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writes:im an intern at an established business organization, so the employees must act pretty civil and educated right? not really so, I cant help but feel that ppl @ my dept are jealous so they leave me all by myself during lunchtime, when we used to before. they only talk amongst themselves and only call me over to perform shitty tasks, like taking a walk to another organization to get docs, w.e. I havent learned anything new from them. The employees at my dept are only few and are close to my age, so if they feel any resentment towards me, it's possible, /because i dont see any reason an older employeee would be jealous of someone much younger than them/. Anyways, I have good relationships with ppl from other depts and theyre very nice to me, I have gotten pretty close to them during our work vacation where i met with lots of new employees and executives even. But i try to be nice and do everything i can, but why do i feel so resented towards?i can list few reasons why some of our coworkers can feel jealous towards me -maybe because i get along with others very well and have gotten pretty close for someone on a temporary internship-their work is pretty easy if you just put some attention to it, so it might be hard for an intern to come over and be able to perform your tasks with no problem-i do pay attention to my looks, so i try not to wear the same clothes in at least a week and that might come across as some rich, bratty kid has just come over to ur dept /u get the idea/-im fluent in couple other foreign languages and people come to me when they need help with translations and suchsorry if the above text sounds like im bragging, i couldnt find a way to make it not-so-braggy and it really isnt about that. I guess what im trying to ask is if someone much younger but with adequate skills come to your workplace would you be threatened? I mean i havent learned anything new during my internship, i only used my own previous skills.
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reader, tennisstar88  +, writes (31 August 2010):
 You do sound like a slight threat...maybe people are afraid you're going to be around longer and may replace them, or that you're only here for so long so why give you the time of day, and maybe you put off this image that you're better at doing their job than they are. Everyone is replaceable so if you're younger coming in doing the job faster, and say better the company can easily hire you for less pay than what they're paying workers who have been with the company since day 1..so someone will get forced into early retirement or one that isn't living up to their full potential will get canned. It's an internship you may or may not be around longer but to get along with everyone I would just perform those shitty tasks with a smile on your face.
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reader, Gabrielle Stoker +, writes (31 August 2010):
 Interns are normally asked to do shitty tasks. It's a part of the corporate learning curve. Not something you like, but something you have to do anyway.
Permanent employees of a department often don't take kindly to interns for any number of reasons, including but not limited to those outlined by you. It's the same with a new employee, for that matter, but with an intern, knowing that he/she is only going to be around for a few months, there is little reason to want to get to know him/her better.
If you pay attention to your own looks and generally give off the impression that you consider yourself capable of doing their jobs better than they can and have nothing to learn from them, obviously they will resent you.
Welcome to corporate life, young one :)
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