It's OVER!!

Hello!!!

SO. Guess what? My internship is OVER! Yes. I am so happy about that. It was kind of like a land of broken dreams.

Here's how it started


I was so excited about going to Chicago for this thing. This new start. This fresh beginning that was to be after such a monumental time in my life--college graduation.
Little did I know...what I was stepping into.
Not even to speak of my trip too Chicago. impromptu and hectic as I don't know what. That's a whole 'nother' story of how I may or may not have stepped outside of God's plan for my internship. I still don't know. But anywho....

After getting there-- finally getting there, I climbed up to steps into the office, which was the top level of a 4 story home, and as I was told, an staff/intern photoshoot was in session. We were all having shots taken for the upcoming revamped website. I took my many frames after getting a current-events briefing form the owner on what they had been up to lately.

Week one passed...nothing much. Minor tasks here and there with an overall assignment of researching new design stuff for the site.

Week two passed... same thing.

Week three......um, wasn't I shouldn't I be introduced to the Marketing Director ("MD" or 'C') by now? And working on some major event planning/promotional strategies? I tastefully asked my boss when I would meet her. "Who? 'C'?" She asks me, as if she wasn't the one that formally stated " 'C' is the Marketing director, you'll be working very closely with her" when we spoke over the phone a month ago. It's OK. It's all good. I waited, here we are. Let's go. She emailed her and we got into contact and set up a brunch/meeting time.

I got to meet her and her intern, whom she all but assigned me to as if she were her 2nd in command. Umm, excuse me? Am I taking assignments and reporting to you or your intern? How can you tell me to correspond with her so she can correspond with you? It's like the company was so fragmented, it was so confusing. The owner didn't know what was going on with the MD. the MD saw herself and her intern as a separate entity from me--while we were all a part of the same company. The rest of the time went like that. Except from one eventful meeting who's purpose I was not completely filled in on. So when interns from one of our affiliate companies asked me why we had called a meeting with them, I could only give the info I had. But it's OK. the MD's intern swooped in and filled us in on the meat of the meeting. Making me look as if I was some schlep who's just come in off the street and joined the team.

Lack of communication. Improper managerial structure. Lack organization. I never want to deal with a company suffering from any of these things again, let alone all three of them.

I am definitely praying for the owner of the place. It's easy to see she's overwhelmed, and not in a good way either. I do have empathy for her. But I can't really completely excuse what I went through. This could have been avoided. and Hopefully for future interns, it will. I hope.

So. Now I'm continuing on the job search and praying my way though it.
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In other news: Peep my new "Like" buttons on each post :). Coolness! I just installed them on every post. Ya. What a feat. It took a while. But alas, I finished.

I'm getting ready to go see SALT while having a dinner and a movie with my sis and her friend. I didn't really care for it when I started seeing the ads everywhere. But it beats staying int he casa all night. I hope it's above average.

Peaces,



O.F.C.J.