid. So the kid took work time and
Squinch
Jun 2016
#209
I'd see it as saving myself and others from having to waste company time on trivial shit.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#210
The one who started the petition did go to his/her manager and ask for a revision. The person
Squinch
Jun 2016
#211
The First Amendment only applies to the government. To some degree, to most union memberships.
Yo_Mama
Jun 2016
#55
There is a difference between questioning authority and just being a brat...
Drahthaardogs
Jun 2016
#206
Free clue: the constitution and bill of rights doesn't apply to your employer*.
X_Digger
Jun 2016
#207
I would feel sorry too, except she said she had already asked her manager about it
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2016
#28
As someone who hires at least one intern per summer, and usually two, I disagree.
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#31
The entire intern scheme is a scam for wealthier people to put their own kids ahead.
hunter
Jun 2016
#36
They don't do the same job as regular hires. They are baby employees given an opportunity to learn
Hekate
Jun 2016
#162
So, low pay and militaristic working conditions are what America is all about? N/T
fasttense
Jun 2016
#112
My experience is that you don't ask managers for approval of something like that, most are going to
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#63
Isn't it funny - interns from South Asia dress to the nines, even for free, and
closeupready
Jun 2016
#87
I find the same to be true with my college students. In general, though not always of course,
tblue37
Jun 2016
#110
This must have been the intern's first job. What a privileged life to be that old ....
Hekate
Jun 2016
#69
Yeah, I read the whole thing at the link after my post. Jeez. I worked 20 hrs/week....
Hekate
Jun 2016
#99
somehow I suspect there is more to this story, though a workplace petition is bush-league nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#75
It is ok to ask your manager, but when told no, then just drop it and move on to
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#101
Glad to read so many think He/She handled it wrong. I thought with so many anti-corporate types here
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#121
I've always had a simple work philosophy: I'll push the envelope until the envelope pushes back.
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#125
It was an ill-considered move on the part of the inters, but the comments here
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#127
No one is suggesting that young people don't compare favorably to older people.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#216
Apologies--I hadn't realized you were the spokesperson for those who penned the responses I read.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#222
I never said I was. But please, do show me one post that suggests young people do not compare
Squinch
Jul 2016
#244
"I may only be an intern but by gosh and by golly, you're doing it WRONG and things WILL change!"
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#138
Lol. When I was hired out of graduate school I was warned to nottry to change anything for 2 years
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#178
I would replace the intern with someone truly motivated to work at the company
Haveadream
Jun 2016
#186
They are lucky to find out early they wouldn't want to work for that company anyway.
Jim Beard
Jun 2016
#195
You're comparing an internship at a private company with being a Nazi soldier? (n/t)
PJMcK
Jul 2016
#258
Yep. On DU, we actually are told that an office dress code is the same as Nazism. Disgusting.
Squinch
Jul 2016
#260
They were fired because their group gathering was way too much like a union
The Second Stone
Jul 2016
#228
My "superiors" at work used to make fun or me for wearing sneakers with my suit from
Ilsa
Jul 2016
#243
I used to do that, shoes for office, shoes for running about. Not in NYC, but similar circumstances.
hunter
Jul 2016
#249
The "special snowflakes" are the East Coast three-piece finance people who make their livings
Warren DeMontague
Jul 2016
#254