Intern Complains About His Company Online—Then His Supervisor Refuses to Recommend Him for Another Job
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It’s kind of amusing when someone who didn’t exactly do a bang-up job when they worked under expects you to stick your neck out and write them a letter of recommendation.
What are they thinking?!?!
Did they forget the past and have their mind erased?
Yeah, it’s…odd.
And the guy who wrote this story isn’t about to fall for it with a former intern who didn’t exactly leave on good terms.
Take a look at what he had to say about this joker.
AITA for refusing to write a recommendation for my former intern after what they did?
“I supervise interns at a small marketing company.
Last summer, I mentored a college student for about three months.
I spent a lot of extra time helping him improve because he was eager to learn, and by the end of the internship, I thought we’d ended on good terms.
A few weeks after the internship ended, another coworker sent me a screenshot of a local professional networking group.
Bad move, dude!
The former intern had posted a long rant about our company. Some of his complaints were fair, but he also claimed that I took credit for his ideas and that I deliberately gave him busy work so I would look better.
Neither of those things happened.
In fact, I had emails showing I’d credited him during meetings and had pushed management to let him work on bigger projects. I decided not to respond publicly because I didn’t want to create drama.
About six months later, he emailed me saying he was applying for graduate programs and asked if I’d write him a strong recommendation letter. He said he had always appreciated my mentorship and hoped I’d put the past behind us.
Sorry, pal!
I replied that I didn’t think I was the right person to recommend him and wished him the best with his applications.
He then sent another email saying I was being unprofessional by letting personal feelings interfere with his future.
A mutual acquaintance also reached out and said I should either write the letter or at least do him the courtesy of explaining everything over a phone call.
I don’t think I owe anyone a recommendation.”
Reddit users shared their thoughts.
This person said they’re NTA.
Another reader agreed.
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And this reader weighed in.
This young man is in for a rude awakening!
And he better get his head on straight if he wants good recommendations in the future.
This intern has some growing up to do…
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