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JobBridge Internship question

  • 06-03-2014 9:59am
    #1
    nokia3310
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi
    After I finished college with a masters in economics I took a JobBridge internship with a company where I have been mostly working in the finance department for the last seven months. For the most part things have been going well and I am happy with it up until now. However last week the company was holding a course on lean manufacturing and design and I was pressured to go on this course because my company would receive government funding (I don’t know how much) for having an intern participate on this course. It was a one day long course but it had absolutely nothing to do with my job at the moment or anything to do with what I studied in college. I was explicitly told that they wanted me to attend simply to obtain funding for having a JobBridge intern present.
    I am not happy with the situation, if it was a course that was relevant to me in some way then that would have been fine however it wasn’t. I feel like I have been used, especially considering that I have been told that there will be no job for me with this company when my internship finishes in a few months time.
    That was a few days ago and I am still feeling frustrated about it. Is this something I should report to DSP or am I just overreacting to the situation and should just take a few days to cool off and forget about it?


Comments

  • #2
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    I'd hold my horses on this one. Whilst the training offered might not have anything to do with your role at the moment, the knowledge gained might be useful later.

    In any case. See if you're offered a job first. If you're not and you still feel aggrieved, then by all means nuke them! :D


  • #3
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,288 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    They offered you training, and you're complaining about it? Seriously?


    A one day course in any business related topic won't make you an expert. But if you're working in any type of role in a manufacturiing company, then knowing a bit about Lean is a good thing. Even if the processes in your current department aren't trying to be Lean, it's just good general business knowledge.

    IMHO you need to build a bridge and get over it.


  • #4
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    Don't see what the problem is. You gained knowledge that might come in useful some stage down the road. It got you out of the office for a day and your company got some funding for it. Seems like a win win for everyone.


  • #5
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Just like you said, just take a few days to cool off and forget about it, you might learn something useful on this course, could be worst you could be train on how to wash and Hoover a car or how to make tea and sandwiches for 9 months.
    On any internship no one guarantees a job at the end of it.


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