Internship programmes are mandated for nearly every basic course out there, and while no students are exceptions to these temporary employment contracts, a satisfying and beneficial experience cannot be guaranteed.
“I know they were talking about me because one staff member who was close to me confirmed it. I’ve also heard it for myself and asked friends to translate the words I caught on to roughly. I never confronted them so they probably thought I had no idea. “I was only 18 when I worked under them and was naïve enough to think that these creepy transactions only happened in movies or at least not in Malaysia,” said Jasmine, who is now 20.
Jasmine noted that after she put up a fight, she was no longer asked to entertain such clients again, however not after earning hostility and “basically cold shoulder treatment” from her former boss.“I had to explain my low score to my programme coordinator and some lecturers because I was the only student with such horrid grades for the internship,” said Damien, who was halfway through his internship programme when he was asked to sensationalise news.
“That’s how I found out she could not differentiate between true and false. Anyway, I walked out of there after 6 months with a low grade and remarks on the side calling me rude, incompetent and demanding… but YOLO,” said Damien who has found humour in the matter.Pictured above is a tweet that Syahirah screenshotted and posted on Instagram, which led to her immediate termination as an “unpaid, angry intern”.