I got fired from my internship because my boss set me up to fail. Is there anything I can do?

Question

I'm a college student & I just found out I got fired from an internship that I needed to complete in order to fulfill the program requirements for my graduation. I believe my supervisor set me up to fail. They gave me a task to do but gave me no direction whatsoever, instead asking another employee to...

Answer 1

Tell the school that you were laid off from the position, is there anything else you can do to meet the requirements? First ask your manager why you were fired so you can tell the school when they ask.

Answer 2

Well, I would advice you to move on because there is more waiting for you,

Answer 3

Yws email immediately
Dont have that crap
Use my advice

SCREW WITH ME AND I'LL ACREW WITH YOU

Ring his wife and tell her he's cheating on her

Answer 4

Ask if they will place you elsewhere.

Answer 5

Go to your school officials and put your case before them.

Don't say your boss set you up to fail (you really have no idea if this is true) but only report the facts - you were given a difficult assignment, given very little oversight and help, couldn't do the assignment due to these problems and got dismissed for that but you don't really feel most people would've been able to do that assignment with very little help or oversight - so what can you do now?

See if they can help you with a solution, maybe they can, maybe not but see what they say. Look for a solution to the situation you are in now, don't cast blame on your former boss or anyone as this won't help.

Answer 6

It's up to the EMPLOYEE to ask for help if they need it. It's not the boss's job to ask you if you need help. He/she did not set you up to fail, you accomplished that yourself.

Answer 7

Honestly, why on earth would they intentionally set you up to fail? How would that benefit them in any way? Why would they pay an intern to fail. Come on. Accept that you've messed up without blaming your boss or the company or some random employee for not holding your hand.

If you're going to email your school, do NOT do it just to blame your boss for setting you up for failure. They will laugh at you. Instead, email them to request their help in finding another internship or an alternative for graduation, for example a teaching assistant or research assistant position next semester.

Advice for the real world- do not ever expect anyone to go out of their way to help you or sabotage you. People have much better things to do with their time. Accept responsibility for your own actions, your own success, and your own failures. YOU are responsible for you- nobody else is. Welcome to adulthood.

Answer 8

As an intern, you are there to learn so they can be in a position to hire you back after graduation. They should be mentoring you and supervising every thing you do. I would say they broke their agreement they had with the college by putting you in this type of situation. Maybe it was a test to see how you would handle it, but they should not fire you for it. I would talk to my academic advisor asap.

Answer 9

I smell BS. Bosses do not set anyone up to fail.

Answer 10

Employers have better things to do with their time than to deliberately waste it by setting up interns to fail. For you to get run off in just 3 days, it's clear you wore out your welcome very quickly, which is a strong indication that there's more to the story than what you're sharing here.