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I'm doing a compulsory end of studies internship in a big IT company in France, now I live in the other side of the paris area, and I refused many internships b

I'm doing a compulsory end of studies internship in a big IT company in France, now I live in the other side of the paris area, and I refused many internships because they didn't allow remote work. So I started with this company and asked for remote work for 3 days a week and they accepted, but when I started they sent my supervisor to work on a different project and the new one refused any form of remote work, and it was too late to change since it's a long process between the company and the school etc... So now I do 2x2h of commute a day, and most of it is standing in a train or a subway filled with people, I tried every form of entertainment or podcasts or videos but nothing does it, I only have 1 month left though but it was the most soul crushing experience of my life. The irony in all of this is I'm a developper and their VPN works flawlessly and I'm the only one working on the project so there are at most one meeting a week and it's done over Skype since most employees work remotely, but not interns. I now believe that there are no actual benefits to commute (as in big city commute with subways etc...) and they're the ones losing manhours, since I could have put those 4h a day working on the project.

marsrover 8y ago
Or not even an extra 4 hours working on the project (why would you do that?), but a whole normal day where your brain is fresh. I’m sure you’re not in the state of mind that is optimal for work after 2 hours of a soul crushing commute.
dredalious 8y ago
So, you know how there's a shortage of IT'ers... After a month, if the internship is going well, ask them if they see this as an opportunity to acquire you right out of school. If they do, ask them how they think this will go now they refused to let you work from home after first agreeing on it.
- havocbolt 8y ago
  I'm Moroccan, I barely convinced my fiance to wait for 1 year and she either visited or I did everytime we could so I won't be staying here. But they offered to hire me, now I'm looking at jobs in Casablanca or like another comment suggested to check the REMOTE section here.
bitL 8y ago
Sorry, they screwed you. Insist on your 3 days a week, tell your new supervisor to get their head checked. You really want to waste 4h a day? Check the "REMOTE" keyword on 1st September @ HN and work on your escape already.
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- havocbolt 8y ago
  I only have one month left, plus it's a huge company and they can be really rigid, so I talked to HR but she said since the interview wasn't written or recorded then they can't do anything haha, plus she said interns get to learn so much more coming to the site than they would working from home, which is total bulls*it since they give you assignement and you do them, you're basically an employee who can't work remote and gets paid a fraction of what an employee does.
FrojoS 8y ago
Sorry to hear. Maybe try good noise canceling headphones (I use these https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/quietcomfort-35-wireless-ii.html https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_head...) when listening to podcasts or audio books? E.g. I've been listening to a lot of Jared Diamond hile driving. Dan Carlin Hardcore History is also great. https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/

marsrover 8y ago

Or not even an extra 4 hours working on the project (why would you do that?), but a whole normal day where your brain is fresh. I’m sure you’re not in the state of mind that is optimal for work after 2 hours of a soul crushing commute.

dredalious 8y ago

So, you know how there's a shortage of IT'ers... After a month, if the internship is going well, ask them if they see this as an opportunity to acquire you right out of school. If they do, ask them how they think this will go now they refused to let you work from home after first agreeing on it.

havocbolt 8y ago
I'm Moroccan, I barely convinced my fiance to wait for 1 year and she either visited or I did everytime we could so I won't be staying here. But they offered to hire me, now I'm looking at jobs in Casablanca or like another comment suggested to check the REMOTE section here.

bitL 8y ago

Sorry, they screwed you. Insist on your 3 days a week, tell your new supervisor to get their head checked. You really want to waste 4h a day? Check the "REMOTE" keyword on 1st September @ HN and work on your escape already.

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havocbolt 8y ago
I only have one month left, plus it's a huge company and they can be really rigid, so I talked to HR but she said since the interview wasn't written or recorded then they can't do anything haha, plus she said interns get to learn so much more coming to the site than they would working from home, which is total bulls*it since they give you assignement and you do them, you're basically an employee who can't work remote and gets paid a fraction of what an employee does.

FrojoS 8y ago

Sorry to hear. Maybe try good noise canceling headphones (I use these https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/quietcomfort-35-wireless-ii.html https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_head...) when listening to podcasts or audio books? E.g. I've been listening to a lot of Jared Diamond hile driving. Dan Carlin Hardcore History is also great. https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/