I'm a current 3rd year computer engineering student. I am currently looking for internships (my university mandates at least 2 summer internships before we graduate). I made the mistake of applying to many different internships for companies without googling them beforehand.
Then, out of nowhere, a company “Talent Acquisition Specialist” starts spamming me with phone calls non-stop (does not even email me first), with phone calls during my classes and my part-time work (don't like it but better experience than 90% of my previous employments and with an “acceptable pay”) and my project with the university. At first I panicked because I never normally answer to unknown phone calls, but when I answer, the most rude individual I have ever dealt with starts shouting at me for:
1) Not responding to her phone calls (even AFTER telling her I was at class)
2) Not responding to her email (SHE NEVER SENT ONE, I CHECKED MY SPAM FOLDER AS WELL)
3) When she tells me what the offer is, and I refuse it, she starts shouting at me how I am not responsible enough to go for a career and I am not bold enough to make “investment” desicions. Keep in mind that this “internship” is a year to 18 months long with a “possibility” of a small bonus (around 100$) and a full time offer at the end if my work was satisfactory.
I decide to, logically, stop the call. Then, she keeps calling in again nonstop so I get forced to remove my SIM card from my phone. 4 days later, when I inserted it back, this rude “specialist” was still calling (at 1 AM no least), so I block her number. She starts calling from other numbers so I block them too.
After calling from 14 different numbers, the calls stop and the emails start. Luckily since I gave them my university email, I contacted the IT and told them to redirect all mail from that company to spam. They luckily agreed after telling them my story.
So, this is the worst employer yet I have had to deal with, without ever getting employed there. Cannot even fathomed what I would have dealt with if I accepted their offer.
This has been 1 of the 2 shitty experiences with my job applications of the last week, the other being a scam (it turned out that way) company called Brainnest that rejected me for a position that I am WAY overexperienced for and wanted me to pay for a 140£ a month “training” for 3 months where I learn things I already know.
P.S: neither the pay, the internship duration, or the working hours were specified when I first applied to that internship from hell. All it was listed for is “summer internship” with qualifications, so I assumed it was only for 3 months and standard 40 hrs/ week.