loyalty

donfers

my girlfriend has been out of work for a while and recently got offered an internship in an area where she really wants her career to go, she'll be starting it in a couple of weeks, the boss of the company seems to be really sound and is offering her all sorts of training opportunities and perks as well as flying her abroad in her second week in the internship to do some training there, providing her with phone/laptop/software to take home as well, and also he says there is a possibility of being made permanent at the end of the internship.....however my girlfriend has done a few interviews in recent weeks too and has been called back for second interview in a few of them and say says she may have a decent chance with a few of those full-time positions...........her dilemma is that the internship guy has made her feel very welcome and shown a lot of interest in training her up and she thinks it might be awkward if she is going off to interviews in the first week or two of the internship or for example if the intership guy flies her abroad to train her up on something and then the next she gets a job elsewhere she'd feel like she'd burned the internship guy who has treated her well - advice please

Kaplan54

Some of these schemes are a complete joke. Free labour etc. this might seem like a good idea but the boss can promise the world but can he deliver on them.That's the most important question.

Delancey

Your Girlfriend needs to get over it - passing up a paying job in preference to a non-paying internship = sheer madness.

MarcusFenix

I had a similar situation recently where I started a new job and had other interviews at the start, I didn't attend because of the hassle of going to UK for interviews but I thought to myself, would they hesitate in letting me go if they had somebody better? Nope so don't feel bad, these days it has to be all about yourself, within reason.

looksee

Surely the whole point of these internships is to help people get back to work, so employers would be delighted to see you getting full time employment. Wouldn't they? :rolleyes:

Mr. Loverman

Your girlfriend should do what's best for her.

She should never do what's best for the employer (if it is detrimental to her career), or let "loyalty" hold her back.

doolox

....in the case of your GF she has a paying job offer. In such cases always imagine what you would do if your last fiver was to be spent and you had huge commitments. I do not imagine too many fathers of five with no other income will go for these internships. They are only possible for people staying in their parents home or with a working partner or mortgage very small/fully paid etc....with no kids or no commitments.

Eventually when the partners or parents patience wears out and their savings etc runs out these internships will fizzle out and be looked upon as a temporary stunt. Meanwhile the employers rake in the benefits of cheap/free labour.