Extreme over-reaction by management. Any organization that acted in that fashion is not the type I would wish to work for.
Remember that we’re only getting one side of the story. Still, “management” has no need to be dictated to by the interns. It’s a temporary learning position, the snowflakes should stfu and learn; contribute as they can. The fact that they could not focus on the company’s needs certainly suggests the company did not need them around.
Bull. They had absolutely no standing in the company at all, yet they made a list of demands and organized to present their demands. That's what a petition is. What the hell did they expect? I'd have fired the whole damned bunch of them too. They haven't even attained the status of the lowest paid employee at the place yet they saw it as their right to change the culture there.
Disagree. Their reaction means that they value their paid employees time too much to force them to continue to deal with this worthless lot.
Interns, and goodness knows I had to babysit a lot of them in my career, are a pain as a general rule.
They usually are dumped on you by upper management. Like new employees they have no idea how things work but unlike new employees they are usually not interested in learning. They already know everything you see.
When they start complaining and want the company to change the rules for them it is time for them to go.
Especially when they start doing it in groups. It means you have SJW on your hands and you are not going to get a lick of work out of them.
Out of all the interns we had there was about one every couple of years that got an invitation to come back and apply for a job or offered a paid internship for the next summer.
You can count on that there is more to this story.
Not really. A petition is an aggressive way to force an issue. Works in college but is not well thought of in the workplace.
REALLY this young lady was OBVIOUSLY going to ALL of her coworkers talking about how bad the managements decisions were regarding dress code and basically stirring up trouble!!! ANY rebelrouser is NOT good for any business!!! These kids have a lot to learn about the REAL WORLD!!! When I read the article I KNEW immediately the young lady with the flat shoes had a medical problem before the letter stated so!!! This long lady saw a coworker wearing different shoes and started trouble instead of just ignoring it!!!