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What to make of this? My internship is held nationwide with 2-3 interns in every store around the country. One distant intern sent out an e-mail last

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Jun 19 '09, 15:26

week to "a randomly chosen group of fellow interns" (which included me) to share what he has learned and giving us all suggestions as well because he thinks it will help us all in the long run. He also stated strengths and negatives about his experiences so far. This was a very thorough e-mail.

Today, another guy sent out something similar to all of us.

Wtf. Am I expected to participate in this? I don't really want to spend 40 minutes of my outside time writing up some overview of my experiences for my peers. Are they just sucking up or what's going on?

Responses:

Holy crap, 40 *whole* minutes? - Dr.Vermin Jun 19, 15:59 4
- It's an email. If only interns are on the recipient list, how will it benefit her? -- nm - mara Jun 19, 16:00 3
  - "in ways that you can't anticipate at this moment," I said. - Dr.Vermin Jun 19, 16:25 2
    - Yeah, not significant odds there. -- nm - mara Jun 19, 16:27 1
      - I didn't say it was likely. But that doesn't make that 40 minutes of her life a guaranteed waste, does it? - Dr.Vermin Jun 19, 16:33
so you mean a group of people are trying to help each other become better employees, increase their job chances - tRuMaN Jun 19, 15:31 1
- I didn't ask to be on their mailing list. I don't really care. Should I really share? -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 19, 15:31
thank them and say as someone brand new, the info is a great help. - peglegpete Jun 19, 15:29
Too bad you don't have anything to dish dish dish about -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 15:29 2
- she can tell them 'drunk Dawson' stories :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 19, 15:30 1
  - She'd have to attach a 3 Gb file -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 15:47
They're not sucking up if it's just going to interns. I guess there could be BCCs going out to supervisors, but it sounds like a waste of time to me. -- nm - mara Jun 19, 15:27 3
- "Waste of time" is harsh. This could be an easy way to get some positive experience. Nobody says HK has to be as detailed or smarty as them, either. -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 15:39
- Then what the hell are they doing? The wording of their e-mails make them sound like the smartass kid in class everyone hated. -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 19, 15:28 1
  - The hater kids grow up to work for the smartass kids. Remember that, employment-seeker. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 19, 16:36
unless it's coming from your managers, i wouldn't respond at all - dug Jun 19, 15:27

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