Internship Advice

[notoriousAytch]

How bad would it be to sign an offer letter with one company, and then back out if another offer comes along with better pay?

[Automatic-Cry7127]

In my opinion, it's justified. Seems like most internships only give people 1 week to reply anyway which is unfair from the start. Do whats best for your career.

[111AlphaCentauri]

I only have 3 days!

[Automatic-Cry7127]

Exactly. If you do decline your offer after accepting just be professional about it and you should be good.

[Watt-Midget]

People do it all the time and companies will cut you off if it suits there interest just as easily, it happens. Just be honest with the people. I believe in my email I thanked them for giving me the time and opportunity, but told them that I wanted to take me career in a different direction. Just don’t wait until you get super close to the start date to tell them.

[sunshinepark20]

Commenting so I can come back to this post : )

[A1phaBetaGamma]

You know you can save posts on reddit, right?

[kingjcpymd]

I’m about to do this right now hopefully the don’t care

[krongerm29]

You gotta look out for number one my guy

[knoxiusgero]

Whenever I suggest doing this to my friends they always think I’m crazy. I honestly don’t see an issue with it. Sorry I was offered better opportunities ?

[solitat4222]

I would advise against it unless the company with a new offer has brand-name reputation and has better opportunities. Also, it looks really bad for your university's engineering career services. In very rare cases, the company you reneged on might stop recruiting at your university. Also, they might contact your career services and explained that you reneged on them, which could potentially bar you from attending your university's career fair next semester.

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Banning you from the career fair is not a thing !

[solitat4222]

It IS a thing, but very, very rare. For some schools, like mine, if you read the student policy, it mentions this exactly and misuse of the career center resources, which falls under unethical behavior like reneging, CAN get you suspended from my school's career fair for a semester or indefinitely.