I hate my internship and I don't know what to do.

[DPT120]

Sales and finance-era, I need some help liking my internship because I'm hating it right now, and I'm less than a week in. I currently intern at a financial planning company. It's a pretty big company but the branch I'm at is pretty small. I like the company and most of the people - I just hate what I'm doing. It's very sales based, and that's what makes me dislike the internship.

You're probably wondering why I took the internship if I hate sales. Well, at the time, I didn't think I'd hate sales this much. I was also kind of desperate for an internship, since I had been rejected from all the internships I had applied to before this one. I was ok with any internship as long as I could put something on my resume. I'm also not a good enough student to get into the top tier internships. Financial planning was always an area I had some interest in, and I thought it was a good chance to get some experience while also trying to see if I like financial planning. Plus it'd give me something new that wasn't investments or corporate finance. When I was talking to the recruiter, he mentioned a lot of sales, but I had no idea I had to build my own client base or the extent of the sales. A large part of the internship is based around referred calling, which is just calling referrals.

The main issue is that I know far less people than your average person, so it was very hard for me to get referrals. My parents are immigrants so they hardly know anyone in the US, and most of my friends weren't of much help - they're mostly international or didn't give me anyone. The rest of my family is overseas, so they aren't any help. Before the internship started, I had to create a list of 200 (!!) people I could call. I only know around 30 people (and that's stretching it) while my parents gave me around 20 referrals. The other 150 people I pulled from my parent's LinkedIn and work list. Essentially, most of these people have no idea who my friends/family are, so it's cold calling. If you didn't know, cold calling SUCKS. I have to call at least 40 people a day and it's expected (not required) that you set an average of 6 appointments every day. Because I'm basically cold calling (I called friends and actual referrals the first two days), I can't set any appointments, and I've been yelled at so much over the phone. It has sucked the fun out of the internship and I don't want to do it anymore. The program is also commission based - meaning if I don't set any appointments, I won't get paid (I'm not pulling in new clients).

Era, what do I do? How do I make this fun? Financial planning is an area of finance I've never really explored and I thought it'd be interesting to experience. I don't want to quit because I don't know the legality of quitting, plus it'd reflect poorly on me if I quit this early - I wouldn't be able to add it to my resume and I'd get negative comments if future bosses were to call my current company. I also don't want to waste my summer doing nothing. I can't really look for another internship because it's kind of late, and the whole COVID-19 situation has made a bunch of companies cancel their internship programs. I might be able to take summer classes for university, but they'd have to be later in the summer. I don't want to suffer through 11.5 more weeks of this if I'm miserable. Right now, I'm holding out hope that the current appointments I have can give me enough people so I'm not cold calling anymore, but I doubt it'll happen.

Sorry for the long post. Any tips on what I should do or how to make this fun?

Edit: I should also mention that I hate my manager because he's alt-right. Believes in Fox news, thinks coronavirus precautions are bullshit, thinks beating your kid is good.

 

[Seirith]

I'd personally just deal with it, you can hate it but it is only 11.5 more weeks and then you are done, you can say you completed it and I assume get college credit for it and then move on and don't take that kind of job again.

I too had an internship I did not like, it was an HR one ( I was a grad school buisness major, doing HR classes as electives) and the interview went great, they told me about the position and I took it right away. I loved the company but the internship ended up me spending 8 hours a day opening emails, saving resumes into the right job folder and typing the applicants information into a spread sheet. I did none of the other things they talked about in the interview. I asked my boss about it and she always said she would get to those things as soon as the emails were cleared up but so many came it in was impossible to clear it out. I did my time and then left. My boss gave me good "review" for being a good worker and I decided not to peruse anything with that company.

If you really cannot take it, I would talk to your advisor and see what your options are or maybe your boss and ask for advice on how to get people interested in setting up appointments? It is an internship and they should be helping you.

 

[FaceHugger]

Where are you located at? My employer actually pays their interns (not much, but it's better than nothing). We do IT interns (everything from LAN/SAN/WAN and security to specialized development), finance, and project management for internships. If you are in Virginia, North Carolina, or Florida hit me up with a PM and I'll see if anyone is looking in those departments.

 

[NinjaGarden]

Is it a normal thing for sales interns to provide their own "client lists"? It's definitely not the case in my company.

 

[WedgeX]

When I was talking to the recruiter, he mentioned a lot of sales, but I had no idea I had to build my own client base or the extent of the sales.

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This feels particularly difficult for an intern to achieve. And weird, but I never did any private sector internships. Also, it occurs to me now that I never had a private sector internship and I feel glad for that.

 

[Creation_Scapes]

If you’re that miserable I would try and get out if at all possible.

 

[Deleted member 60582]

Is it a normal thing for sales interns to provide their own "client lists"? It's definitely not the case in my company.

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Yeah this sounds like some Kirby-level shit.

 

[Ultron]

This sounds pretty sketchy, honestly. I haven't worked sales, but a company expecting interns to bring a huge list of clients that they'd be calling, and paying entirely on commission sounds incredibly fishy. I hope there weren't any training fees, or start up costs or anything for it that they put you in the hole for first.

If you quit no one ever has to know you worked there. Just leave it off your resume and etc.

 

[Border]

Disclaimer: I know nothing about the financial services sector, or how companies in it tend to operate.

This sounds like a highly exploitative internship. They just want to bleed you for all your sales leads and then drop your ass after a few months when they've exhausted your contacts. I don't think the company has any interest in training you for the future.

It very much reminds me of a knife-selling job I had as a teenager, where they only paid you based on appointments you took and had to generate all your leads and pay for all your expenses (including your demonstration kit). The general idea is to invest absolutely nothing in an employee, and just use them as a way to guilt their friends & family into becoming a client.

 

[Mrflood]

I am in corporate sales.... Your internship is a SCAM! They are providing zero base salary and not even providing leads. This setup should be illegal.

 

[nightstalker962]

Quit, this is shady as hell.

 

[Rory]

Sales and finance-era, I need some help liking my internship because I'm hating it right now, and I'm less than a week in. I currently intern at a financial planning company. It's a pretty big company but the branch I'm at is pretty small. I like the company and most of the people - I just hate what I'm doing. It's very sales based, and that's what makes me dislike the internship.

You're probably wondering why I took the internship if I hate sales. Well, at the time, I didn't think I'd hate sales this much. I was also kind of desperate for an internship, since I had been rejected from all the internships I had applied to before this one. I was ok with any internship as long as I could put something on my resume. I'm also not a good enough student to get into the top tier internships. Financial planning was always an area I had some interest in, and I thought it was a good chance to get some experience while also trying to see if I like financial planning. Plus it'd give me something new that wasn't investments or corporate finance. When I was talking to the recruiter, he mentioned a lot of sales, but I had no idea I had to build my own client base or the extent of the sales. A large part of the internship is based around referred calling, which is just calling referrals.

The main issue is that I know far less people than your average person, so it was very hard for me to get referrals. My parents are immigrants so they hardly know anyone in the US, and most of my friends weren't of much help - they're mostly international or didn't give me anyone. The rest of my family is overseas, so they aren't any help. Before the internship started, I had to create a list of 200 (!!) people I could call. I only know around 30 people (and that's stretching it) while my parents gave me around 20 referrals. The other 150 people I pulled from my parent's LinkedIn and work list. Essentially, most of these people have no idea who my friends/family are, so it's cold calling. If you didn't know, cold calling SUCKS. I have to call at least 40 people a day and it's expected (not required) that you set an average of 6 appointments every day. Because I'm basically cold calling (I called friends and actual referrals the first two days), I can't set any appointments, and I've been yelled at so much over the phone. It has sucked the fun out of the internship and I don't want to do it anymore. The program is also commission based - meaning if I don't set any appointments, I won't get paid (I'm not pulling in new clients).

Era, what do I do? How do I make this fun? Financial planning is an area of finance I've never really explored and I thought it'd be interesting to experience. I don't want to quit because I don't know the legality of quitting, plus it'd reflect poorly on me if I quit this early - I wouldn't be able to add it to my resume and I'd get negative comments if future bosses were to call my current company. I also don't want to waste my summer doing nothing. I can't really look for another internship because it's kind of late, and the whole COVID-19 situation has made a bunch of companies cancel their internship programs. I might be able to take summer classes for university, but they'd have to be later in the summer. I don't want to suffer through 11.5 more weeks of this if I'm miserable. Right now, I'm holding out hope that the current appointments I have can give me enough people so I'm not cold calling anymore, but I doubt it'll happen.

Sorry for the long post. Any tips on what I should do or how to make this fun?

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My first job didnt even last 2 weeks because I got a better offer.

i never list it. Sometimes its better to keep some things secret. I started in my job 6 month late, nobody asked ever about that ever again.

 

[Border]

Do you have someone at your university or educational institution that you can take this up with? It may be too late for you to get another internship, but at the very least your school should blacklist this institution from their list of partners. Your summer is fucked, but at least you can prevent other students from falling into this trap.

 

[torre_avenue]

There's a couple of options you have.

1) Bear it. This is the simplest option but it comes at the expense of your mental health. Try and adapt as best you can to the work environment, and work with your boss to figure out what a good strategy would be. This option will not only give you experience but it'll also give you fuel to talk about in interviews e.g. what are some challenges you've faced?

2) Depending on your relationship with your boss, talk to them about the position, the challenges you are facing, and ask if you can pivot from your current area. Its a risk, but it is one worth taking if you have a good relationship with your boss and truly can't build up a client base.

3) If the prior ideas do not pan out, find a convenient exit strategy. Considering we're in a pandemic, you could "create" a family emergency that is so urgent and demanding that you need to break from your internship. For example, one of your grandparents got infected and you have to take care of them. This is also a major risk, but your company isn't going to demand proof. But, you'll have to keep your lie consistent, believable, and not expose yourself.

4) Quit and don't list it. You'll start from square 1, but its easier to lie about what you did this summer in an interview considering so many college students have had their internships cancelled.

 

[allongo]

Sounds like you are at Northwestern Mutual, notorious scam that preys on college kids. It’s the same as cutco, or vacum sales or those college kid painting houses in the summer scams.

I work in finance, and have hired people, and honestly many hiring managers would see northwestern mutual on your resume and it would do more harm than just not having an internship. I wouldn’t worry about quiting, they aren’t trying to teach you anything, they just want to wrong as much money out of you as they can.

search Wall Street oasis or reddit for Northwestern Mutual.

 

[torre_avenue]

Sounds like you are at Northwestern Mutual, notorious scam that preys on college kids. It’s the same as cutco, or vacum sales or those college kid painting houses in the summer scams.

I work in finance, and have hired people, and honestly many hiring managers would see northwestern mutual on your resume and it would do more harm than just not having an internship. I wouldn’t worry about quiting, they aren’t trying to teach you anything, they just want to wrong as much money out of you as they can.

search Wall Street oasis or reddit for Northwestern Mutual.

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Oh lol, if it is, I think I interviewed with them in college. I remember in the interview process, they said I'd have to get the names of 25-30 people who I'd call if I got the role. Straight up told the recruiter that I'm not the kind of person they're looking for.

 

[GazRB]

I am in corporate sales.... Your internship is a SCAM! They are providing zero base salary and not even providing leads. This setup should be illegal.

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100%. Sorry OP. I run an internship program and I’m sorry you ran into this exploitative one.

 

[BDS]

Are you in an MLM or something? This doesn't sound like a real job, and the "go cold call 200 people you know IRL" thing is straight out of the MLM playbook.

 

[manzoman96]

One of the great things about internships is that you definitely get to learn about what you don't like along with what you do.

With that being said, your internship sounds like it sucks. I definitely get that you want the experience which is important, but this sounds like something you probably wouldn't even want on your resume.

There's a couple of options you have.

1) Bear it. This is the simplest option but it comes at the expense of your mental health. Try and adapt as best you can to the work environment, and work with your boss to figure out what a good strategy would be. This option will not only give you experience but it'll also give you fuel to talk about in interviews e.g. what are some challenges you've faced?

2) Depending on your relationship with your boss, talk to them about the position, the challenges you are facing, and ask if you can pivot from your current area. Its a risk, but it is one worth taking if you have a good relationship with your boss and truly can't build up a client base.

3) If the prior ideas do not pan out, find a convenient exit strategy. Considering we're in a pandemic, you could "create" a family emergency that is so urgent and demanding that you need to break from your internship. For example, one of your grandparents got infected and you have to take care of them. This is also a major risk, but your company isn't going to demand proof. But, you'll have to keep your lie consistent, believable, and not expose yourself.

4) Quit and don't list it. You'll start from square 1, but its easier to lie about what you did this summer in an interview considering so many college students have had their internships cancelled.

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Pretty much this. Evaluate these and see which one you're most comfortable doing.

 

[Common Knowledge]

Yeah OP I would just quit and never mention it in any job hiring process. The internship sounds.....strange, to say the least.

 

[Freedonia]

Yep, that sounds like one of those 'finance' internships that I almost got tricked into doing twice. I'd usually hear about them at my school's career fair, and I would always follow up and attend the 'interview', which was always some sales pitch to a room of other people rather than a one-on-one meeting with someone. The two times I got fooled I immediately dropped them since they had nothing to do with accounting, even though the recruiter would say otherwise. Bottom line is they're just bleeding you for your contacts, or they're going to use you to gain a few extra sales for their office.

 

[manzoman96]

Sounds like you are at Northwestern Mutual, notorious scam that preys on college kids. It’s the same as cutco, or vacum sales or those college kid painting houses in the summer scams.

I work in finance, and have hired people, and honestly many hiring managers would see northwestern mutual on your resume and it would do more harm than just not having an internship. I wouldn’t worry about quiting, they aren’t trying to teach you anything, they just want to wrong as much money out of you as they can.

search Wall Street oasis or reddit for Northwestern Mutual.

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These guys used to come to career fairs at my university all the time, glad I never pursued them.

 

[Dragoon]

I am in corporate sales.... Your internship is a SCAM! They are providing zero base salary and not even providing leads. This setup should be illegal.

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Are internships supposed to pay lol? I know 10% of the people from my class (also before/after) that get paid. Everyone else is doing it for free to learn the field.

 

[GazRB]

Also don’t let this internship destroy your relationships. Friends really hate it when friends sell them stuff.

 

[Mrflood]

Are internships supposed to pay lol? I know 10% of the people from my class (also before/after) that get paid. Everyone else is doing it for free to learn the field.

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Maybe it's different where I live, but I have never heard of an unpaid internship outside of high school.

 

[allongo]

Are internships supposed to pay lol? I know 10% of the people from my class (also before/after) that get paid. Everyone else is doing it for free to learn the field.

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Actual Finance ones do, probably 15-20 dollars an hour usually.

 

[FaceHugger]

4) Quit and don't list it. You'll start from square 1, but its easier to lie about what you did this summer in an interview considering so many college students have had their internships cancelled.

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No, I say still list the internship. People quit them all the time. We get it. It fucking sucks and we've all been there.

 

[NinjaGarden]

Sounds like you are at Northwestern Mutual, notorious scam that preys on college kids. It’s the same as cutco, or vacum sales or those college kid painting houses in the summer scams.

I work in finance, and have hired people, and honestly many hiring managers would see northwestern mutual on your resume and it would do more harm than just not having an internship. I wouldn’t worry about quiting, they aren’t trying to teach you anything, they just want to wrong as much money out of you as they can.

search Wall Street oasis or reddit for Northwestern Mutual.

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This is what I was afraid of. I'd cut out and not put it on the resume.

 

[TyrantII]

Quit.

That doesn't sound like a legit internship, but one of those cold sales pyramid jobs that filter through hundreds of people by pushing the successful sales of the 1% that actually make it work.

Most people burn through that personal list, get all their friends and relatives to switch to worse investments (in the end) and burn out.

Ameriprise? Primerica? Ect?

Unless you really like the art of the cold sale, don't bother. They're not real finance jobs. It's a sales job where you don't have a fiduciary responsibility to your customer, and are only trying to skim fees from them.

 

[zoltek]

Many internships are potentially exploitative, particularly in competitive fields. It doesn’t make it right, but if you want in the door, you have to play the game. Suck it up. You don’t want to burn bridges when you are just starting out. There is always something to learn.

“Woe is me” doesn’t usually work in the real world — I know you aren’t actually of this mind — but I see it far too often in certain realms of the internet these days.

 

[Euron]

There’s a ton of awful shit here but the lack of a base salary is above all else the most terrible part. With the amount of outreach you’re doing, you might as well use that time networking on LinkedIn in a way that gets you where you want your career to go.

As someone who recently waded through college job boards and fairs, I’ve seen plenty of places try to lure you in with the title of “Financial Planner” or “Financial Advisor” when your real task is cold calling, typically to a list you created since they can’t be bothered to even give you leads.

AXA is probably the most infamous one, I’ve heard they even make the intern pay for licensing fees. Northwestern Mutual is the same type of sketchy shit. Basically stay away from insurance companies unless you can be absolutely sure that you aren’t cold calling. Because that’s not financial advising, it’s sales of the worst kind.

 

[Shellshock]

Truth of the matter is that if your in an sales position you're almost always gonna have to do a lot of cold calling and prospecting. On the bright side due to the pandemic your cold calling will be done on the phone rather than in-person.

Does this company not have a database of prospects you could call on?

In my experience cold calling is never really "fun" it's just a necessary step.

When people yell at you, just do your best to not take any of it to heart. When I get yelled at in-person or over the phone these days, I just have a good laugh.

I'd stick with it a little bit longer to see if anything changes, but I dont think quitting will reflect poorly on you. Acknowledging that a position/role isn't a good fit for yourself is a good thing.

Edit: As posters above me have mentioned it sounds like this company may be taking advantage of you. If they aren't helping you build a prospect base and instead are just telling you to call people you know, they are just using you for free leads.

 

[torre_avenue]

No, I say still list the internship. People quit them all the time. We get it. It fucking sucks and we've all been there.

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The issue is that OP is likely just starting their career. If it were me and I had quit, I would want to make sure that there was no chance of a potential employer contacting this employer. Plus, listing it would then open up questions about why I only stayed in that position for a couple weeks, unless you lie about the duration of your experience.

 

[PanickyFool]

Are internships supposed to pay lol? I know 10% of the people from my class (also before/after) that get paid. Everyone else is doing it for free to learn the field.

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In the USA if you are providing a value to the company you are legally required to be paid.

Only pure learning experiences are legally allowed to be unpaid.

 

[FaceHugger]

The issue is that OP is likely just starting their career. If it were me and I had quit, I would want to make sure that there was no chance of a potential employer contacting this employer. Plus, listing it would then open up questions about why I only stayed in that position for a couple weeks, unless you lie about the duration of your experience.

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Ah I see. In my state an ex employer can only give a positive referral or none at all, so that colors my opinion. I had to give out a lot at my old job when I was a technical supervisor. One of my ex interns now works at Microsoft and she's doing amazing for a woman of only 33 years old in the tech sector.

 

[Failburger]

This sounds like some Vector Marketing bullshit.

You selling knives or something?

Honestly, if it doesn't pay then it ain't worth your time. Get out.

 

[subpar spatula]

tell that company to fuck off and report them to your school and any authority that oversees the legality of internships in your area.

 

[AtomLung]

You should ghost those fools

 

[Rory]

No, I say still list the internship. People quit them all the time. We get it. It fucking sucks and we've all been there.

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listing it would have no pos benefit. Questions would raise: Why’d he take ajob without informing himself about it etc.

Ah I see. In my state an ex employer can only give a positive referral or none at all, so that colors my opinion. I had to give out a lot at my old job when I was a technical supervisor. One of my ex interns now works at Microsoft and she's doing amazing for a woman of only 33 years old in the tech sector.

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none is negative then, and even positives can make a negative impression by not mentioning certain aspects.

 

[DPT120]

I'd personally just deal with it, you can hate it but it is only 11.5 more weeks and then you are done, you can say you completed it and I assume get college credit for it and then move on and don't take that kind of job again.

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If it was paid, I'd definitely deal with it. Unfortunately it's based on commission. I don't get college credit for it either.

Is it a normal thing for sales interns to provide their own "client lists"? It's definitely not the case in my company.

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Depends on the industry you're working in.

This sounds pretty sketchy, honestly. I haven't worked sales, but a company expecting interns to bring a huge list of clients that they'd be calling, and paying entirely on commission sounds incredibly fishy. I hope there weren't any training fees, or start up costs or anything for it that they put you in the hole for first.

If you quit no one ever has to know you worked there. Just leave it off your resume and etc.

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Yeah, that's fair, I suppose no one would know if I left it off my resume. There were some training fees that were supposed to be reimbursed, but haven't yet.

 

[Failburger]

If it was paid, I'd definitely deal with it. Unfortunately it's based on commission. I don't get college credit for it either.

Depends on the industry you're working in.


Yeah, that's fair, I suppose no one would know if I left it off my resume. There were some training fees that were supposed to be reimbursed, but haven't yet.

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You thought about taking a sales position in a car dealership? They’re somewhat East to get and if you’re good you can make bank.

 

[allongo]

There were some training fees that were supposed to be reimbursed, but haven't yet.

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for future reference any job that requires you to pay them upfront for training isn’t a job you want.

 

[DPT120]

4) Quit and don't list it. You'll start from square 1, but its easier to lie about what you did this summer in an interview considering so many college students have had their internships cancelled.

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I think I'll go with #4. Making up a lie about what I did this summer isn't that hard. Only my friends and family know, and I they'd understand.

Sounds like you are at Northwestern Mutual, notorious scam that preys on college kids. It’s the same as cutco, or vacum sales or those college kid painting houses in the summer scams.

I work in finance, and have hired people, and honestly many hiring managers would see northwestern mutual on your resume and it would do more harm than just not having an internship. I wouldn’t worry about quiting, they aren’t trying to teach you anything, they just want to wrong as much money out of you as they can.

search Wall Street oasis or reddit for Northwestern Mutual.

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Damn, is it a scam? It showed up on my college website and recruiters appear on campus all the time. But thanks for the advice! I should probably report it to the school if it was a scam. Ironically, I almost got pulled into Cutco a few years ago.

Are internships supposed to pay lol? I know 10% of the people from my class (also before/after) that get paid. Everyone else is doing it for free to learn the field.

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Well, in the US, yeah. Most of the kids on my campus look for paid internships.

Also don’t let this internship destroy your relationships. Friends really hate it when friends sell them stuff.

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Thankfully I haven't. I haven't pushed friends to buy stuff yet. I'm not at that point, and I'd never destroy friendships/relationships for an internship.

You thought about taking a sales position in a car dealership? They’re somewhat East to get and if you’re good you can make bank.

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I don't think I could sell cars, honestly. I'd rather stick to finance than sales.

for future reference any job that requires you to pay them upfront for training isn’t a job you want.

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Oh definitely. I was a little skeptical when they asked me but it was too late at that point.

 

[JABEE]

If it was paid, I'd definitely deal with it. Unfortunately it's based on commission. I don't get college credit for it either.

Depends on the industry you're working in.


Yeah, that's fair, I suppose no one would know if I left it off my resume. There were some training fees that were supposed to be reimbursed, but haven't yet.

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I don't think this is a reputable internship. No internship should require you to pay to train.

Does your college have a career center? They may be able to help you out.

 

[DPT120]

I don't think this is a reputable internship. No internship should require you to pay to train.

Does your college have a career center? They may be able to help you out.

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Yeah, that's where I found this internship. I can report them to my school but I'm not sure it'll work.

 

[Rellodex]

Cold calling your personal contacts is not an experience that an internship should provide. Feels like you got roped into something.

 

[Border]

While I was cautious about my initial reply to this thread, I am glad that more knowledgeable people have identified this as a Multi-Level Marketing scam. It is probably in your best interests to quit and pursue other opportunities. If you don't want to do that, then just stick around and make them fire you.

At the very least though, you should immediately take the matter up with whoever organizes your school's internship program. They should not be expecting you to provide your own leads, let alone hit some kind of ridiculous sales goals.

 

[DPT120]

Thanks for the replies, everyone! Seems like I fell into a scam :/. I probably should've done more research on the company. My counselor at school didn't say anything when I brought it up and a couple friends said the company was pretty prestigious, so I believed them. I'm gonna quit tonight. What's the best way to go about it? I kind of want to fake an injury/death in the family but I'm not a good enough liar for it. Should I just text my recruiter and tell him I'm quitting? Then block his number and emails?

 

[t26]

Thanks for the replies, everyone! Seems like I fell into a scam :/. I probably should've done more research on the company. My counselor at school didn't say anything when I brought it up and a couple friends said the company was pretty prestigious, so I believed them. I'm gonna quit tonight. What's the best way to go about it? I kind of want to fake an injury/death in the family but I'm not a good enough liar for it. Should I just text my recruiter and tell him I'm quitting? Then block his number and emails?

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Why would you need to block his number and email? Just tell him you are quiting.

 

[DPT120]

Why would you need to block his number and email? Just tell him you are quiting.

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I have a feeling he's gonna text me back, trying to convince me to stay. I just don't want him to keep sending me messages about coming back.