College Director Tried to Sabotage Our New Job Opportunity After We Left an Internship

My friend and I were placed by our college into an internship at a bank under an agreement between the college and the bank. The internship was paid, but the allowance was less than NPR 5,000 per month, and we felt our growth opportunities were limited.

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The bank staff and IT team were actually very supportive, and I have nothing negative to say about them.

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While doing the internship, we independently applied to another company. This was not through college placement. We got the opportunity by approaching them ourselves, showing our projects, going through their selection process, and earning the offer based on our skills.

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After accepting the offer, we informed the college that we wanted to leave the internship. This is where things became messy.

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Apparently, our departure created problems between the college and the bank, and there was concern that the bank might stop taking interns from the college in the future. Because of this, the college director became very unhappy.

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What happened next shocked me.

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The director allegedly contacted the CEO of the company that had offered us jobs and started speaking negatively about us, claiming that we were not good workers and would create problems in the workplace.

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The CEO was confused and decided to verify the information by contacting the IT head at the bank where we were interning. Fortunately, the IT head was honest and spoke positively about our work, saying that we were hardworking and had performed well.

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The CEO then questioned why a college representative was speaking so negatively about their own students when the employer had a completely different opinion.

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What makes this situation worse is that the director allegedly contacted the bank again afterward and tried to persuade them to give negative feedback about us as well.

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Thankfully, that did not happen, and we kept the opportunity.

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What bothers me most is not criticism. If I had genuinely performed poorly, I would accept that. What bothers me is the idea that a college representative would attempt to damage a student's professional reputation simply because the student found a better opportunity on their own.

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