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Mistreated by HR as an intern

I’m currently doing (an unpaid) internship in communications. As the good little intern that I’ve tried to be, I gladly accepted an assignment to report about an event. Long story short, the HR person that arranged the event was irritated that I came “too early” (even though I was told that was when I needed to be there) and gave me less than 10 minutes to do interviews (she also told me that I didn’t need to interview anybody). Then I wasn’t allowed to be in the same room as them and had to wait for the people I interviewed to come out for photos. The next day I get a Skype-call from the HR-person where she “explains herself” by saying that I didn’t need to be there. When I told her, “maybe we needed to have email contact before I showed up” she coldly tells me that it was…


I’m currently doing (an unpaid) internship in communications. As the good little intern that I’ve tried to be, I gladly accepted an assignment to report about an event.

Long story short, the HR person that arranged the event was irritated that I came “too early” (even though I was told that was when I needed to be there) and gave me less than 10 minutes to do interviews (she also told me that I didn’t need to interview anybody). Then I wasn’t allowed to be in the same room as them and had to wait for the people I interviewed to come out for photos.

The next day I get a Skype-call from the HR-person where she “explains herself” by saying that I didn’t need to be there. When I told her, “maybe we needed to have email contact before I showed up” she coldly tells me that it was not necessary since I won’t be there for much longer (aka you’re not getting employed here so I don’t need to have any contact with you).

My supervisor wants us to talk about it next week. Should I bring it up or just leave it?

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