Got fired from my internship
So my internship (pwm) was just terminated and I guess I'm looking for a little advice. Basically what happened was this: I got arrested over the weekend for public intoxication. Spent the night in jail and saw the judge the next morning. He said If i went 30 days without getting in trouble and I did one 8 hour workday it would be dismissed and wouldnt go on my record. Even though the case wasnt closed and a verdict hadnt been given, I was apparently required by the bank i work for to immediately disclose any arrests. Never even crossed my mind. So the next day they called me into the office and said that compliance was forcing them to end my internship because I hadnt disclosed the arrest and they had found out. They have told me that the records are just going to indicate that the internship ended, rather than was terminated, which is obviously good.
Anyways, been feeling really shitty about this and cant get it off my mind. I called my boss and apologized for letting him down/thanked him for the opportunity. He was really understanding and said he would still be happy to write me a reccomendation letter if i ever needed one. Im also going to call and apologize to the person that referred me and helped me get the internship.
Anything else I should do, anything I should know, or any advice on how to handle this unfortunate fact in the future?
Also, I know I'm retarted for getting arrested... although you can all feel free to further point that out.






You my friend are one lucky
You my friend are one lucky bastard.
Who gets arrested and then has their boss willing to write them a recommendation? wtf?
This isn't bad at ALL, just
This isn't bad at ALL, just start hustling as soon as possible in order to figure out where you could start next summer. I would even ask your former boss if he has any ideas for companies you could start looking at for next summer.
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Classy move giving the calls
Classy move giving the calls to apologize.
pikachu wrote: You my friend
You my friend are one lucky bastard.
Who gets arrested and then has their boss willing to write them a recommendation? wtf?
not only does he get the recommendation, he gets to spend the rest of the summer drinking at his parents' house and napping off your hangover at the pool like you're supposed to at that age.
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Lol this isn't that big a
Lol this isn't that big a deal. I would give you a employee of the month rather than have you fired, but then again, I'm not like most finance people lol.
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haha, nice alex. And dude
haha, nice alex. And dude you're in a solid position, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The only thing retarded about what you did was spelling retarded with a "t" (retarted, really?)
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Hey D M, Give him a break.
Hey D M, Give him a break. His nursing his hangover and prison experience with desserts from the pastry shop. Instead of getting crunk, he gets retarted on Magnolia Bakery.
Cyoung33 nice move on the calls. I would suggest laying low for a week, then asking your boss to coffee to solicit some connections. Other than that, you got off better than most would. Also, ask them if they were considering to extend an offer post-internship and if so, then maybe you can talk your boss into doing so with a "cold offer". One that you can shop around with his recommendation.
Good luck.
pikachu wrote: You my friend
You my friend are one lucky bastard.
Who gets arrested and then has their boss willing to write them a recommendation? wtf?
Yes
Classy move giving the calls to apologize.
and yes
It seems every few months someone loses their job / freaks out about background checks because of stupid shit they did while drinking. Note to self: don't get stupid drunk and do stupid shit.
Live and learn man, you are in pretty good shape and can probably start networking for the next thing sooner than you'd originally planned.
Good luck!
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Now that's class, public
Now that's class, public intoxication, not having it on his record, getting fired in your internship (do you still get paid?), getting the internship in his resume, getting a recommendation, having vacations ...
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^ haha, true my friend, let's
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haha, true my friend, let's all get involved in public intoxication get the credit for internship while chilling in the beach
How'd they find out you were
How'd they find out you were arrested? I bet you posted that shit on facebook like a total fucking retard
shera wrote: How'd they find
How'd they find out you were arrested? I bet you posted that shit on facebook like a total fucking retard
It seems to me the only thing
It seems to me the only thing you really lost here was the chance at a permanent job offer. Your resume will still say "internship at WhateverIB, summer '11" and I don't think you really have to disclose more than that until necessary- though you will probably get the "why didn't you get an offer" question in future interviews, and that's a good time to come clean. In my opinion, "I got too drunk one night, was arrested, and did not tell compliance" is a much better answer than just being the weakest link, though try to emphasize that it was something you regret very much and play it off as a youthful indiscretion type thing.
I had no idea one was supposed to disclose arrests though... definitely wasn't like that back when I was taken in. How did they even find out? Did you tell coworkers and/or supervisors, including non-trusted assholish ones? I can't imagine they scan the police blotters, and if they do, do they scan it for just NYC or all the surrounding areas as well? Did they go over that in orientation? I would check out your employee handbook, and see if it mentions that you are required to disclose an arrest. If its not there, you probably aren't going to get your job back, but at least in future interviews you can explain that it was really BS that you were canned.
Are you kidding me!? I bet
Are you kidding me!? I bet your PWM internship was unpaid anyways. Now you can go about enjoying the remainder of your summer. PWM are only a resume pad anyways, and as long as you are still receiving a letter of recommendation, you'll be fine. Go on and enjoy your summer; be thankful that you're lucky.
So you lose some internship
So you lose some internship creds.......but you now have STREET CREDS fo' lyfe
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This seems like an excessive
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public intox?! fuckin dumbass
boss wasnt a dick because he
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mfoste1 wrote: public intox?!
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mfoste1 wrote: public intox?!
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better come up with a good
Alright so why dont you just
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More is good, all is better
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congrats. you dodged a bullet
1) You had a badass time and
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Indeed you made a classy move
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