Have All Federal Internships been Cancelled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been very dissapointing for many college students who believed they secured a good summer opportunity. They should have honored the internships this year and made changes for the following.

I work at a federal agency, and honestly I don’t know now what we would do with an intern - have them hold people’s hands while they cry? Walk up and down the security lines to enter the building with water? Help housekeeping dust and vacuum the empty cubicles where our probationary employees, and next our RIFed employees, used to work?

Maybe it will be better by the summer, but it’s for the intern’s own mental health to not be around while an agency is systematically sucked dry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s summer internship with the VA canceled, said it fell under DEI. How can a psychology research internship VA fall under DEI? So sad that veterans are harmed and are not valued for their service and sacrifice. Sad state of our country.

For some reason, this administration has concluded that the diversity a veteran provides, the equity in providing opportunities for them in inclusive spaces is somehow evil. Aside from the apparent need to be vindictive, I dont understand 99% of what this administration is trying to do. Its completely unhinged, idiotic and divorced from reality.

Don’t understand? They told us - trying to cut spending and eliminate fraud, waster and abuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s summer internship with the VA canceled, said it fell under DEI. How can a psychology research internship VA fall under DEI? So sad that veterans are harmed and are not valued for their service and sacrifice. Sad state of our country.

For some reason, this administration has concluded that the diversity a veteran provides, the equity in providing opportunities for them in inclusive spaces is somehow evil. Aside from the apparent need to be vindictive, I dont understand 99% of what this administration is trying to do. Its completely unhinged, idiotic and divorced from reality.

This makes me so angry. For years, the MAGAs in my life have been whining about how the Democrats disrespect veterans. I didn't think it was true then, but holy crap, this is the ultimate disrespect.

lol cancelling some bs summer internship is somehow disrespecting veterans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has been very dissapointing for many college students who believed they secured a good summer opportunity. They should have honored the internships this year and made changes for the following.

I work at a federal agency, and honestly I don’t know now what we would do with an intern - have them hold people’s hands while they cry? Walk up and down the security lines to enter the building with water? Help housekeeping dust and vacuum the empty cubicles where our probationary employees, and next our RIFed employees, used to work?

Maybe it will be better by the summer, but it’s for the intern’s own mental health to not be around while an agency is systematically sucked dry.

I had an intern coming in and we are still fully functioning, we still are responsible for all of our duties. They would do exactly what they were gonna be hard to do anyway.

Also, internships aren’t just to get work out of people it’s to entice them to wanna work there at a later date and to have a more robust set of graduating students to employ.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s summer internship with the VA canceled, said it fell under DEI. How can a psychology research internship VA fall under DEI? So sad that veterans are harmed and are not valued for their service and sacrifice. Sad state of our country.

For some reason, this administration has concluded that the diversity a veteran provides, the equity in providing opportunities for them in inclusive spaces is somehow evil. Aside from the apparent need to be vindictive, I dont understand 99% of what this administration is trying to do. Its completely unhinged, idiotic and divorced from reality.

This makes me so angry. For years, the MAGAs in my life have been whining about how the Democrats disrespect veterans. I didn't think it was true then, but holy crap, this is the ultimate disrespect.

lol cancelling some bs summer internship is somehow disrespecting veterans.

You wanna know how canceling an internship to help vets hurt vets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has been very dissapointing for many college students who believed they secured a good summer opportunity. They should have honored the internships this year and made changes for the following.

I work at a federal agency, and honestly I don’t know now what we would do with an intern - have them hold people’s hands while they cry? Walk up and down the security lines to enter the building with water? Help housekeeping dust and vacuum the empty cubicles where our probationary employees, and next our RIFed employees, used to work?

Maybe it will be better by the summer, but it’s for the intern’s own mental health to not be around while an agency is systematically sucked dry.

I had an intern coming in and we are still fully functioning, we still are responsible for all of our duties. They would do exactly what they were gonna be hard to do anyway.

Also, internships aren’t just to get work out of people it’s to entice them to wanna work there at a later date and to have a more robust set of graduating students to employ.

+1. We have an intern coming over the summer. They’ll be doing the work interns always do. It’s not like the work has stopped. Now there’s just fewer people to do it all.

[Anonymous]

DS has a CJO right now and is waiting. He was offered 2 other federal internships, so clearly they’re hiring in some areas. He has a friend who was supposed to do state but that got cancelled.

[Anonymous]

Are the internships paid or unpaid? There is no issue in unpaid internships but there could be an argument that the tax payer is paying for unnecessary things if paid. If the industry doesn't support / need it and it has to be subsidized, it shouldn't fall on the taxpayer.

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily an internship but the post-bacc fellowship program at NIH has been "put on hold", I.e., cancelled. The executive order came out the day she was signing the papers accepting it. My kid is looking for something else now, obviously. Sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD’s summer internship with the VA canceled, said it fell under DEI. How can a psychology research internship VA fall under DEI? So sad that veterans are harmed and are not valued for their service and sacrifice. Sad state of our country.

For some reason, this administration has concluded that the diversity a veteran provides, the equity in providing opportunities for them in inclusive spaces is somehow evil. Aside from the apparent need to be vindictive, I dont understand 99% of what this administration is trying to do. Its completely unhinged, idiotic and divorced from reality.

Especially hypocritical since Vance himself got into Yale law school (from OSU) as a DEI hire since he was a veteran. So DEI opened doors for Vance but he wants to lock them behind him.

Reminds me what Harris said her mom taught her: "You may be the first, make sure you're not the last". The opposite of the Vance philosophy.

Pot, meet kettle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Federal agencies historically offered many high quality internships. Did anyone's kid get a Federal internship for this Summer that has not been cancelled? DS at UMD does not know anyone who has one in hand.

Try searching.
https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students

[Anonymous]

Have not heard back from AEOPs. Will circle back if we do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has been very dissapointing for many college students who believed they secured a good summer opportunity. They should have honored the internships this year and made changes for the following.

I work at a federal agency, and honestly I don’t know now what we would do with an intern - have them hold people’s hands while they cry? Walk up and down the security lines to enter the building with water? Help housekeeping dust and vacuum the empty cubicles where our probationary employees, and next our RIFed employees, used to work?

Maybe it will be better by the summer, but it’s for the intern’s own mental health to not be around while an agency is systematically sucked dry.

I had an intern coming in and we are still fully functioning, we still are responsible for all of our duties. They would do exactly what they were gonna be hard to do anyway.

Also, internships aren’t just to get work out of people it’s to entice them to wanna work there at a later date and to have a more robust set of graduating students to employ.

+1. We have an intern coming over the summer. They’ll be doing the work interns always do. It’s not like the work has stopped. Now there’s just fewer people to do it all.

Well, with all fairness, at some agencies the work has indeed stopped or morphed into something else entirely devoid of any public service or agency mission. Can you imagine being a Dept of Ed intern this summer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes my daughter's was cancelled.

She hates this administration for ruining everything.

This. Mine canceled too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the internships paid or unpaid? There is no issue in unpaid internships but there could be an argument that the tax payer is paying for unnecessary things if paid. If the industry doesn't support / need it and it has to be subsidized, it shouldn't fall on the taxpayer.

I think the idea is specific federal agencies need to get the next generation of workers interested in similar careers. It’s cheap labor, if not free, but also it’s a type of succession development. Something is lost if agencies requiring high levels of training (eg, NASA, NIH, CDC, gov labs, etc) cease this kind of outreach.