The end of my internship in Slovakia - the reasons

Hello dear friends,

As some of you may know, some of you may not, I terminated my internship in Slovakia in the beginning of July 2008. Here are the main reasons for my decision:
- total mismatch of the working conditions and the expectations according to the TN form - I was lied to completely during the interview;
- high level of exploitation - I was forced to work a lot of hours extra without being paid and I was manipulated, lied by the management to be convinced in doing so for the past 3 months;
- negative and aggressive working atmosphere that increased the stress on a very high level;
- work focused on hiding the true identity of the company most of the time and saying a lot of lies;
- the big manager of the department does not have even university degree, was thrown away from his University and tends to humiliate people in front of others with his aggressive verbal and physical behaviour;
- not an open-minded and free communication culture if a problem with demotivation arises and is needed to be shared;

After 3 month of compromises with my ethical and moral
values, and trying to adapt to this exploitative working
system in the company, I decided that I won't stand this
shit anymore and waste my potential for this bulk company
called Jacob Fleming. I quit the company and terminated
the internship!

When I came in Bulgaria, I had to realize another trick from the company - regarding the payment. I didn't receive the money for 2 of my commissions which finally showed again the morale of the story in Jacob Fleming.

I decided to share this with you after some time that I needed to reflect on the situation and the experienced I have gained at all. I've learned an important things - I should never compromise with my personal values&principles and let someone to exploit me in such cynic manner.

See ya in the next post,

Victor Tomov