Timeline for Mistake during internship
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| Apr 16, 2021 at 19:59 | comment | added | neubert | @Douae831 - you've already said your manager "implicitly threatened to end my internship". I'd talk to your university and to HR. In spite of what your manager said. Your manager is likely trying to protect himself and hoping you're gullible enough to let him. HR knows how to be discrete. But before talking to HR I'd have as much documentation and proof as I possibly could. Maybe you won't need it but it's better to have it and not need it then it is to need it and not have it. | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 19:18 | comment | added | Douae831 | My manager doesn't want me talking to anyone else in the company, not even HR. They say I should only talk to them and they'll get the message to the other person. I'm completely isolated and can't go into direct conflict with my manager because if i get kicked out of the internship, I'll fail my final year of UNI | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 18:29 | comment | added | neubert | @SethR - maybe. But if the evidence presented implicates the manager then there's a chance it could cause him to back off. Like what might go through his head when he sees this is "oh shit, if this evidence is presented to my manager (or HR) then I could get in trouble. Best to play nice to minimize the odds of that happening". I mean, ultimately, who knows which way it'd go, but it doesn't sound like the OP has much to lose either, if they're already being brought to the point of tears | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 18:17 | comment | added | Seth R | @neubert, from OP's description of their manager's behavior, it seems more likely they are having a hard time because the manager is an abusive jerk. "Setting the record straight" is not likely to help matters. | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 18:07 | comment | added | neubert | @GregoryCurrie - and as for the OPs ability or lack their of to drive a forensic investigation... Google can help. Maybe post on security.stackexchange.com too or something. Sure, the OP probably hasn't done it before. I haven't done it before. But just because neither of us have done it doesn't mean we are incapable of doing it. Now is it worth the time and effort? That's something only the OP can answer. | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 18:05 | comment | added | neubert | @GregoryCurrie - it sounds like the past is why the OP is having a hard time. "it made it seem like I've made the same mistake again" the OP said. If people are operating under bad assumptions then it's best to correct those assumptions as opposed to just letting them fester. You call it dredging up the past, I call it setting the record straight. Especially in this context. | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 17:58 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | What's the point of dredging up the past? An intern isn't going to be able to drive a forensic investigation against a manager to be able to attribute a mistake. | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 17:08 | comment | added | neubert | @Douae831 - Was the document a Microsoft Word document? If so it might be possible to employee some forensic techniques to ascertain who made the change: vestigeltd.com/in-the-news/… . Recalls may also not be as fool proof as one might think: quora.com/… | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 17:02 | comment | added | Douae831 | My manager recalled their email the first time so I had no proof if was them who sent me the document containing a mistake, which I proceeded to forward because I thought it was all correct | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 17:00 | vote | accept | Douae831 | ||
| Apr 16, 2021 at 16:47 | history | answered | neubert | CC BY-SA 4.0 |