How do you quit a worthless unpaid internship where you do useless “b*tch” work?
Jan.22, 2012 in
paid internship
Question by flower: How do you quit a worthless unpaid internship where you do useless “b*tch” work?
Should I just send an email and never show up again? Do I have to call? It’s a very disorganized company that is basically using me for counting their inventory, packing boxes, and filing. The description for the internship was for marketing, but boy, was I wrong.
Best answer:
Answer by Nicole P
Look for something else before you quit your internship. All jobs start at the bottom, so you can find something else or stick it out. Anything will look better than nothing on a resume’
What do you think? Answer below!
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Well usually internship implies college credit. Is their a professor that you answer to. If so, I’d go to them first and say “hey I’m not learning anything here. They are just using me for labor.” If no professor or school is involved then I’d be up front and say you are doing this for job experience for your major and they are not providing you with anything.
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:44 pm
That is was internship is all about…you have to start from the bottom and climbing up the ladder until you reach your desired position.
I prefer for you to stay and show off your real talent to them, that would be more exciting and expose you to more experience. But if you decide to quit and you quit just by sending an e-mail/call and never to show up again, there you go… I think they’ll call you a loser. Quit properly, send a proper resignation letter according to your appoinment letter.
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:59 pm
welcome to the internship world. That is what internships are all about, especially if this is your first one. If the company is a big name like Nike or whatever I’d stay just for the name on your resume and get a good letter of reference from them after the internship is over. Ask them if you could tag along at a meeting or do some errands to meet other companies and build contacts. The fashion/marketing/PR industry is FAMOUS for using grunts for cleaning up their messes and making coffee, get used to it. There’s always 10 other students waiting outside to take your spot.
However, if it’s an unknown brand and they do suck at business, i’d say in person “I’m thinkin of leaving this friday coz something else came up or school got too crazy” NEVER just not show up again or email them, that industry is so small you never know if you’ll run into someone there at another company in the future. I’ve worked in the fash biz in NYC and LA, and you run into the same people at parties and other companies constantly. If you live in a smaller city that’s especially true.
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 pm
The company may be disorganized but give consideration to the fact that a part of marketing is doing exactly what you are doing, without that damned inventory count and filing and stuff you would not have your internship to begin with. As far as quiting is concerned, just like any other job; give at least two weeks notice. Besides, did you actually believe you would be doing marketing work as an internist? Not too likely. In most places you will find that an internist is nothing more than an over-glorified go-fer, go for this and go for that. Take heart, soon your internship will be over and life will once again be reasonable. Think of it as a test of your resolve.
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:50 pm
if you quit , you don’t the college credits and didn’t you have to pay for the internship like tuition anyway? talk to the boss – complaining her won;t change anything – walk out with no notice could ruin you entire future career