- Oct 10, 1999
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I'll try to keep this short, but I lots of details are kind of required. It's basically about my full time internship and some problems that have come up. Here's the details:
Student at a State University.
I have over 4 years experience working working with UNIX/telecom products.
Applied for co-op/full time job (it's a full time internship w/ benefits) at a corp that treats its employees VERY well.
Initial interviewer told me I would be doing work with Cisco routing or UNIX server administration.
Second interview was worthless and didn't go over anything very important, but I got accepted.
When I got accepted they didn't tell me my position, but that they'd "find something for me."
I dropped my classes for the next semester once I got accepted and passed all tests.
They told me I would be doing something different (it's much more of a glorified helpdesk position), but because of benefits and the money, and because I dropped my classes, I reluctantly didn't say anything as I had no other option.
Fast forward to today. I'm already in housing at the new location (I moved away from my serious girlfriend, and of course I delayed school by a semester for this) and I completed training last week.
I looked up my job title, and found the full time job position posting on the 'net for the company, and it basically entails lots of tech support type duties, and nothing to do with UNIX/Cisco at all. The guy who interviewed at the initial interview (HR rep) of course told me I'd be working with Cisco/UNIX, but that's obviously not the case.
I start work tomorrow, and from what I can see I will almost always be on call. Given that I don't want to do tech support anymore, that I don't have another job to fall back on, and that I can't re-enroll at school this semester, would you:
- Contact the HR rep (who just visited you and other trainees during training this past week) who was at the initial interview and say how much you enjoy working for the company, that it's been an enjoyable experience, but you were just wondering if down the line with the co-op it would include any networking as we talked about earlier, as it hasn't been covered in training, and that's what I was thinking I would be doing. Hopefully talking to him won't be a bad thing and he may be able to find another work area that has to do with Cisco/UNIX.
- Contact the HR department and explain, in a polite fashion, that this isn't the position that I was hired for.
- Talk to your "team leader", who is basically going to be your boss at the tech support type job. Most likely he cannot help you and this will only do harm.
- Don't say a word to anyone and live with the co-op as is. It's obvious that I'll be stuck doing bitchwork and I'd ruin the slim chances of getting hired once I graduate by talking to anyone as it can be seen as complaining.
Student at a State University.
I have over 4 years experience working working with UNIX/telecom products.
Applied for co-op/full time job (it's a full time internship w/ benefits) at a corp that treats its employees VERY well.
Initial interviewer told me I would be doing work with Cisco routing or UNIX server administration.
Second interview was worthless and didn't go over anything very important, but I got accepted.
When I got accepted they didn't tell me my position, but that they'd "find something for me."
I dropped my classes for the next semester once I got accepted and passed all tests.
They told me I would be doing something different (it's much more of a glorified helpdesk position), but because of benefits and the money, and because I dropped my classes, I reluctantly didn't say anything as I had no other option.
Fast forward to today. I'm already in housing at the new location (I moved away from my serious girlfriend, and of course I delayed school by a semester for this) and I completed training last week.
I looked up my job title, and found the full time job position posting on the 'net for the company, and it basically entails lots of tech support type duties, and nothing to do with UNIX/Cisco at all. The guy who interviewed at the initial interview (HR rep) of course told me I'd be working with Cisco/UNIX, but that's obviously not the case.
I start work tomorrow, and from what I can see I will almost always be on call. Given that I don't want to do tech support anymore, that I don't have another job to fall back on, and that I can't re-enroll at school this semester, would you:
- Contact the HR rep (who just visited you and other trainees during training this past week) who was at the initial interview and say how much you enjoy working for the company, that it's been an enjoyable experience, but you were just wondering if down the line with the co-op it would include any networking as we talked about earlier, as it hasn't been covered in training, and that's what I was thinking I would be doing. Hopefully talking to him won't be a bad thing and he may be able to find another work area that has to do with Cisco/UNIX.
- Contact the HR department and explain, in a polite fashion, that this isn't the position that I was hired for.
- Talk to your "team leader", who is basically going to be your boss at the tech support type job. Most likely he cannot help you and this will only do harm.
- Don't say a word to anyone and live with the co-op as is. It's obvious that I'll be stuck doing bitchwork and I'd ruin the slim chances of getting hired once I graduate by talking to anyone as it can be seen as complaining.
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