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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS got three internship offers in December '22 and January '23, accepted one offer and declined the other two.  Today, the company that he accepted the offer informed him that due to budget constraints, it has to rescind the offer.  The same thing also happened to one of my nephews that a different company that offered him the internship also rescinded the offer. It is now almost March so it is almost possible to find an internship.  Anyone in the same boat as DS?[/quote]

The lesson is he should have accepted all. Both my kids accepted two summer jobs. One will most likely get a pulled offer. That is the new world we live in [/quote]

Terrible advice. Don’t teach your kid to accept
More than one offer on the chance that one of them will fall though. Because he’s knowingly leaving the company with an issue if it doesn’t fall though and he ends up picking the one he wants to stay with. [/quote]

+1 This is how we wind  up with unethical people in society. Parents like this right here.

(Instead of teaching integrity, keeping your commitments. It is actually sad to see it in real time.)[/quote]

Why in the heck are people here defending companies that have absolutely no problem not keeping their commitment?  I actually understand rescinding FT job offers because that is open-ended agreement and better a candidate focus on working for a company that expects to employ them...but internships?  Again, the absolute cost of the internship program is fairly miniscule, and they could easily reduce the time (i.e., cost) by 1/3 yet it is still valuable for the student.  Even if they tell students that if current economic conditions hold, there will not be any FT job offers at the end of the Summer...it is probably still better than leaving a kid high-and-dry this late in the school year.

Where is their integrity?[/quote]

This site is read by patents, not CEO’s.

The poster was appalled to see how unethical another parent is (in advising their teen child).

Are you saying, we can lack integrity because some companies do?

Again, nothing to model for your child.[/quote]

What if an applicant has two soft offers by email, with the indication that an offer letter would be coming from HR in the following days, but days have passed and nothing received yet from either?  Presumably the applicant would have to pass reference and other screening as well.  My view is neither of those is a secure offer and don’t have to disclose to the other employer at this stage, but wondering what others think. Especially in light of hearing about offers being pulled back etc.  At what point can the prospective intern be comfortable that they actually have a viable offer?[/quote]

In the current environment I would keep both of those in process until you have an actual offer letter. Companies can't drag their feet and expect you  to not keep pursuing other options. [/quote]

Thanks, well stated.  [/quote]

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