Sorry to hear that. That's an interesting choice to make on Lyft's part, to cut duration and salary rather than cancel entirely. For the interns, I hope there's

Sorry to hear that. That's an interesting choice to make on Lyft's part, to cut duration and salary rather than cancel entirely. For the interns, I hope there's enough structure and guidance to make it worthwhile. I had an internship cancelled a few years ago, in 2017. Etsy replaced their CEO and laid off a large portion of their employees, and cancelled our internships along the way. The message to us was along the lines of, "It's not about the money; it's going to be chaotic around here for a little while, and it wouldn't be a good or useful experience as an intern." And they backed it up by paying out a stipend of a significant fraction of what the entire summer's pay would have been, which they really didn't have to do. At that time there was a bit of a scramble, but within a couple weeks all of us would-be interns got picked up by other companies, and looking back, this unlucky turn of events completely changed the course of my career, as I ended up interning with the SRE team at Squarespace and discovering a new world. I really respect Etsy in making the tough call at the time to cancel outright (and pay a stipend) instead of dragging things on. But of course, in today's environment where all companies are affected instead of just one, it seems much less likely that Lyft's interns would be able to find other internships. So maybe this halfway measure will work out better. Best of luck to the Lyft interns and their mentors - hopefully you can make the best of an unfortunate situation.