Turning up to a new job is always nerve-wracking.
But turning up to new job when you’re the intern? Terrifying.
So imagine you’re there at the water cooler (because apparently, that is not just a thing that exists in American TV shows), minding your own business, probably hoping your boss doesn’t come over because, honestly, you are sh*t scared of them.
You have your headphones in.
Wait, no. Despite your intern status and serious lack of $$$, you have your Apple AirPods in. It’s 2019, man, and wires are surplus to requirements.
So far… no problem. Right?
But what if your boss is self-described LinkedIn influencer and AirPod hater Bart Vanderhorst?
Then you’re in real trouble.
Mr Bart, CEO of Vanderhorst Holdings, shared a post on LinkedIn this week berating one intern’s decision to wear AirPods in his office and explaining his decision to fire him.
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Pretty sure that this guy is a made up persona, if you look him up online, there's not much depth to it and his previous job description seems deliberately spurious.
For an ego this size, there would be images everywhere and there are none, barring the striding GQ exec/man about manhattan.
Agreed - while the job descriptions are fake, the jobs themselves are probably real. His first two - 2014 to 2017 are fast food franchise supervisor and tour guide manager; typical sorts of jobs one does part time while still in high school and/or working your way through college. His first proper job is sales with a pet food company for a year and half, and then he's started this company of his in October 2018. There's no way he's got 5 interns working for him or wanting to work for him - he's definitely made it up, inviting the outrage, in an attempt to lift his profile. Clearly he believes "any publicity is good publicity" and that he can say later that it was all a joke and that's not really what he believes. In that sense, he's just following the example of his president.
And the winner of this week's Twat Boss Award goes to Bart! If this is true, Irwin sounds better off out of a place that won't let an intern wear shoes inside or take lunch breaks (wtf?). 'Bart' sounds like an arrogant, power tripping dick, and I feel sorry for the other interns who are left.