Return my damn messages

The BBQ Pit
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Here is the backstory, I applied to an organization that matches students for internships abroad. They drum up the jobs and match up applicants for those jobs. After they do all the matching they go to the employer for final approval. Right now I have been matched up with a job, and am awaiting final approval from the employer. I was supposed to hear mid to late April whether or not I was approved. It is now May 4th. Obviously this has caused some consternation on my part, but thats not what the rant is about.

No, the rant is that no one at this fucking place will answer my damn e-mails or phone messages. I have called at least 5 times in the past three days, and have left two messages, along with the two e-mails that I sent. Not a fucking word back.

It was a similar deal when I was submitting the various materials they needed from me. At the end of every e-mail was a “please acknowledge than you recieved the e-mail” and I never once recieved confirmation. As the deadline approached for these materials I called and left a message asking for confirmation that they recieved the e-mail. No one calls me back. The deadline comes and passes, still without a call back or anyone answering the phone. After much freaking out finally I got through to someone and they confirmed that everything was in order a few days after the deadline.

What the hell is wrong with these people? This internship requires me to travel internationally, and I, theoretically at least, am leaving in 36 days. But no, I can’t book anything or start buying the crap I need becuase I haven’t recieved confirmation that I am going. In addition, I don’t know if there are Visa applications I need to fill out, or immunizations or something else that I have to do. I can’t find out either becuase they won’t answer the fucking phone or respond to my e-mails.

I am normally an extremely calm person, but I am freaking out about this.

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I feel for ya, I really do, but 5 calls and 2 emails over the course of three days just seems … a bit excessive. Maybe you’re a little over stressed about this and it’s showing?

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I read it as 2 calls and 2 e-mails, and therefore not excessive.

I’d be pissed off too.

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No, I think I am about the right level of stressed. They said I would know mid to late April, and they haven’t contacted me. This summer is my last Summer before I graduate, so its important that I have a good internship. The fact that I am now 36 days away from the summer and I still don’t know if I have the internship, plus the fact that I can’t get a hold of anyone is sufficient reason to raise my stress level to “freaking out.”

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People are ignoring you? Heh. Get used to it, that’s life.

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This organization you’re dealing with sounds kind of shady. Given how complicated a foreign internship can be, I’d think twice before throwing in your lot with them. If they can’t even answer your calls and e-mails, how can they find a job for you in another country? Chalk this up to a lesson learned, and move on. Then make damn sure your school administration knows about your experience with the group.

OR, if you’re not ready to quit yet, call them once per hour until they call you back.

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If it’s any consolation, I’ve been dealing with a number of intern-related people this summer who will NOT send me a message back. It’s infuriating, and really rude.

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Maybe they’ve never recieved any communication from you…